Art History BA Degree Requirements
All students take the following Visual Culture courses:
ARH 125 Visual Culture: Renaissance to Modern Art (3)
ARH 150 Visual Culture: Modern to Contemporary Art (3)
ARH 200 Visual Culture: Ancient, Medieval, World Art (3)
All students complete 27 credits of Art History courses (27)
One Art History course must be taken in a non-western area.
One Art History course must be an internship.
All students complete one Art History seminar (ARH 442-490) (3)
All students complete one course in studio art (3)
Total major credits: 42
Distribution/General Education Requirement
Students are subject to the university’s General Education requirement and must also meet our distribution requirement, as outlined here:
- 6 credits, English 101 and 102.
- 6 credits in Literature; courses may be selected from English Literature or Literature in Translation.
- Successful completion of 202 level in a foreign language. Foreign language proficiency is a requirement for the BA degree at the university. The requirements listed for the Bachelor of Arts degree in the
- 9 credits in History and/or Philosophy.
- 6 credits in Science, as defined for general education requirements.
- 3 credits in Mathematics, as defined for general education requirements.
- 12 credits in Social Sciences. Courses for the social science elective may be selected from Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology/Anthropology, Political Science, Economics.
- Free electives, to bring the total number of credits to 120.
General Education Departmental Requirements
Students majoring in Art History will meet their departmentally-determined General Education requirements as follows:
- Area E: Satisfied by any university course bearing E credit
- Area I, Tier 2: Satisfied by the combination of ARH 200, a 300-level Art History course, and the 400-level Art History Seminar
- Area W, Tier 2: Satisfied by ARH 200 or any 300-level
Last Updated On: 2/26/07
