Art History Minor

Art History studies human culture and history by examining diverse forms of visual expression. As a humanistic discipline, Art History teaches students to think critically and to develop oral and written communication skills. As a field of inquiry that takes works of visual art as its primary objects of study, Art History enhances a student's ability to analyze information presented in visual form, an increasingly valuable skill in today's image-saturated world.

Update

The Art Department has restructured course requirements for the Art History Minor. The information listed below will initiate the semester of Fall 2026. If a student enrolled in the Art History Minor prior to the Fall 2026 semester, their requirements will follow the previous Art History Minor Requirements. Students should review their DARS report if they are unsure which requirements they should follow.

Art History Minor Requirements

Five courses from the list below, four of which must be above 100-level

ART 195 Survey of Western Art History I
ART 196 Survey of Western Art History II
ART 197 Survey of Non-Western Art History
ART 545 20th Century Art History I: Post Impressionism to Cubism
ART 550 20th Century Art History II: Dada to Surrealism
ART 601 History of Graphic Design
ART 602 20th Century Art History III: Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art
ART 603 20th Century Art History IV: Conceptual Art to Contemporary Art
ART 604 Greek Art History
ART 608 Topics in Art History
ART 609 Art History Research Seminar
ART 612 History of Italian Renaissance Art
ART 613 History of Northern Renaissance Art
ART 614 Italian Renaissance Architecture: Patronage and Construction
ART 622 Italian Baroque Art History
ART 628 Foreign Studies in Art
ART 632 The Development of American Art
ART 634 History of Modern Sculpture
ART 642 Nineteeth Century Art History
ART 646 Art of Ancient Mesoamerica: Olmec to Aztec
ART 648 Art of Japan
ART 654 Women in Art
ART 662 Southwestern Indian Arts and Culture
ART 663 Art and Life of Michelangelo
ART 675 History of Ceramics
ART 695 Topics in Art History

 

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