Bachelor of Art Art History

College of the Arts
Degree Program Course Requirements

For general degree requirements, see the College of the Arts and the General Degree Requirements pages.

Area A Essential Skills Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1001
MATH 1101
MATH 1111
MATH 1113
MATH 1125
MATH 1131

Area B Institutional Options Required Hours: 4-5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 1125/ITDS 1779/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105/POLS 2401/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts/Ethics Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ITDS 2125/PHIL 2010
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Tech. Required Hours: 10-11
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1215K (lab included); BIOL 1225K (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105/ 1105L (lab optional); GEOL 1110; GEOL 1112/1112L; GEOL 1121/1121L; GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105; CPSC 1301/1301L; GEOG 2215; MATH 1113; MATH 1125; MATH 1131; MATH 1132; MATH 1165; MATH 2125; PHIL 2500; STAT 1127

Area E Social Sciences Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2030/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement Required Hours: 3
PHED 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major Required Hours: 18
A grade of "C" or better is required in each course.
Foreign Language 2001
Foreign Language 2002
ARTH 2125 Introduction to History of Art I
ARTH 2126 Introduction to History of Art II
ARTH 2127 Introduction to Non-Western Art
ARTS 1010 Drawing 1: Fundamentals of Drawing

Area G Program Requirements Required Hours: 24
A grade of "C" or better is required in each course.
ARTH 3127 Modernist Art
ARTH 5125 Research and seminar in Art History
Select four (4) courses from the following:
ARTH 3115 Medieval Art and Architecture
ARTH 3116 Classical Art
ARTH 3117 Italian Renaissance
ARTH 3118 Northern Renaissance
ARTH 3119 Nineteenth-century European Art
ARTH 3120 American Art
ARTH 3126 Baroque Art and Architecture in Italy and Spain
ARTH 3128 Post-Modern and Contemporary
ARTH 3129 Popular Culture
ARTH 3135 Documentary Photography and Film
ARTH 3136 The Art of Film
ARTH 3698 Art History Museum Internship
Select two (2) Selected Topics Courses:
ARTS 3555 Selected topics in Art History

Area H Program Electives Required Hours: 24
A grade of "C" or better is required in ARTH and ARTS courses used in this area.

Select 9 hours of ARTH or ARTS courses at the 3000-level or above not used for credit in Area G.

Select 15 hours from the following subjects:
ANTH, COMM, MUSC, THEA, ENGL, HIST, GEOG, EURO, FREN, GERM, ITAL, PHIL, or SOCI.

Area I Program Electives Required Hours: 12
These courses can be from any area of study.

Total Hours Required: 123