Visual Arts Learning Objectives:
- Students should know and be able to use discipline-based vocabulary.
- Students should be able to critique their own work as well as the work of others.
- Students should be able to identify stylistic characteristics.
- Students should have acquired basic facility in a broad range of art history period.
- Students should have acquired advanced facility in research methods.
- Students should have understanding of possible career paths.
Art History Major Requirements (39 credits)
Required courses (21 credits):
AR 101 Art History I: Ancient through Renaissance - 3 credits
AR 102 Art History II: Baroque to the Present - 3 credits
AR 130 Drawing I - 3 credits
AR 200 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 310 American Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 320 Junior Seminar - 3 credits
AR 420 Senior Research Project/Thesis - 3 credits
One course selected from (3 credits):
AR 131 Design: Two-Dimensional - 3 credits
AR 212 Beginning Black and White Photography - 3 credits
AR 225 Painting I - 3 credits
AR 338 Printmaking I - 3 credits
Five courses selected from (15 credits):
AN 225*Anthropology and World Art - 3 credits
AR 145 Introduction to Film Studies - 3 credits
AR 280 Museum Studies - 3 credits
AR 350 Independent Study - 3 credits
AR 360 Renaissance Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 365 Baroque Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 375 19th Century Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 380 20th Century Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 385 Contemporary Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 390 Non-Western Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 550 Cooperative Education—Internship - 3 credits
* Course description can be found listed in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology.
Art History Minor Requirements (18 credits)
Required courses (6 credits):
AR 101 Art History I: Ancient through Renaissance - 3 credits
AR 102 Art History II: Baroque to the Present - 3 credits
Three courses selected from (9 credits):
AN 225* Anthropology and World Art - 3 credits
AR 145 Introduction to Film Studies - 3 credits
AR 200 Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 310 American Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 360 Renaissance Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 365 Baroque Art and Architecture - 3 credits
AR 375 19th Century Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 380 20th Century Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 385 Contemporary Art Seminar - 3 credits
AR 390 Non-Western Art Seminar - 3 credits
One course selected from (3 credits):
AR 130 Drawing I - 3 credits
AR 131 Two-Dimensional Design - 3 credits
AR 212 Beginning Black and White Photography - 3 credits
*Course description can be found listed in the Department of Sociology/Anthropology.