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Below are the program requirements for students enrolled before Fall 2023.

If you are looking for curricular requirements for students adding the major beginning Fall 2023, please follow the link below.

View Requirements Beginning Fall 2023

(48 hours)

Level One: Introductory Courses, 12 hours

Six hours from these:
MPF/ Art and Society: Prehistoric to Medieval
MPF/ Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern
Africa, Oceania, Native Am.

Three hours from these:
Global Design
History of Architecture 1
History of Architecture 2

Sophomore seminar:
Writing and Research in Art and Architectural History

Level Two: Themed Courses, 6 hours

Thematic, cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary approaches to the history of art and architecture. Courses at this level include a writing component.

, History of Architecture 1, 2
ART 230B: Art and Race in the Late 19th Century 
Introduction to the Art of the Black Diaspora
Modern America
China, Korea, Japan 
History of Photography
Venice and the World
ART 420I Icons, Illusions, and Living Images
A Classics through the Lens
Discoveries in Archaeology
Introduction to Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Classical Mythology and the Arts

*Note: ARC 221/222 can count as either Level One or Level Two courses, but not both.

Level Three: Area Courses, 15 hours

Courses designed to explore issues of style and how it changes according to function, context, and chronology. Courses at this level have an integrated lecture component that will include student research and writing significantly beyond what is expected in Level Two courses. At least one course must be taken in each of the following areas:*

Art of Asia, Africa, or the Americas
The Arts of African Peoples
Chinese Painting
Japanese Painting and Prints
Modern and Contemporary East Asian Art
Arts of West Africa

European Art
Renaissance Architecture
Gothic Architecture
The Renaissance in Italy
Art in the Age of Michelangelo
Baroque Art in Europe
The Arts of Colonial Latin America
Art of the Weimar Republic
/ Art of the Late 19th Century
/ Art of the Early 20th Century
Art in the Age of Revolution: 1789-1848

Pre-Modern Art (of any geographic area or areas)
Renaissance Architecture
Gothic Architecture
Chinese Painting
Japanese Painting and Prints
The Renaissance in Italy
Art in the Age of Michelangelo
Baroque Art in Europe
The Arts of Colonial Latin America
Greek and Roman Architecture
Greek and Roman Sculpture
Greek and Roman Painting
Greco-Roman Decorative Arts
Art in the Age of Revolution: 1789-1848

Modern/Postmodern Art
History of Interiors
/ History of Urbanization
/ Architecture and Society
/ The American City Since 1940
/ Modern Architecture
/ Recent Architecture Theory
Modern and Contemporary East Asian Art
Art of the Weimar Republic
Art Since 1980
: Art Outdoors: Site and Place
/ Art of the Late 19th Century
/ Art of the Early 20th Century
/ Postwar to Postmodernism: 1945-1980

*NOTE: A single course may not fill requirements in more than one area.

Level Four: Seminar, 3 hours

Faculty-mentored seminars in which students are responsible for extensive research on a specified aspect of the course which they will present to the instructor and their classmates. Topics vary.

Seminar

Seminar

Other Required Courses

Field Study, 3 hours 
Structured experience outside the classroom: internship or study abroad. 

Advanced Research Methods, 3 hours
Capstone: Seminar in History and Methods in Art and Architectural History. Required during the fall semester of the senior year.

Studio Requirement, 6 hours

Majors are required to maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA. All courses for the major must be taken for a standard grade.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Plan Requirements, 48 hours

• Foundation courses within the major may be applied toward fulfillment of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Plan requirements.
• A must be chosen from departments outside the major.
• ART 498, the Capstone Seminar taken during the senior year, meets the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Plan Capstone Course requirement.

Departmental Honors

To graduate with Departmental Honors, students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average in the major and complete an honors thesis. Thesis proposals are submitted during the junior year. Successful applicants earn six upper division hours* for research and writing (ART 477C), after which the thesis is submitted for approval to the Departmental Honors committee.

*These credit hours are in addition to the upper division credits required for the major.

Guidelines for the Research and Writing of the Honors Thesis

• Students should choose their topic and advisor based upon their area of special interest and qualifications. Applicants should adhere to the proposed schedule of completing research during the fall and completing the writing of the honors thesis during the spring of their senior year unless their advisor agrees upon a different schedule. Students applying to graduate school may want to complete as much of the writing as possible during the fall so that they will have a writing sample to send in with their applications.
• Applicants should conduct original research on a topic that will demonstrate their knowledge of art history and reflect their personal interests.
• The honors thesis should investigate a subject in depth and result in an original conclusion. It will normally consist of about thirty pages and include illustrations.

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Questions about the Art and Architecture History major?

Andrew Casper
124 Art Building
casperar@ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúOH.edu
513-529-2900