Information and Policies
Introduction
The History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) curriculum guides students in acquiring skill in critical thinking about art and visual culture, leading to a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree. Each student who chooses to major in HAVC devises an individual study plan with a faculty adviser. The lower-division HAVC courses numbered 1-99, intended for general education students and prospective majors, provide an introduction to the field of visual culture according to geographic areas and visual traditions within those areas. Upper-division HAVC courses numbered 100-189 cover a broad range of issues in various aspects of world cultures from earliest times to the present. Advanced upper-division courses focus on selected fields, topics, and methods. The most advanced HAVC courses, numbered in the 190-191 series, are taught in seminar format. Students also have the opportunity to take independent study courses and write senior theses.
Academic Advising for the Program
Undergraduate Adviser
The undergraduate adviser offers specific information about navigating through the program and the curriculum and assists students with requirements, prerequisites, policies and procedures, learning support, scholarships, and special opportunities for undergraduate research. Please contact the HAVC undergraduate adviser at havc@ucsc.edu.
Transfer students should also consult the Transfer Information and Policy section below.
Faculty Advisers
Faculty are the best resource for learning about the philosophies and foundations of history of art and visual culture. Faculty advisers work individually with students to develop a specific course of study, recommend additional courses of interest, and discuss long-term career goals including education beyond the baccalaureate. A faculty adviser is assigned to each student by the undergraduate adviser during the declaration of major meeting. Students may change to an adviser who specializes in their field of interest within HAVC.
Getting Started in the Major
Lower-Division Coursework
It is recommended that students begin by taking four lower-division HAVC courses from four different geographic regions.
Languages
All majors are encouraged to study at least one foreign language. Graduate programs in visual culture, art history, and other related disciplines generally require competence in one or more languages beyond English. Students are encouraged to consult with their faculty adviser to discuss an appropriate course of language study.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates from the history of art and visual culture B.A program will have demonstrated the following:
Program Learning Outcome (PLO) 1: Breadth of Cultural Knowledge
Students will be able to demonstrate an appreciation for, and foundation in, visual studies grounded in a range of historical, social, cultural, and ideological perspectives.
PLO 2: Critical Thinking
Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills that will enable them to analyze and solve problems through observation, experience, reflection, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and/or explanation of visual, material, and historical cultural forms and values. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills through oral and/or written communication.
PLO 3: Research Proficiency
Students will be able to formulate research questions that expand their knowledge of art and visual culture. Students will be able to apply research methods to answer these questions by consulting the current literature and developing independent results through archival, library, or field research.
PLO 4: Written Communication
Students will be able to present clear visual and historical analysis and interpretation in writing. Students will be able to demonstrate standard writing conventions in visual studies appropriate to purpose and context.
Major Qualification Policy and Declaration Process
Major Qualification
To be eligible to declare the major, students must pass two lower-division HAVC courses chosen from two different geographic regions from the lists below:
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History of Art and Visual Culture 10-19 Africa and its Diaspora
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History of Art and Visual Culture 20-29 Asia and its Diaspora
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History of Art and Visual Culture 30-49 Europe and the Americas
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History of Art and Visual Culture 50-69 Mediterranean
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History of Art and Visual Culture 60-69 Native Americas
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History of Art and Visual Culture 70-79 Oceania and its Diaspora
Transfer students should also consult the Transfer Information and Policy section.
Appeal Process
Students who are informed that they are not eligible to declare the major may appeal this decision by submitting a letter to the department chair within 15 days from the date the notification was mailed. Within 15 days of receipt of the appeal, the department will notify the student and college of the decision. Students should submit their appeal via email to havc@ucsc.edu.
How to Declare a Major
Students who are eligible to declare the HAVC major must consult with the undergraduate adviser. Please make an appointment or visit during drop-in hours to complete a Petition for Major Declaration and Academic Planning form with the HAVC undergraduate adviser. Students will then be referred to a HAVC faculty adviser to complete the declaration process.
