2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog [In Progress]
Art History Minor
The art history minor introduces students to the visual arts through an examination of their social, critical, and cultural contexts. The programs global approach engages interdisciplinary perspectives relevant to many majors including, arts education and studio, the humanities, professional programs, as well as the social sciences.
Survey Courses
There are six credits required.
Distribution Courses
There are nine credits required. Art history minors are required to take one course from each of the three following areas. Consult with art history faculty about new courses and special topics offerings for credit in the distribution and elective areas.
Ancient through Early-Modern Art
There are three credits required. Choose one of the following:
- CLA 250 - Classical Art and Archaeology (3 credits)
- ART 322 - Goths to Gothic: Medieval Art (3 credits)
- ART 323 - Rethinking Renaissance Art (3 credits)
Modern and Contemporary Art
There are three credits required. Choose one of the following:
- ART 327 - Art Since 1945 (3 credits)
- ART 421 - Surrealism (3 credits)
- ART 425 - Depicting a Nation: 19th Century American Art (3 credits)
World Art
There are three credits required. Choose one of the following:
Art History Electives
There are six credits required. Select two courses:
- ART 218 - Design History (3 credits) OR ART 219 - History of Illustration (3 credits)
- ART 322 - Goths to Gothic: Medieval Art (3 credits)
- ART 323 - Rethinking Renaissance Art (3 credits)
- ART 327 - Art Since 1945 (3 credits)
- ART 380 - Special Topics in Art and Design (1 to 3 credits) (art history emphasis.)
- ART 420 - Asian Art (3 credits)
- ART 421 - Surrealism (3 credits)
- ART 422 - Art and the Worlds of Islam (3 credits)
- ART 423 - Animals in Art (3 credits)
- ART 425 - Depicting a Nation: 19th Century American Art (3 credits)
- CLA 250 - Classical Art and Archaeology (3 credits)
- FVP 225 - Film Culture (3 credits)
- FVP 348 - Film Theories (3 credits)
- PHO 366 - History of Photography II (3 credits)
- PHI 220 - Aesthetics (3 credits)
- SOC 289 - Sociology of Art (3 credits)