Joint Major in History and Art History
A program of courses should be worked out in consultation with the undergraduate advisors in each department. Minimum requirements are as follows:
History
Nineteen credit hours (normally six courses), including:
- Five courses at or above the 300 level
- At least one 400-level course (e.g. History 487RW, 488RW, or 489RW)
Art History
Twenty-six credit hours/8 courses, including:
- Three (3) core courses
- ARTHIST 101 and ARTHIST 102, the foundational Art History courses
- Either ARTVIS 111 or 112, Foundations in Art Practices, or another Visual Arts course
- Five (5) elective courses, including:
- One course (any level) in three (3) of the four regional-historical divisions:
- Ancient Mediterranean art & architecture (Egypt, Greece, and Rome)
- Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art & architecture (Europe)
- Modern and contemporary art & architecture (after 1800; global)
- Arts & architecture of Africa, Islam, Asia, and the indigenous Americas
- One 400-level seminar, which may also satisfy the regional-historical distribution
requirement, above. - Three (3) courses at the 300 level (or above), which may also satisfy the regional-historical distribution requirement, above.
Up to two (2) of the maker and materials courses may count as electives toward the joint major. These courses include ARTHIST 103, Understanding Architecture; ARTHIST 104, Great Buildings; ARTHIST 210, Introduction to Computer-Aided Design; ARTHIST 212, Intro to Digital Art History; ARTHIST 387, Issues in Art Conservation; and ARTHIST 388, Technical Art History.