Learning Goals in the Art History Major

The Art History program provides majors with a broad knowledge of art, material and visual culture. The program teaches visual literacy in the history of art of global cultures from antiquity to the present; develops strong critical thinking, research, and writing skills; and cultivates students’ abilities to synthesize cultural, historical, political, and social information as it relates to the visual arts.

In the course of study at Connecticut College, Art History majors will:        

• Acquire visual literacies across a broad range of cultural and historical contexts.

• Analyze the role of the visual in the social construction of identities, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, political alignment.

• Articulate ideas about art, both verbally and in writing.

• Engage critically with debates, both scholarly and popular, in the art world.