Major Requirements – 72 Total Credits

Core Course – Required 6 credits

  • ARTH 298: The History of Art History (6 credits)

Studio Arts Courses – Required Two 6cr Courses (12 credits)

Elective Courses – 48 credits

At least 6 six credits must be taken from each of the following topics.

Non-Western Art History – (Minimum 6 credits)

  • ARTH 120: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and West Asia
  • ARTH 140: African Art and Culture (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 155: Islamic Art and Architecture (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 165: Japanese Art and Culture (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 166: Chinese Art and Culture
  • ARTH 209: Chinese Painting (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 216: Revolutionary Image Regimes: Curating Middle Eastern Photographs and Prints after the Digital Turn (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 220: The Origins of Manga: Japanese Prints (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 257: Modern Art and the Museum in the Middle East (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 266: Arts of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
  • ARTH 267: Gardens in China and Japan (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 321: Arts of the Chinese Scholar’s Studio (not offered 2025-26)

Western Tradition before 1800 – (Minimum 6 credits)

  • ARTH 101: Introduction to Art History I
  • ARTH 102: Introduction to Art History II
  • ARTH 120: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt and West Asia
  • ARTH 225: The Naked and the Nude: A History (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 232: Spanish Studies in Madrid Program: Spanish Art Live (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 235: Revival, Revelation, and Re-animation: The Art of Europe’s “Renaissance”
  • ARTH 236: Baroque Art (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 263: Architectural Studies in Europe Program: Prehistory to Postmodernism (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 324: The Sexuality of Jesus Christ
  • CLAS 123: Greek Archaeology and Art (not offered 2025-26)
  • HIST 233: The Byzantine World and Its Neighbors 750-ca. 1453 (not offered 2025-26)

Western Tradition after 1800 – (Minimum 6 credits)

  • ARTH 102: Introduction to Art History II
  • ARTH 160: American Art to 1940 (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 171: History of Photography (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 172: Modern Art: 1890-1945 (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 205: Invisible From Space: Representing Ecosystems
  • ARTH 207: Cultivating the Future: “Growing” Together
  • ARTH 218: History of Performance and Body Art
  • ARTH 240: Art Since 1945
  • ARTH 241: Contemporary Art for Artists (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 245: Modern Architecture
  • ARTH 247: Architecture Since 1950 (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 262: Architectural Studies in Europe Program: Community-Engaged Design (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 265: Architectural Studies in Europe Program: Urban Planning in Europe (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 266: Arts of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
  • ARTH 270: Contemporary Art and Fiction (not offered 2025-26)
  • ARTH 272: Contemporary Art and Non-Fiction (not offered 2025-26)

300 Level Art History Seminar Course – (6 credits)

Senior Integrative Exercise – (6 credits)

  • ARTH 400: Integrative Exercise (6 credits)

Additional Departmental Notes

Art History majors are encouraged to take advantage of off-campus study programs. No more than two art history courses taken outside of the department can be counted toward the major. Occasionally one course in a related department such as Cinema and Media Studies or Classics may count as an elective toward the major.