Art History Major

The major consists of at least eleven courses in the history of art. Majors must take three 100-level courses, seven courses at the 200 or 300 level, and one seminar at the 400 level.

Among a student’s courses at the 200 level or above, at least one must be in architectural history and one in Museum Studies.

Students studying abroad for a semester may count no more than two courses toward the major (and no more than three if abroad for a year).

One of the following courses may be counted toward the major in place of an upper-level elective: ART 101, ART 102, ART 103, ART 104, or ART 105.


Required Courses

100-Level Courses

Students must take two of the following courses:

AHI 101/ARC 101ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ART/ARCH

4

AHI 103/ARC 103CC: BUILDING CULTURES

4

AHI 104/EAS 104INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART

4

AHI 105CC: MONA LISA TO INSTAGRAM

4

AHI 106/ANT 106/MSM 106INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART

4

AHI 107/ARC 107INTRO TO ISLAMIC ART & ARCH

4

Architectural History

Students must take one of the following courses:

AHI 204/ARC 204CHINESE ART AND ARCHITECTURE

4

AHI 205/ARC 205/EAS 204JAPANESE ART & ARCHITECTURE

4

AHI 208/EAS 209SILK ROAD

4

AHI 209/EAS 212URBAN HISTORY OF ASIA

4

AHI 220/SLA 220EARLY CHRISTIAN/BYZANTN ART

4

AHI 221/ARC 221MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

4

AHI 225/ARC 225/AT 225BTWN ART & INDUSTRY: BAUHAUS

4

AHI 233/ARC 233RENAISSANCE VILLAS AND GARDENS

4

AHI 271/ARC 271ARCH IMAGINARY IN 20TH CENTURY

4

AHI 273/ARC 273HISTORY OF CITY PLANNING

4

AHI 274/ARC 274CASE STUDIES IN MODERN ARCH

4

AHI 275/ARC 275MAPPING URBAN RENEWAL NEW LNDN

4

AHI 285/ARC 285EU VILLAS&GARDENS/RENAISSANCE

4

AHI 296/PHI 251PHILOSOPHY OF ART

4

AHI 376/AMS 376/ARC 376IMAGINE HOME

4

AHI 403/ARC 403SACRED SPACE

4

AHI 405/ARC 405/AMS 405HOUSING AMERICA

4

AHI 410/ARC 493ZROMAN ARCHITECTURE

4

AHI 411/ARC 493QANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ROME

4

AHI 412/ARC 493RCHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE MID AGES

4

AHI 413ISLAMIC ART: WORD AND IMAGE

4

AHI 469/ARC 469MODERN ARCH FACES METROPOLIS

4

AHI 473/ARC 473/AMS 473/AT 473URBN RENEWAL/AMERICA: NEW LNDN

4

AHI 470/ARC 470TIME CAPSULE: NEW LONDON

4

Museum Studies

Students must take one of the following courses:

FYS 1006EVERYONE'S A CURATOR

4

AHI 203/EAS 203MODERN CHINESE ART

4

AHI 205/ARC 205/EAS 204JAPANESE ART & ARCHITECTURE

4

AHI 208/EAS 209SILK ROAD

4

AHI 226/CRE 228/EAS 225CHINESE ART IN AMERICA

4

AHI 246/MSM 246NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART

4

AHI 250/MSM 250PERSPECTIVES ON PHOTOGRAPHY

4

AHI 260/MSM 260EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART

4

AHI 262/MSM 262GLOBAL MODERNISMS

4

AHI 280/ANT 279/MSM 280INTRODUCTION TO MUSEUM STUDIES

4

AHI 281/ANT 281/MSM 281CURRENT ISSUES MUSEUM STUDIES

4

AHI 283/EDU 283/MSM 283MUSEUM EDUCATION

4

AHI 284/MSM 284HOUSE MUSEUMS

4

AHI 289/MSM 289INTRODUCTION TO MUSEUM WORK

4

AHI 325/ART 325/MSM 325SECRECY AND THE INVISIBLE

4

AHI 402/EAS 451CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART

4

AHI 450/ANT 451/MSM 450SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TASTE

4

General Electives

Students must take at least three of the following courses:

AHI 219/AT 219/GWS 220RADICAL BODIES

4

AHI 261LATE 20TH C ART

4

AHI 232HIGH RENAISSANCE ART IN ITALY

4

AHI 234ITALIAN BAROQUE ART

4

AHI 240/AT 240CC: GAMES AS ART & EXPERIENCE

4

AHI 290/ANT 290/HIS 290/MSM 290MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES

4

AHI 297/THE 297HISTORY OF WESTERN DRESS

4

AHI 356/ANT 356/CRE 356IMAGIN OTHERNESS VISUAL CULTR

4

Art Electives

One of the following courses may be counted toward the major in place of an upper-level elective:

ART 101CONCEPTS IN TWO DIMENSIONS

4

ART 102CONCEPTS IN THREE DIMENSIONS

4

ART 103DESIGN: VISUAL LANGUAGE

4

ART 104/AT 104CC:TIME-BASED DIGITAL ART

4

ART 105/AT 105TIME-BASED DIGITAL ART

4