Major Code: ARTHVART
BA degree awarded

48 hours to complete

For the Declaration of Major Form, contact the department(s):

Requirements

Overview

48 hours (12 courses total) including:

Six Visual Arts Courses

• One 100 level course in any of the five disciplines (1-painting and drawing; 2-ceramics; 3-sculpture; 4-photography; 5-film and video)
• One 200 level course in the same discipline
• One 300 level course in the same discipline
• One Contemporary Art Issues Workshop
• One 100 level course (or higher) in a different Visual Arts discipline
• ARTVIS 490: Senior Seminar, during which a written thesis and final exhibition of works of art (or screening in the case of video) would be developed and presented

Six Art History Courses

General:
One survey course (ARTHIST 101 or 102) may be applied to the joint major.
Two courses must be 300 level or above.
Students will take at least one course in any three areas:

(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

*Three courses must be taken from area 3.