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Degree Requirements

Total: 39 Credits
Career Advisor: Dr. Marjorie Och

I. REQUIRED COURSES

= 9 credits

History of Western Art I (ARTH 114) = 3 credits
History of Western Art II (ARTH 115) = 3 credits
Methods of Art History (ARTH 303 )

= 3 credits

II. AREA REQUIREMENTS

= 15 credits

At least one course in each of the following chronological areas:
Ancient (ARTH 310, 311) = 3 credits
Medieval (ARTH 325, 326) = 3 credits
Renaissance (ARTH 330, 331, 332) = 3 credits
Baroque (ARTH 340, 341) = 3 credits

Modern (ARTH 350, 351, 352, 354, 355)

= 3 credits

III. RESEARCH/SEMINAR REQUIREMENT

= 3 credits

Women & Western Art (ARTH 460)

= 3 credits

Special Studies in Art History (ARTH 470) = 3 credits

IV. ADDITIONAL COURSES

= 12 credits

Additional credits may be selected from the courses listed below or those in sections II and III:
Topics in Art History (ARTH 260) = 3 credits
Topics in Non-Western & Non-Eurocentric Art (ARTH 270) = 3 credits
Art Museum Studies (ARTH 315) = 3 credits
Topics in Art & Art History (ARTH 450) = 3 credits
Individual Study (ARTH 491, 492) = 3 credits

Internship (ARTH 499)

= credits variable*

No courses are required in any other major. However, Art History majors are strongly encouraged to take Studio Art classes. Additional expertise in a foreign language -- specifically German and either French or Italian -- is recommended (and generally required) for graduate study in Western art.

* Only 3 credit hours earned in an internship can be applied to the Art History major.