History of Art Major

Eight 100-level History of Art credits chosen from:

• ARTH 100 - Design History and Theory
• ARTH 120 - Introduction to American Art and Design
• ARTH 121 - Introduction to Modern Architecture and Design
• ARTH 122 - Introduction to Modern Art in Europe
• ARTH 142 - Introduction to Photography History
• ARTH 198 - Experimental Course
• ARTH 199 - Selected Topics

Eight Visual Art credits

Any visual art course may fulfill this requirement. See a full list of Visual Art courses under Course Descriptions  

Eight 200-level History of Art credits chosen from:

• ARTH 212 - African Art and Design
• ARTH 220 - Grant Writing for Social Justice
• ARTH 222 - Learn to Negotiate
• ARTH 230 - Introduction to Museum Studies
• ARTH 240 - Art of the Avant-Gardes, 1900-1945: France, Germany, Italy and Russia
• ARTH 250 - Modernism and Mass Culture in France, 1848-1914
• ARTH 255 - Art and Ritual of the Ancient Americas
• ARTH 257 - Photography as Knowledge (1830-1930)
• ARTH 263 - African American Art and Design
• ARTH 298 - Experimental Course
• ARTH 299 - Selected Topics

Eight 300-level History of Art credits chosen from:

• ARTH 300 - Art and Race: Africa in Modern France
• ARTH 330 - Picturing New York: Art and Design
• ARTH 335 - Exhibition Design
• ARTH 365 - Power, Protest, and the Public Monument
• ARTH 370 - Women at Work: Art History and Feminism
• ARTH 398 - Experimental Course
• ARTH 399 - Selected Topics

Four History of Art credits focused on Museum Studies chosen from:

• ARTH 220 Grant Writing for Social Justice   
• ARTH 230 Introduction to Museum Studies      
• ARTH 335 Exhibition Design   

Four credit Senior Seminar

• ARTH 401 - History of Art Senior Seminar

Notes

Students who plan to do graduate work in the History of Art are strongly advised to develop proficiency in a second (or third) language, one relevant to their proposed area of focus.

For questions regarding History of Art, please contact any one of the History of Art faculty.