Requirements
Overview
A program of courses should be worked out in consultation with the undergraduate advisors in each department. Minimum requirements are as follows:
ART HISTORY:
Twenty-eight hours including:
• Twenty-four hours (six courses) of art history;
• Minimum twelve hours (three courses) at the 300 level or above; of these three courses, at least one course (4 hours) must be at the 400-level
• Four hours (one course) of any studio art class.
• One of the introductory survey courses (ARTHIST 101 or 102) is required, but may not be applied to the four divisions (see below).
At least one course in each of the following four divisions is required:
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.
HISTORY:
Twenty-four hours (normally six courses), including:
Twenty hours (five courses) at or above the 300 level;
One course that is a colloquium (History 487, 488, or 489).