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    The Art History Program

    The Department of Visual Arts

    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.