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2024-2025 General Catalog [Current] 
    
2024-2025 General Catalog [Current]

Art History (Minor)

Location(s): Main Campus


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The Art History minor is designed to provide students with a broad introduction to the history of art that will complement major studies in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The histories of diverse forms of visual culture-including painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and photography, are introduced concerning their social and cultural contexts. The minor in Art History provides students with a liberal arts curriculum with a particular sensitivity to the social, rhetorical, and aesthetic roles the visual arts play in diverse cultures. The skills and knowledge acquired through the Art History minor enhance students’ appreciation of the value of cultural heritage, their communication skills, and their understanding of world history.

Program Information

  • All courses must be passed with a “C” (2.0) or better to be counted in the minor.

Art History Minor Curriculum (18 Credits)


Total Credits, Minor: 18


Program Learning Outcomes


  • Gain general knowledge of the history of western and non-western art in relation to general world history.
  • Develop an understanding of the elements, principles, and vocabulary of art/design and employ this knowledge in analysis of art and design work. 

  • Demonstrate competency in research, critical argument, and analytical writing.

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