To meet the requirements for the art history major, students must complete ten courses (38-40 credits).

Foundation Requirement (2 courses/8 credits)

ARH 101 Art History I
ARH 102 Art History II

Upper Level Course Requirement (6-8 courses/24-32 credits)

Chosen from among the following courses. At least one of the six-eight courses must be ARH 401, The Seminar in Art History. ARH 401 may be taken more than once when topic varies.

ARH 305  Art of Greece and Rome
ARH 306  Art of the Middle Ages
ARH 307  Art of the Italian Renaissance
ARH 308  Art of the Baroque and Rococo
ARH 309  Art of the 19th Century
ARH 310  Modernism in Art
ARH 311  American Art
ARH 312  Art of the Northern Renaissance
ARH 316  Contemporary Art
ARH 318  Art and Museums Today
ARH 320  Visual Culture of New England
ARH 321  Women, Art, and Society
ARH 347  History of Photography
ARH 401  Seminar in Art History
ARH 502  Honors Thesis in Art History
ARH 510  Independent Study

Related Options (maximum of 2 courses/6-8 credits)

Two of the eight upper-level courses may be taken outside of the Department of World Languages and Cultural Studies, through the art history offerings at NESAD, or in related areas of visual culture such as the philosophy of art, photojournalism, advertising, cinema, and select 3-credit studio art and design courses, such as ADF S101, ADF S123, ADF S143, ADF S151, ADF S152, ADFA 304, ADFA 306, ADFA 344, ADFA 345, ADFA 346, CJN 218, CJN 257, CJN 288, CJN 290, CJN 291, FR 320, GER 306, PHIL 219, SPAN 408, and SPAN 409. Other courses may be permitted at the discretion of the major advisor.

Notes:

• A relevant Seminar for Freshmen with a strong concentration in art history or visual culture may also count toward the major requirements.
• Upper-level art history courses taken at other institutions or through study abroad must be approved by the student’s art history advisor (preferably prior to being taken), and must not overlap significantly with any other upper-level art history course(s) counted toward the major.
• Except under special circumstances approved by the student’s art history advisor, at least six of the ten courses (24 of the 38-40 credit hours) must be fulfilled through coursework offered by the Department of World Languages and Cultural Studies.
• AP credit cannot be applied toward the major.