The art history major engages students in an interdisciplinary approach to the discipline that promotes an understanding of art in relation to aesthetic traditions, cultural values, and social experience. The degree prepares students for entry-level archive, gallery, or museum-related employment and/or for graudate studies in art history.
Note: It is recommended that students who plan to enter graduate school should complete two years of a world language at the college level.
Program Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of art from various global contexts from the prehistoric era to the present.
- Analyze works of art in a variety of historical and social contexts, and in comparative perspective.
- Synthesize, summarize, and assess information from a variety of primary and secondary sources that contextualize art in historical, cultural, stylistic, and theoretical/critical contexts.
- Produce written work, including a significant research paper, involving visual analysis, reading research, and critical thinking.
- Demonstrate preparedness for employment in art history-related fields.