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Art History and Visual Culture Major Requirements

Arts and Communication Seminars (0 units)

  • AMM 99: ArtsComm Seminar
  • AMM 100: Seminar on Professional and Career Development

Art History and Visual Culture Core (3 units)

  • AAV 102: Visual Thinking
  • AAV 498: Junior Research Seminar
  • AAH 499: Art History Senior Seminar

Art History and Visual Culture Options (7 units)

* The same course may not be used for the pre- and post-1400 requirement.

Area Distribution: Pre-1400 (complete one course):

  • AAH 101: Art History I: Caves to Cathedral
  • AAH 201: Art of Greece
  • AAH 202: Art of Rome
  • AAH 210: Arts of South Asia
  • AAH 211: Arts of East Asia
  • AAH 212: Arts of the Islamic World
  • AAH 221: Arts of Medieval Europe
  • AAH 270: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 310: Early Modern Asian Art
  • AAH 312: Arts of Iran
  • AAH 331: Art of the Italian Renaissance
  • AAH 332: Arts of Baroque
  • AAH 343: Nineteenth Century Art
  • AAH 350: Contemporary Art
  • AAH 354: Looking At Women: Rep, Fem, & Fi
  • AAH 370: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 404: Women in Classical Art
  • AAH 410: Photography in India
  • AAH 441: Art in the Classical Tradition

Area Distribution: Post 1400 (complete one course):

  • AAH 102: Art History II: Renaissance to Revolution
  • AAH 210: Arts of South Asia
  • AAH 211: Arts of East Asia
  • AAH 212: Arts of the Islamic World
  • AAH 251: American Art
  • AAH 253: 20th Century Art
  • AAH 254: Histories of Photography
  • AAH 270: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 310: Early Modern Asian Art
  • AAH 312: Arts of Iran
  • AAH 331: Art of the Italian Renaissance
  • AAH 332: Arts of Baroque
  • AAH 343: Nineteenth Century Art
  • AAH 350: Contemporary Art
  • AAH 354: Looking At Women: Rep, Fem, & Fi
  • AAH 370: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 404: Women in Classical Art
  • AAH 410: Photography in India
  • AAH 441: Art in the Classical Tradition

Option Course (complete three courses):

  • AAH All Courses
  • HON 347: Paris Before the War
  • HON 353: Rome of the Caesars and Rome

Area Distribution: Europe or US (complete one course):

  • AAH 101: Art History I: Caves to Cathedral
  • AAH 102: Art History II: Renaissance to Revolution
  • AAH 210: Arts of South Asia
  • AAH 202: Art of Rome
  • AAH 221: Arts of Medieval Europe
  • AAH 231: Arts of Renaissance Europe
  • AAH 251: American Art
  • AAH 253: 20th Century Art
  • AAH 254: Histories of Photography
  • AAH 270: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 301: Citiessanctuaries of Ancient Greece
  • AAH 302: Rome of Caesar and Rome of Pope
  • AAH 331: Art of the Italian Renaissance
  • AAH 332: Arts of Baroque
  • AAH 343: Nineteenth Century Art
  • AAH 350: Contemporary Art
  • AAH 354: Looking At Women: Rep, Fem, & Fi
  • AAH 370: Topics in Art History

Area Distribution: Asia, Africa, Indigenous Americas, or Oceania (complete one course):

  • AAH 210: Arts of South Asia
  • AAH 211: Arts of East Asia
  • AAH 212: Arts of the Islamic World
  • AAH 270: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 310: Early Modern Asian Art
  • AAH 312: Arts of Iran
  • AAH 370: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 410: Photography in India

Area Distribution: Gender and Art (complete one course):

  • AAH 334: Art and Gender in the Italian
  • AAH 344: Women, Art, & Society
  • AAH 370: Topics in Art History
  • AAH 404: Women in Classical Art

Non-AAH Elective (complete one course):

  • Complete one course from the approved list of courses beyond the discipline of Art History.

Additional Requirement (complete one additional course):

  • AAH All Courses
  • AAS 235: African American Film
  • AAS 251: Harlem Renaissance When
  • AAS 252: Gender, Race, & Cultural Production
  • AAS 362: African Cinema: Francophone African Experience Through Film
  • AAV 102: Visual Thinking
  • AAV 111: Drawing
  • AAV 112: 2D Design and Color Theory
  • AAV 113: 3D
  • AAV 130: Photography I
  • AAV 140: 4D
  • AAV 211: Drawing II
  • AAV 213: Sculpture I
  • AAV Printmaking I
  • AAV 215: Painting I
  • AAV 215: Fiber Art
  • AAV 217: Ceramics
  • AAV 218: Book Art
  • AAV 251: Design Fundamentals
  • AAV 252: Typography
  • AAV 270: Topics in Visual Arts
  • AAV 314: Printmaking II
  • AAV 315: painting II
  • AAV 331: Advance Projects in Photo
  • AAV 370: Topics in Visual Arts
  • ANT 111: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
  • ANT 112: Intro to Biological Anthropology
  • ANT 370: Topics in Anthropology
  • CHE 103: Exploring London Through the World of Art and Chemistry
  • COM 117: Intro to Film Studies
  • COM 118: Intro to Television Studies
  • COM 271: Film and Society
  • COM 381: Issues in Film History
  • HIS 141: Modren Iranian Film and History
  • HIS 149: Hostiry of Russian film
  • HIS 331: Silk and religion
  • HON 347: Paris Before the War
  • HON 353: Rome of the Caesars and Rome
  • SOC 333: Body, Image, Culture and Society
  • WGS 220: gender and Popular Culture
  • WGS 305: Looking at Women: Rep, Fem & Film

200-Level Requirement (three courses are required)

300-Level Requirement (three courses are required)

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