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Course Offerings in Art History for BFA Majors:

Please note that the art history courses were re-numerated and updated in the spring of 2016. The new course numbers and, in some cases, course name changes, are reflected here. 
1095 Monuments of World Architecture
This course investigates sacred and secular architecture from around the globe, dating from the beginning of civilization to the present.

1710; 1720 The History of Art I and II
This course surveys the history of painting,
sculpture and architecture from the prehistoric
era to the present day. Credit: 3 semester hours.

1740 Modern Architecture
The history of architecture and urban planning
predominantly in the United States and Europe
from the mid-19th century to the present. The
development of architecture in relation to
political, economic, and social histories will be
addressed. Credit: 3 semester hours.

2025 Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture; Credit: 3 semester hours.
This course explores Renaissance and Baroque art and architecture from approximately 1300 to 1750 with a comparative emphasis on developments in painting, sculpture, and building. 

2145 History of Visual Communications
A comprehensive overview of the history of
humanity’s effort to give visual form to ideas
and concepts, to store knowledge and give
order and clarity to information.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
(Also listed in Graphic Design Course Offerings.)
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2205 Medieval Art and Architecture
Medieval art and architecture across nearly one thousand years (c. 400 to 1300 CE).
Credit: 3 semester hours.

2705 Ancient Egyptian & Mesopotamian Art
This course explores ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art and archaeology from approximately 3000 BCE to the Classical era. 

2715 Classical Archaeology
The history of archaeology and its contribution
to our knowledge about the ancient world, its
history and civilization. Credit: 3 semester hours.

2730 Pre-Columbian Art
A survey of the art and culture of selected
civilizations of the ancient Americas, including
the Aztec, Inca, Maya and Taíno.
Credit: 3 semester hours.

2735 Art of Asia and the Pacific
This course is a general survey of the art and architecture of Asia and the Pacific islands from ancient prehistory to the industrial age.
Credit: 3 semester hours.

2740 Rococo to Revolution
This courses surveys developments in European
painting, sculpture and architecture from 1789
through the close of the 19th century.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
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2745 Art of Africa
This course is a general introduction to the art
and architecture of the African continent from
ancient prehistory to present.
Credit: 3 semester hours.

2750 Historical Modernism: (1848-1945)
This survey course introduces students to
methods of visual, critical and art historical
analysis, focusing on art works, artists and art
movements, critical writing and art institutions
of the twentieth century, treated in light of
socio-political and cultural developments of
this period. Credit: 3 semester hours.
​

2755 Contemporary Art and Culture,
1945–Present

Focusing on international art of the postwar
period, this course examines works, artists,
art movements, exhibitions and institutions
in relation to critical and theoretical texts and
through interdisciplinary methods locates
developments in global contemporary art in
socio-political and cultural contexts.
Credit: 3 semester hours.
​

2760 Latin American Art
A study of the art history of Latin America
from Pre-Columbian times to the colonial 
and the modern periods, all of which were characterized by widespread and intensive
encounters between people of radically
different cultural values. Credit: 3 semester hours.

 SeminarART 2765 Islamic Art and Architecture
This course explores Islamic art and architecture from around the globe, dating from the era of the seventh-century CE foundation of Islam to the present.
​Credit: 3 semester hours.
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3100 Women in the Arts
This course surveys art and gender through
studies of the expanded canon of art history
and of critical, theoretical and historical writing
on the subject. This course covers material
treated in the Art 1710-1720 sequence
(The History of Art I and II) through the lens of
gender and therefore and may be substituted
for these courses. Credit: 3 semester hours.

3200 Criticism Theory & Practice Seminar
A survey of theoretical texts informing
contemporary art making over the last
three decades and the application of new
vocabulary, concepts, and analytical tools in
creative studio work. Credit: 3 semester hours.

3710 Contemporary Photography
Survey of contemporary photography
examining the major changes and movements
since 1960. Students will study images that
span across genres of photography, meet
professional photographers, editors and
curators. Credit: 3 semester hours.
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3720 Global Contemporary Art 
This course introduces students to the conceptual, theoretical, and aesthetic themes/debates driving the current production of and discussion about contemporary art in a global context.
 
4000 Special Topics in Art History
A study of special themes and topics in art
history from the twentieth century to the
present. The course is intended to supplement
regular course offerings in the Department of
Art and Design. Credit: 3 semester hours

Courses in History of Photography & Film:
(Also listed in Photography Course Offerings Page.)
1660 History of Photography
An historical survey of the evolution of
photography from its beginnings to the
present time. Credit: 3 semester hours.

1810 The Art of Film I
This course introduces the student to the study
of film as an academic discipline by defining
the basic components of film practice, their
historical developments and their specific
applications in conveying meaning and
ideological premises. Credit: 3 semester hours.

1820 The Art of Film II
This comparative study of the classical
Hollywood cinema and modes of cinematic
representation in other national cinemas and
the avant-garde analyzes the cinema’s
relationship to culture’s dominant ideological
formations. Credit: 3 semester hours.

1830 Racism in Film
Examines some of the causes and effects of
racism within culture and analyzes how films
organize their formal properties into strategies
that promote and/or reinforce racist values and
belief systems. Credit: 3 semester hours.

1840 Sexism in Cinema and Television
This course analyzes the manner in which
sexism functions as an ideological institution
within American culture in and through cinema
and television. Credit: 3 semester hours.

3710 Contemporary Photography
Survey of contemporary photography
examining the major changes and movements
since 1960. Students will study images that
span across genres of photography, meet
professional photographers, editors and
curators. Credit: 3 semester hours.

Please note that seniors with a GPA of 3.0 or more are eligible to take grad courses from the selection offered by our MA in Museum Administration with permission of the Department Chair and the MA Director. Please reach out to your advisor if you are interested in taking these courses.

See also Courses Abroad Page
A wide selection of art history courses is offered in Rome, Paris and Spain by the Department. Please refer to the Courses Abroad Page for descriptions and offerings.
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