This minor is open to students from any concentration in the Department of Visual Arts, as well students majoring in other disciplines who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding about the context in which artwork is produced. This context comprises the complex network of artistic intentions, historical circumstances, economic opportunities, and socio-political agendas that shape artists’ production and viewers’ reception of art objects. Students interested in pursuing this minor should contact a faculty member in the Art history area for further details and advisement.
Art History & Museum Studies Minor Courses
Visual Arts, Art History & Museum Studies Minor
This 18- credit Visual Arts Minor consists of at least six courses, including the following requirements:
Required courses :
ART 216 Studies in Visual Culture (Prehistory through the 1750s)
At least 1 History of the Medium :
ART 324 – History of Film: Origins to 1965
ART 325 – History of Film and Video: 1965 to Present
ART 326 – History of Photography I
ART 327 – History and Theory of Photography
ART 335 – Origins and Issues in Design
ART 343 – History of Animation
ART 376 – Origins and Issues of Print Media
ART 380 – History and Theory of Games
At least 4 Advanced Courses (one course must be at the 400 level) :
ART 318 – Visual Culture of City and Cinema in South Asia
ART 319 – Space and Place in Public Art and Urbanism
ART 321 – From the Enlightenment to the Birth of Modernism (1750-1880)
ART 323 – Modernism (1880-1960)
ART 328 – Postmodernism (1960 – present)
ART 329 – Topics in Art History and Visual Culture
ART 349 – Black, Queer, and Feminist Film
ART 424 – Contemporary Art of the Non-Western World
ART 425 – Writing By and For Artists, Curators, and Critics
ART 427 – Museum Practice
ART 428 – History & Theory of the Art Museum
ART 429 – Seminar in Art History & Visual Culture