Art History (B.A.)

• Overview
• Curriculum
• Learning Outcomes
• Faculty

Student Learning Outcomes

The program is taught in three different levels: 

200-level courses are introductions to the history of art and architecture. In them, students will learn to:

• Applies knowledge of artistic materials, processes, and formal visual elements.
• Identify major works of art and architecture and their formal visual properties.
• Analyze cultural and historical contexts in which works of art are made.

300-level courses explore different artistic movements and periods in greater detail. The above skills are reinforced alongside those to:

• Articulate key issues in the history of art and architecture through written and oral communication skills.
• Conduct discipline specific research in the history of art and architecture.
• Create interpretative thesis or text based on synthesis of visual, cultural, and historical contextual analysis.

400-level courses are our capstone courses, which are more thematic explorations of art and architecture. The above learning outcomes are emphasized and synthesized into a major research project, which may result in a substantial research paper or the organization of an exhibition in one of the Fine Arts Center galleries.