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Dec 09, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Art and Art History, B.A.
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The major in art and art history gives the student both a broad-based and a focused, historical education in the arts. The core of the major consists of general history courses in art (i.e. painting, sculpture, architecture and related media), music, photography, and theatre, coupled with studio experience. More intensive courses in art, music, photography, theatre and literature (as appropriate to the chosen period) are then taken in combination so that the student emerges from the major with an informed view of the arts in a given period, such as the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Romantic, or the Modern. A senior seminar with thesis provides students with the opportunity to relate in a meaningful and substantial manner the various strands of their coursework in the arts. The senior seminar is preceded by a course in methodology and art literature that prepares students for this capstone experience of their senior year. Majors are encouraged to attend cultural affairs on-and-off-campus: concerts, gallery exhibitions, lectures, and the like.
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Major Requirements
This bachelor’s degree program requires a minimum of 124 credits. As part of the overall 124 credit minimum, the Art and Art History major requires the completion of a minimum of 48 credits and a minimum of 12 courses, as specified below.
- FAA 1310 - The Nature of Music: The Art of Listening Credits: 4
- FAA 1610 - Art & Material Culture I: Prehistory to the Renaissance Credits: 4
- FAA 1620 - Art & Material Culture II: The Renaissance to the Present Credits: 4
- FAA 1710 - Foundations of Visual Arts Credits: 4
- FAA 3960 - Methodologies of Scholarship in the Visual and Performing Arts Credits: 4
- FAA 4960 - Senior Seminar with Thesis Credits: 4
- One photography, video, or theater course (studio; performance)
- One studio art course (traditional studio)
- History of Photography, History of Theater, or History of Graphic Design
- Three period courses (history or art, music, photography, theater or literature), with two courses from the same period (i.e. Renaissance, Baroque, etc.)
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