Transfer Information and Policy
Transfer Admission Screening Policy
Students planning to apply in this major are not required to complete specific major preparation courses for consideration of admission to UC Santa Cruz.
Transfer students are, however, encouraged to complete some of their lower-division history of art and visual culture requirements prior to transfer. Refer to the ASSIST articulation agreements at www.assist.org for approved lower-division courses offered at community colleges. Please keep in mind that students must complete four lower-division courses from four different geographic regions for the HAVC major requirements.
Transfer credit for lower- or upper-division courses from four-year institutions or community colleges not included in the ASSIST system is evaluated on a case-by-case basis; students must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit, Substitution, or Waiver and course syllabus to the HAVC Department for review.
A student may transfer up to five art history courses toward the major, only two of which may be upper-division. HAVC majors must take a minimum of eight regularly scheduled HAVC courses from members of the HAVC faculty.
Transfer students are strongly encouraged to contact the HAVC Department for advisement before enrolling at UCSC.
Getting Started at UCSC as a Transfer Student
Students seeking to declare the HAVC major must consult with the undergraduate adviser. Transfer students must pass two HAVC courses chosen from two different geographical regions (or have completed two art history courses from two different geographical regions from their community college or another four-year institution). Students seeking to declare the HAVC major may make an appointment or visit during drop-in hours to complete a Petition for Major Declaration and Academic Planning form with the HAVC undergraduate adviser. Students will then be referred to a HAVC faculty adviser to complete the declaration process.
Letter Grade Policy
Only courses with grades of C or better can be used to fulfill major requirements. Courses in which you receive a grade of C-, D+, D, D- or F cannot be used to satisfy a major requirement. Courses can also be taken for Pass/No Pass to satisfy your major requirements. Please consult with your college academic adviser or the Office of the Registrar to determine your limits on selecting the Pass/No Pass grading option.
Course Substitution Policy
For the major, a student may transfer up to five art history courses taken from other institutions: up to three lower-division courses and up to two upper-division courses.
Students must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit, Substitution, or Waiver and course syllabus to the HAVC Department for review.
Study Abroad
The University of California’s Education Abroad Program provides an excellent opportunity to take courses related to the history of art and visual culture in a range of locations. The department strongly encourages HAVC majors and minors to take advantage of this educational opportunity. Successfully completed EAP courses count as in-residence UC credit.
Upon return, you must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit, Substitution, or Waiver to substitute EAP courses for HAVC major requirements (EAP courses do not automatically satisfy major requirements). Petitions are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. We look for evidence that the course(s) provided critical analysis of the class material in its social and cultural context, as well as significant reading and writing requirements. We recommend you retain all relevant documentation (syllabi, reading lists, papers written, etc.) to support your case. We also suggest you consult with your HAVC adviser to plan your EAP courses in advance.
For additional information, visit the UC Education Abroad Program website.
Honors
Honors and Highest Honors in the Major
Highest Honors and Honors are awarded in the History of Art and Visual Culture major to students who have shown a consistently outstanding level of performance throughout their coursework and maintained a superior GPA in the major. These distinctions are earned by only a small percentage of each graduating class. This notation appears on the transcript as well as on the diploma.
- Highest Honors in the major will be awarded to students with a GPA of 3.9 and above in all HAVC courses and with HAVC Department approval*
- Honors in the major will be awarded to students with a GPA of 3.7 and above in all HAVC courses and with HAVC Department approval*
* Department approval is guided by consideration of criteria such as overall performance in HAVC coursework and the number of courses taken for a letter grade.
Honors in the Senior Comprehensive Requirement
All seniors must complete one seminar, courses from the 190–191 series, as their “senior exit” course to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement. Seminars can be taken for senior exit credit only by permission of the instructor. Within the context of this advanced seminar, students will work under the close supervision of their professor to produce a written project that demonstrates a high level of achievement in research, writing, and critical thinking. Students whose performance is outstanding are eligible for honors in the senior comprehensive.
