For Art majors interested in a career in Art Criticism, Museum work or preparation for graduate study in Art History, the Art History major concentration (18 additional credits) offers broad-based training in Western and Non-Western Art.
Art Degree (B.A.), Art History Concentration
Part of the
Art Department in the
College of Arts and Sciences
Portfolio Review:
If you've requested admission to the Art Major on your application form, applicants must successfully pass a portfolio review by the Art Department’s faculty.
Requirements
Learning Outcomes
- Developed capacity for critical, creative, investigative, and conceptual thinking.
- Ability to identify and solve visual and conceptual problems.
- Ability to present and communicate effectively, creatively, and critically across a range of form and media
- Generate a personal focus and contribute an independent voice to the world
- Be ready to work as professionals in art education; art history; design; fine arts; illustration and animation
- Refer to the fullest range of historical and contemporary art and design sources from across cultures and time
- Apply a wide range of research methods and technologies in gathering and analyzing information
- Engage effectively in individual and/or collaborative approaches to work