Art History and Appreciation, BA

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Minimum degree requirement is 120 s.h. of credit as follows:

1. Foundations curriculum requirements including the following 42 s.h.

(For information about courses that carry foundations curriculum credit see Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum )

Choose two from:

2. Foreign language (French or German) through level 1004 - 12 s.h.

Alternate foreign language course may be substituted by the area if applicable to the student’s plan of study.

3. Common core - 36 s.h.

ART 1005 - Design I
Note: In the liberal arts concentration, an art history class may be substituted with area approval.
ART 1020 - Drawing
Note: In the liberal arts concentration, an art history class may be substituted with area approval.
ART 1905 - The Dimensions of Art
ART 1906 - Art History Survey
ART 1907 - Art History Survey
ART 3990 - Art History and Its Methods
Choose three courses which cover art before 1800
Choose three courses which cover art after 1800

Note:

(African art will be counted in the latter category; history of prints and drawings may be counted in either category.)

4. Concentration area - 30 s.h.

(Choose one.)

Liberal Arts:

Choose 15 s.h. of additional art history electives.
Choose 15 s.h. electives from anthropology, English, political science, sociology, foreign languages, history, philosophy, or arts and sciences interdisciplinary programs.

Studio Art:

ART 1015 - Design II
ART 1030 - Figure Drawing
Choose 9 s.h. ART surveys from ART 2010 , ART 2070 , ART 2105 , ART 2200 , ART 2205 , ART 2220 , ART 2230 , ART 2300 ART 2303 , ART 2304 , ART 2560 , ART 2705
Choose 6 s.h. ART electives (may be taken in art history)
Choose 9 s.h. general electives to meet minimum requirements for graduation.

5. To be admitted into the art history degree program

Students must have completed at least one year of coursework with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in art history foundation and survey courses. Students must also confer with at least two art history faculty for advising before entering as a declared major.

6. Submission of a senior paper

Students must submit a senior paper to the art history faculty at the beginning of their final semester representing their best writing and research in the discipline of art history. This is a requirement for graduation.

7. Comprehensive art history exam

Students must take a comprehensive art history exam in their first semester as an art history major and in their last semester of coursework. This is a requirement for graduation.