Fine Arts, Art History Emphasis

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Major requirements include:

Three Departmental Requirements:

FAH 101 - Introduction to Art
One studio art (FAS) course in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, or a three-dimensional medium
FAH 490 - Senior Seminar

Four Art History Period Courses taken from each of the three broad historical areas:

Ancient Medieval:
FAH 206 - Survey of the Archaeology of Greece
FAH 207 - Survey of the Archaeology of Rome
FAH 212 - Art & Architecture of the Middle Ages
Renaissance/Baroque:
FAH 214 - Italian Renaissance Art
FAH 216 - Art and Culture of the Seventeenth-Century from Caravaggio to Vermeer
Modern/Contemporary:
FAH 218 - Revolutions in Art: Nineteenth-Century Art
FAH 220 - New Ways of Seeing: Twentieth-Century Art
FAH 222 - Contemporary Art
Sufficient equivalents in Special Topics or Independent Study courses may be substituted with the permission of the student’s advisor or the Fine Arts Department Chairperson.

Two Art History Specialty Courses:

Selected from the following:

One Fine Arts Electives:

Selected from:

Studio Art (FAS) or Music (MU) courses or Theatre (FAH/EN, FAS/EN) course offerings

Course Sequence Outline

Students will select courses in conjunction with an advisor, selecting core courses, major courses and electives to fit the individual student’s interests and field of emphasis. If necessary, substitutions may be made for required emphasis courses with permission of the advisor and/or department chairperson.

Freshman Year

Fall

Spring

HU 104 - Conversatio
Major Course
Language
Elective - FAH, FAS, or MU course

Note:

Subsequent years will be planned in consultation with an advisor in relation to individual student’s needs and interests, including internships and study abroad programs.

A student who wishes to major in Fine Arts after the first semester of the junior year must have permission of the Fine Arts Department Chair, who will also consult with appropriate faculty in the student’s selected major area of emphasis. Transferring late to the major may result in enrollment in additional courses in summer school and/or a later graduation date.