Requirements
Overview
Forty hours including:
Thirty-six hours (nine courses) of art history; Minimum sixteen hours (four courses) must be at the 300 level or above; of these four courses, at least one course (4 hours) must be at the 400-level;
Four hours (one course) of any visual arts class.
One of the introductory survey courses (ARTHIST 101 or 102) is required, and both may be applied to the major, but not to the four divisions (see below).
Only one visual arts course may be applied to the major.
Majors will normally be required to take at least one course in each of the following four divisions:
1) Ancient Mediterranean
2) Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Europe
3) Modern and Contemporary art and architecture in Europe, the United States, Africa, and the African Diaspora
4) Ancient Americas, Africa, Islam, and Asia
Neither Honors (ARTHIST 495), nor an Internship (ARTHIST 397) apply to the major. Only four hours (one course) in Supervised Reading and Research (ARTHIST 398) may be applied to the major.
Honors students are required to take one advanced seminar (normally at the ARTHIST 500 or 700 level) that can be counted toward the major.
NOTE: The College permits only 4 credit hours taken S/U to apply to the major or minor upon approval of the department.