Art, B.A. - Art History Concentration

World Language (French or German recommended) (9 Hours)

The School of Art & Design requires that art history students complete the world language 1002, 2001, 2002 sequence.

(See “World Language Requirement for B.A. and B.I.S. degrees,” previously described.)

• World language at the 1002 level 3 Hours
• World language at the 2001 level 3 Hours
• World language at the 2002 level 3 Hours

Art History Courses (6 Hours)

Select two of the following Art History courses

• AH 1700 - Western Art from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
• AH 1750 - Western Art from the Renaissance to the Present 3 Credit Hours
• AH 1850 - Art of the Global South 3 Credit Hours

Additional Elective Course (3 Hours)

Select an additional Art History course (not completed in Area C or above) from the recommended list below to complete 18 hours in Area F. 

• AH 1700 - Western Art from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
• AH 1750 - Western Art from the Renaissance to the Present 3 Credit Hours
• AH 1850 - Art of the Global South 3 Credit Hours

Ancient and Medieval

• AH 4025 - Art & Architecture of Ancient Egypt & the Near East 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4120 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Rome 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4200 - Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4630 - Art and Architecture of the Ancient Americas. 3 Credit Hours

Early Modern

• AH 4310 - Art of Northern Europe in the Renaissance Era 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4320 - Italian Renaissance Art: The Age of Humanism 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4400 - Baroque Art 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4450 - Eighteenth-Century European Art 3 Credit Hours

Modern and Contemporary

• AH 4500 - Nineteenth-Century European Art 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4600 - Modern Architecture 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4610 - Twentieth-Century European and American Modernism 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4700 - Contemporary Art: Theory and Criticism 3 Credit Hours

Global South

• AH 4000 - African Art 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4010 - African Painting, Sculpture and Textiles 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4020 - African Female Artists and Art Forms 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4030 - Contemporary African Art 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4620 - African-American Art 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4685 - Memory and Identity in Latin American Art 3 Credit Hours

Other Art History Courses

• AH 4660 - Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Art in Latin America 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4690 - Asian Art 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4750 - Women Artists 3 Credit Hours
• AH 4800 - Art History Topics 3 Credit Hours (May be taken more than once)
• AH 4900 - Special Studies Seminar 3 Credit Hours (May be taken more than once)
• AH 4930 - Art History Internship 3 Credit Hours (May be taken only once)
• AH 4980 - Special Problems 1 to 6 Credit Hours (May be taken more than once)