Careers
The preparation students receive from the bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in HAVC can lead to successful careers in education, law, business, and social services, in addition to more disciplinary-specific careers in museum curating, art restoration, library and information science, heritage studies, design, criticism, arts education and administration, and advanced studies in architecture, visual culture, and art history.
General Major
Course Requirements
The HAVC major requires four lower-division and nine upper-division courses including the satisfactory completion of the senior comprehensive requirement. Students must take courses in each of the six different geographic regions to ensure cultural, methodological, and disciplinary breadth.
Lower-Division Courses
Take four courses from four different geographic regions listed below.
HAVC 80 may be used to fulfill a lower-division requirement for one of the following geographic regions: 10s (Africa), 60s (Native Americas), or 70s (Oceania).
HAVC 10 - HAVC 19: Africa and its Diaspora
| HAVC10 | Introduction to African Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 20 - HAVC 29: Asia and its Diaspora
| HAVC20 | Visual Cultures of Asia | 5 |
| HAVC22 | Religion and Visual Culture in China | 5 |
| HAVC24 | Southeast Asia Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC27 | Image and Ideology in Indian Art | 5 |
HAVC 30 - HAVC 49: Europe and the Americas
| HAVC30 | Introduction to European Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC40 | Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display | 5 |
| HAVC41 | Introduction to Modern Art | 5 |
| HAVC43 | History of Modern Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC44 | Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment | 5 |
| HAVC45 | Photography Now | 5 |
| HAVC46 | Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC47 | Introduction To Contemporary Art | 5 |
| HAVC48 | Climate Justice Now Art, Activism, Environment Today | 5 |
| HAVC49 | From Memes to Metadata: an Introduction to Digital Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 50 - HAVC 59: Mediterranean
| HAVC50 | Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures | 5 |
| HAVC51 | Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World | 5 |
| HAVC55 | Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present | 5 |
| HAVC58 | Gardens of Delight: Fifteen Centuries of Islamic Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 60 - HAVC 69: Native Americas
| HAVC60 | Indigenous American Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 70 - HAVC 79: Oceania and its Diaspora
| HAVC70 | Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Take this course:
Students are recommended to take HAVC 100A during winter quarter of sophomore year. HAVC 100A is a prerequisite for the senior comprehensive requirement. If it is not completed by the end of the junior year, students may have difficulty enrolling in a seminar to fulfill their senior comprehensive, which may delay graduation.
Plus two upper-division geographical regional courses:
Take two upper-division geographical regional courses from two geographical regions listed below not studied as part of the lower-division regional requirement.
HAVC 110 - HAVC 119: Africa and its Diaspora
| HAVC110 | Visual Cultures of West Africa | 5 |
| HAVC111 | Visual Cultures of Central Africa | 5 |
| HAVC115 | Gender in African Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC116 | African Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC117 | Contemporary Art of Africa | 5 |
| HAVC118 | Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora | 5 |
| HAVC119 | Arts and Politics of African Urban Space | 5 |
HAVC 120 - HAVC 129: Asia and its Diaspora
| HAVC122A | Sacred Geography of China | 5 |
| HAVC122B | Constructing Lives in China: Biographies and Portraits | 5 |
| HAVC122C | Writing in China | 5 |
| HAVC122D | Chinese Landscape Painting | 5 |
| HAVC122F | Bodies in Chinese Culture | 5 |
| HAVC123A | Modernity and the Arts of India | 5 |
| HAVC123B | Religions and Visual Culture of South Asia | 5 |
| HAVC124A | Arts of Ancient Southeast Asia | 5 |
| HAVC124B | History of Photography in Southeast Asia | 5 |
| HAVC124C | Arts and Politics in Theravada Traditions | 5 |
| HAVC124D | Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora | 5 |
| HAVC124E | Southeast Asian-American and Diasporic Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC127A | Buddhist Visual Worlds | 5 |
