Art History and Criticism Minor

Minor - Art History/Criticism (Minor)

College of Visual & Perf Arts

Catalog Year: 2015-2016

Degree Specific Credits: 24

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Note: Minor in Art History For Those Not Majoring In Art

Studio Art Fundamentals

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

12 Total Credits Required

Visual Language

Rule: The following course is required

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Show Description ARTZ 105A - Visual Language - Drawing
Offered autumn and spring. Introduction to basic drawing skills and concept integration. Studio practice with research in historical and contemporary approaches.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C 3 Total Credits Required

Beginning Art History

Rule: All courses are required

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Show Description ARTH 200H - Art of World Civilization I
Offered autumn. Survey of the history of visual art from prehistory to 1400.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 201H - Art of World Civilization II
Offered spring. Survey of the history of visual art from 1400 to the present.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C 6 Total Credits Required

Beginning Art Criticism

Rule: The following course is required

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Show Description ARTH 250L - Introduction to Art Criticism
Offered autumn and spring. Prereqs., ARTH 200H, ARTH 201H. Study of the description, interpretation, and evaluation of visual art as practiced in art criticism.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C 3 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Art History And Criticism

Rule: 12 Credits Of 300-400 Level Art History And/Or Criticism Courses Required

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Show Description ARTH 333H - Architectural History I
Offered autumn. Prereqs., ARTH 200H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of architectural styles, designs, and choices of the built environment from prehistory to the modern age.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 350 - Contemp Art and Art Criticism
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of artists, art works, critics, and theories from 1960 to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 391 - Special Topics
(R-12) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings by visiting professors, new courses, and/or one-time investigations of current topics.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description ARTH 402H - Greek Art & Architecture
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor. Exploration of ancient Greek art and architecture.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 407 - Roman and Early Christian Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of Roman art and architecture from prehistory to the Early Christian period.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 425 - Art of the Renaissance
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of European art and architecture from 1450 to 1600.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 430 - 19th Century Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of European art and architecture from 1800 to 1900.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 433H - Acient American Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or ARTH 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of ancient American art and architecture from prehistory to 1492.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 434H - Latin American Art
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Same as NAS 368H. Exploration of themes in the development of Latin American art from the colonial period to the present including Renaissance ideals in the “New World”, syncretism of European, African, and indigenous roots, the Black Legend, and the advent of such movements as Academism, Modernism, Social Realism, Magic Realism and Post-Modernism.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 435Y - Art of the United States
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor. American painting, sculpture and architecture from 19th century to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 436 - The History of Women in Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or ARTH 201H and ARTH250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of women and art from prehistory to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 440 - 20th Century Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of art and architecture of the 20th century.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 450 - Renaissance Theory & Criticism
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or ARTH 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of the writings on art from the 14th-16th centuries.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 458 - Adv Research in Art History
(R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereqs., a 300-level art history course and consent of instructor. Further exploration of art history topics including student proposals.
 2 To 6 Credits
Show Description ARTH 459 - Advanced Research Art Crit
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 350 and consent of instructor. Further exploration of art criticism topics including student proposals.
 3 To 6 Credits
Show Description ARTH 464 - African Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or ARTH 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of African art and architecture from prehistory to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 465 - Spanish Art
Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 200H or ARTH 201H and ARTH 250L or consent of instructor. Exploration of Spanish art and architecture from prehistory to the present.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 491 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 250L. Experimental offerings by visiting professors, new courses, and/or one-time investigation of current topics.
1 To 6 Credits
Show Description ARTH 494 - Sem Art Hist & Crit
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H, a 300-level art history course and consent of instructor. Upper-division seminar in varying topics of art history and criticism.
 3 Credits
Show Description ARTH 498 - Internship
(R-12) Offered intermittently. Prereqs., ARTH 250L and/or consent of instructor. Special internship under instructor supervision offering practical experience.
 1 To 6 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C 12 Total Credits Required