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. HIST 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:

1. Ancient Mediterranean art & architecture (Egypt, Greece, and Rome)
2. Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art & architecture (Europe)
3. Modern and contemporary art & architecture (after 1800; global)
4. 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
• ARTHIST 388: Technical Art History