Bachelor of Arts
Requirements
Students must complete 42 credit hours of coursework for the BA in art history, including 33 in art history and 9 in studio art. The foundation courses (ARH 3056 and 3057) provide a broad view of major artists and monuments from around the world and should be taken as early as possible. A seminar (ARH 3800) is required of all majors. Majors are also required to take Information Technology for Art Historians (ARH 2814), unless they have already met the university computer literacy requirement in a course such as CGS 2060 or 2100. Students planning to do graduate work should take Art History Methods and Media (ARH 4810). Majors must also satisfy all other university requirements for the BA, including speech and a foreign-language course at the 2000-level.
Course Distribution Worksheet
(detailed outline of program requirements)
Minors
Visit the Art History Minors page for information on minors in Art History and in Museum Studies.
Internship - 3 hours
Majors may apply up to one 3-hour museum internship (ARH 4941) toward the upper-level requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in art history (Note: this option is not available to students minoring in Museum Studies, for whom a 6-hour internship is required). The student signs up with an Art History professor of record who assigns a letter grade for the internship based on a term paper, journal and the museum supervisor's evaluation. For more information, forms and registration, see our Internships page.
More Information
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