Art History

The Art History Major

Note: A grade of not less than C (2.0) is required in each course comprising the major.

Ten units, including:

• ARTH-121 Survey I: Prehistory through the Middle Ages

• ARTH-122 Survey II: Renaissance to the Present

• Four 200 or 300-level electives in Art History from each of the following areas. One of the electives must be ARTH-319 Advanced Seminar:

  • Late Antique and Medieval Art

  • Renaissance and Baroque Art (1300-1700)

  • The History of Art after 1700

  • Non-western Art History

(Note: ARTH-322 Museum Studies, and ARTH-345 Philanthropy in the Arts, do not meet one of these electives)

• One studio art course

• ARTH-365 Art Theories and Methodologies

• ARTH-465 Thesis Research Seminar

• ARTH-466 Thesis Research Project

Students propose their thesis topics in the spring of their junior year, completing their research and preliminary research writings in ARTH-465 and the final text of their thesis and associated oral presentation in ARTH-466.

Majors should take ARTH-121-ARTH-122 before enrolling in 300-level art history courses. Independent Studies cannot be substituted for required courses in the art history major.

In addition to the above, the following are strongly recommended to supplement the major:

• ARTH-388 Individual Internship

• CLSC-220 Introduction to Archaeology

• CLSC-301 Greek Art and Archaeology

• CLSC-302 Roman Art and Archaeology

• CLSC-321 Archaeology of the Middle East

• RELG-251 Sacred Arts of India

• RELG-262 Sacred Arts of Native America

Note: These courses cannot be substituted for major requirements, which must be fulfilled through art history department offerings. No more than two courses taken abroad will count for the major.