| HAVC127B | Buddhist Pure Lands | 5 |
| HAVC127C | Ritual in Asian Religious Art | 5 |
| HAVC127D | Storytelling in Asian Art | 5 |
| HAVC127E | Modern/Contemporary Architecture of the Asia Pacific | 5 |
| HAVC127F | The Politics of Exclusion: Asian American Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 130 - HAVC 149: Europe and the Americas
| HAVC133A | Themes in the Study of Medieval Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC135B | German Art, 1905–1945 | 5 |
| HAVC135D | French Painting, 1780-1855 | 5 |
| HAVC135E | Jewish Identity and Visual Representation | 5 |
| HAVC135F | Art of the Book in Western Europe 500-1600 | 5 |
| HAVC135G | Blood, Guts, and Gore: Representing War from Leonard da Vinci to Abu Ghraib | 5 |
| HAVC135H | Topics in European and Euro-American Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC135P | Paris, Capital of the 19th Century | 5 |
| HAVC137A | Northern Renaissance Art | 5 |
| HAVC137E | Renaissance Prints | 5 |
| HAVC140A | America in Art | 5 |
| HAVC140B | Victorian America | 5 |
| HAVC140C | Race and American Visual Arts | 5 |
| HAVC140D | Chicano/Chicana Art: 1970-Present | 5 |
| HAVC140E | Art and Science in America: Contact to circa 1900 | 5 |
| HAVC140P | Pop Culture as High Art | 5 |
| HAVC141A | Modern Art: Realism to Cubism | 5 |
| HAVC141B | Death, Desire, and Modernity | 5 |
| HAVC141C | Modern Art: Pop to Present | 5 |
| HAVC141E | Histories of Photography | 5 |
| HAVC141F | The Camera and the Body | 5 |
| HAVC141H | Media History and Theory | 5 |
| HAVC141I | Be Here Now: Art, Land, Space | 5 |
| HAVC141J | Critical Issues in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC141K | Activist Art Since 1960: Art, Technology, Activism | 5 |
| HAVC141M | Museum Practices | 5 |
| HAVC141N | Data Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation | 5 |
| HAVC141O | Sex, Lies, and Surveillance: Contemporary Documentary Arts | 5 |
| HAVC141P | Networks and Natures: Art, Technology, and the Nonhuman | 5 |
| HAVC142 | Contemporary Art and Ecology | 5 |
| HAVC143A | Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debates | 5 |
| HAVC143B | History of Urban Design | 5 |
| HAVC143C | Latin American Modern Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC143D | Architecture and the City in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC143E | History of Design: The Objects of Technology, 1850-The Present | 5 |
| HAVC143F | Memory, Place, and Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC143G | After Utopia: Architecture and the City, 1968-Present | 5 |
| HAVC144A | Latin American Art and Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 150- HAVC 159: Mediterranean
| HAVC151 | Greek Myths Antiquity to the Present | 5 |
| HAVC152 | Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World | 5 |
| HAVC154 | Byzantine Visual Culture: Politics and Religion in the Empire of Constantinople, 330-1453 A. C | 5 |
| HAVC155 | Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages | 5 |
| HAVC157B | Italian Renaissance: Art and Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC157C | High Renaissance | 5 |
| HAVC157D | Art of the Venetian Renaissance | 5 |
HAVC 160 - HAVC 169: Native Americas
| HAVC160A | Indigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: Mexico | 5 |
| HAVC160B | Indigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: The Andes | 5 |
| HAVC162A | Advanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Ancient Maya | 5 |
| HAVC162B | Advanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Inka | 5 |
| HAVC163 | The Native in Colonial Spanish America | 5 |
| HAVC164A | Art and Visual Culture of Indigenous California | 5 |
| HAVC165 | Indigenous Artists and the Borderland Missions | 5 |
HAVC 170 - HAVC 179: Oceania and its Diaspora
| HAVC170 | Art of the Body in Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC172 | Textile Traditions of Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC178 | Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC179 | Topics in Oceanic Visual Culture | 5 |
Electives
Plus five upper-division HAVC courses. These do not include courses in the HAVC 190 or HAVC 191 series.
The department encourages students to take cross-regional and topical courses. These are HAVC courses numbered 180-189. Courses from the 180 series fulfill upper-division major elective requirements, but do not fulfill specific regional requirements. There are occasional exceptions, which are noted in the catalog course descriptions.
Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement
Students of every major must satisfy that major’s upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) requirement. Students in HAVC meet the DC requirement by completing:
Comprehensive Requirement
All seniors must complete one HAVC seminar, numbered in the 190-191 series, as their “senior exit” course to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement. Seminars can be taken for senior exit credit only by permission of the instructor. Within the context of this advanced seminar, students will work under the close supervision of their professor to produce a written project that demonstrates a high level of achievement in research, writing, and critical thinking. Students whose performance is outstanding are eligible for honors in the senior comprehensive requirement.
Planners
Below are planners for freshmen and junior transfer students. Please note that LD=lower-division, and UD=upper-division.
Four-Year Freshman Planner
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In addition to the specific courses shown in this four-year planner, a student must complete courses satisfying the general education requirements.
Two-Year Transfer Planner
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Concentration in Curation, Heritage, and Museums
This program is for HAVC majors who wish to pursue the study and practice of curation, heritage, and museums. Students will expand on the broad knowledge they gain through the major by means of a variety of historical, theoretical, and practical courses within the domains of curation, museum studies, and critical cultural heritage studies. Students can use the concentration as a launching point toward internships or jobs in museums or cultural heritage institutions or to identify their interests for future graduate study.
Course Requirements
The HAVC major requires four lower-division and nine upper-division courses including the satisfactory completion of the senior comprehensive requirement. Students must take courses in each of the six different geographical regions listed below to ensure cultural, methodological, and disciplinary breadth.
In fulfilling the major requirements, students in the concentration must successfully complete four courses from the “Approved Concentration Courses” list below. No more than one of the four courses can be lower-division and at least two of the four courses must be HAVC-sponsored courses. Concentration courses fulfill the elective requirement, and if appropriate, concentration courses can be used to fulfill the geographical regions requirement. Students can petition to apply courses that are not on the approved list. Approval of petitions will be determined by the amount of relevant course content and assignments.
Lower-Division Courses
Four courses from four different geographical regions listed below.
HAVC 10-HAVC 19 Africa and its Diaspora:
| HAVC10 | Introduction to African Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 20-HAVC 29 Asia and its Diaspora:
| HAVC20 | Visual Cultures of Asia | 5 |
| HAVC22 | Religion and Visual Culture in China | 5 |
| HAVC24 | Southeast Asia Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC27 | Image and Ideology in Indian Art | 5 |
HAVC 30-HAVC 49 Europe and the Americas:
| HAVC30 | Introduction to European Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC40 | Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display | 5 |
| HAVC41 | Introduction to Modern Art | 5 |
| HAVC43 | History of Modern Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC44 | Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment | 5 |
| HAVC45 | Photography Now | 5 |
| HAVC46 | Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC47 | Introduction To Contemporary Art | 5 |
| HAVC48 | Climate Justice Now Art, Activism, Environment Today | 5 |
| HAVC49 | From Memes to Metadata: an Introduction to Digital Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 50-HAVC 59 Mediterranean:
| HAVC50 | Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures | 5 |
| HAVC51 | Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World | 5 |
| HAVC55 | Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present | 5 |
| HAVC58 | Gardens of Delight: Fifteen Centuries of Islamic Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 60-HAVC 69 Native Americas:
| HAVC60 | Indigenous American Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 70-HAVC 79 Oceania and its Diaspora:
| HAVC70 | Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands | 5 |
HAVC 80 may be used to fulfill a lower-division requirement for one of the following geographic regions: 10s (Africa), 60s (Native Americas), or 70s (Oceania).
Upper-Division Courses
Take the following course:
Students are recommended to take HAVC 100A during winter quarter of sophomore year. HAVC 100A is a prerequisite for the senior comprehensive requirement. If it is not completed by the end of the junior year, students may have difficulty enrolling in a seminar to fulfill their senior comprehensive, which may delay graduation.
