Degree Requirements
Major in Art History
Requirements
Courses in the Department of Art History
- 2 200-level courses
- 10 300-level courses, including:
- Art History 391: Art Historical Methods Seminar, ideally taken in junior year, especially by students who want to write an honors thesis;
- at least 1 Art History 390 or 395 seminar;
- at least 1 Art History course in each of the following three art historical periods: 1) pre-1400 CE; 2) 1400 CE-1800 CE; and 3) post-1800 CE.
- At least 2 Art History courses in Non-Euro-American art
- 1 course in art making, design, or other arts course focused on practice approved by the director of undergraduate studies. The following courses have been pre-approved:
- ART 210 Introduction to Drawing
- ART 220 Introduction to Painting
- ART 230 Introduction to Time-Based Arts
- ART 240 Introduction to Sculpture
- ART 250 Introduction to Photography
- ART 260 Studio Practice
- DSGN 320 Introduction to Industrial Design Methods
- RTVF 190 Media Construction
- RTVF 372 Editing
Minor in Art History
Requirements
- 8 Art History Department courses, of which 2 (and no more than 2) must be at the 200-level and 6 courses at the 300 level. At least 1 300-level course must be in a non-Euro-American area of art historical enquiry.
Header Image: Whose Renaissance? seminar participants with curator Rebecca Long and WCAS Dean Adrian Randolph at the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2023.