Plus two upper-division geographical region courses:
One course each from the two geographic regions not covered by lower-division courses, as listed below.
HAVC 110-HAVC 119 Africa and Its Diaspora:
| HAVC110 | Visual Cultures of West Africa | 5 |
| HAVC111 | Visual Cultures of Central Africa | 5 |
| HAVC115 | Gender in African Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC116 | African Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC117 | Contemporary Art of Africa | 5 |
| HAVC118 | Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora | 5 |
| HAVC119 | Arts and Politics of African Urban Space | 5 |
HAVC 120-HAVC 129 Asia and Its Diaspora:
| HAVC122A | Sacred Geography of China | 5 |
| HAVC122B | Constructing Lives in China: Biographies and Portraits | 5 |
| HAVC122C | Writing in China | 5 |
| HAVC122D | Chinese Landscape Painting | 5 |
| HAVC122F | Bodies in Chinese Culture | 5 |
| HAVC123A | Modernity and the Arts of India | 5 |
| HAVC123B | Religions and Visual Culture of South Asia | 5 |
| HAVC124A | Arts of Ancient Southeast Asia | 5 |
| HAVC124B | History of Photography in Southeast Asia | 5 |
| HAVC124C | Arts and Politics in Theravada Traditions | 5 |
| HAVC124D | Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora | 5 |
| HAVC124E | Southeast Asian-American and Diasporic Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC127A | Buddhist Visual Worlds | 5 |
| HAVC127B | Buddhist Pure Lands | 5 |
| HAVC127C | Ritual in Asian Religious Art | 5 |
| HAVC127D | Storytelling in Asian Art | 5 |
| HAVC127E | Modern/Contemporary Architecture of the Asia Pacific | 5 |
| HAVC127F | The Politics of Exclusion: Asian American Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 130-HAVC 149 Europe and the Americas:
| HAVC133A | Themes in the Study of Medieval Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC135B | German Art, 1905–1945 | 5 |
| HAVC135D | French Painting, 1780-1855 | 5 |
| HAVC135E | Jewish Identity and Visual Representation | 5 |
| HAVC135F | Art of the Book in Western Europe 500-1600 | 5 |
| HAVC135G | Blood, Guts, and Gore: Representing War from Leonard da Vinci to Abu Ghraib | 5 |
| HAVC135H | Topics in European and Euro-American Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC135P | Paris, Capital of the 19th Century | 5 |
| HAVC137A | Northern Renaissance Art | 5 |
| HAVC137E | Renaissance Prints | 5 |
| HAVC140A | America in Art | 5 |
| HAVC140B | Victorian America | 5 |
| HAVC140C | Race and American Visual Arts | 5 |
| HAVC140D | Chicano/Chicana Art: 1970-Present | 5 |
| HAVC140E | Art and Science in America: Contact to circa 1900 | 5 |
| HAVC140P | Pop Culture as High Art | 5 |
| HAVC141A | Modern Art: Realism to Cubism | 5 |
| HAVC141B | Death, Desire, and Modernity | 5 |
| HAVC141C | Modern Art: Pop to Present | 5 |
| HAVC141E | Histories of Photography | 5 |
| HAVC141F | The Camera and the Body | 5 |
| HAVC141H | Media History and Theory | 5 |
| HAVC141I | Be Here Now: Art, Land, Space | 5 |
| HAVC141J | Critical Issues in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC141K | Activist Art Since 1960: Art, Technology, Activism | 5 |
| HAVC141M | Museum Practices | 5 |
| HAVC141N | Data Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation | 5 |
| HAVC141O | Sex, Lies, and Surveillance: Contemporary Documentary Arts | 5 |
| HAVC141P | Networks and Natures: Art, Technology, and the Nonhuman | 5 |
| HAVC142 | Contemporary Art and Ecology | 5 |
| HAVC143A | Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debates | 5 |
| HAVC143B | History of Urban Design | 5 |
| HAVC143C | Latin American Modern Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC143D | Architecture and the City in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture | 5 |
| HAVC143E | History of Design: The Objects of Technology, 1850-The Present | 5 |
| HAVC143F | Memory, Place, and Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC143G | After Utopia: Architecture and the City, 1968-Present | 5 |
| HAVC144A | Latin American Art and Visual Culture | 5 |
HAVC 150-HAVC 159 Mediterranean:
| HAVC151 | Greek Myths Antiquity to the Present | 5 |
| HAVC152 | Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World | 5 |
| HAVC154 | Byzantine Visual Culture: Politics and Religion in the Empire of Constantinople, 330-1453 A. C | 5 |
| HAVC155 | Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages | 5 |
| HAVC157B | Italian Renaissance: Art and Architecture | 5 |
| HAVC157C | High Renaissance | 5 |
| HAVC157D | Art of the Venetian Renaissance | 5 |
HAVC 160-HAVC 169 Native Americas:
| HAVC160A | Indigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: Mexico | 5 |
| HAVC160B | Indigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: The Andes | 5 |
| HAVC162A | Advanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Ancient Maya | 5 |
| HAVC162B | Advanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Inka | 5 |
| HAVC163 | The Native in Colonial Spanish America | 5 |
| HAVC164A | Art and Visual Culture of Indigenous California | 5 |
| HAVC165 | Indigenous Artists and the Borderland Missions | 5 |
HAVC 170-HAVC 179 Oceania and Its Diaspora:
| HAVC170 | Art of the Body in Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC172 | Textile Traditions of Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC178 | Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC179 | Topics in Oceanic Visual Culture | 5 |
Plus five upper-division HAVC courses
These do not include courses in the HAVC 190 or HAVC 191 series.
Electives
The department encourages students to take cross-regional and topical courses in the 180 series. Courses from the 180 series fulfill upper-division major elective requirements, but do not fulfill specific regional requirements. There are occasional exceptions, which are noted in the catalog course descriptions.
Approved Concentration Courses
| HAVC40 | Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display | 5 |
| HAVC141I | Be Here Now: Art, Land, Space | 5 |
| HAVC141M | Museum Practices | 5 |
| HAVC141N | Data Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation | 5 |
| HAVC143A | Contemporary Architecture and Critical Debates | 5 |
| HAVC178 | Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania | 5 |
| HAVC185 | Art and Community: Arts Professions and Community Engagement | 5 |
| HAVC188A | Introduction to Curatorial Studies | 5 |
| HAVC188M | Heritage, Memory, and Material Culture | 5 |
| HAVC191M | Museum Exhibitions | 5 |
| ANTH187 | Cultural Heritage in Colonial Contexts | 5 |
| ANTH187B | Cultural Resource Management | 5 |
| ANTH196J | Imagining America | 5 |
| HIS104D | Museums and the Representation of Native American History, Memory, and Culture | 5 |
| JWST185N
/HIS 185N
| The Holocaust in a Digital World | 5 |
Students may petition for HAVC 199 or HIS 199 to count for a concentration course under certain circumstances. Students should consult the HAVC undergraduate adviser prior to enrolling.
Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement
Students of every major must satisfy that major’s upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) requirement. Students in HAVC meet the DC requirement by completing:
Comprehensive Requirement
All seniors must complete one seminar, from the HAVC 190–HAVC 191 series, as their “senior exit” course to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement. Seminars can be taken for senior exit credit only by permission of the instructor. Within the context of this advanced seminar, students will work under the close supervision of their professor to produce a written project that demonstrates a high level of achievement in research, writing, and critical thinking. Students whose performance is outstanding are eligible for honors in the senior comprehensive requirement.
Planners
Four-Year Freshman Planner
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Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
Year 1
(Frosh) |
HAVC LD
regional
requirement |
HAVC LD
regional
requirement |
HAVC LD
regional
requirement |
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Year 2
(Soph) |
HAVC LD
regional
requirement |
HAVC 100A |
HAVC UD
CHM course |
| |
|
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| |
|
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Year 3
(Jr.) |
HAVC UD
regional
requirement |
HAVC UD
regional
requirement |
HAVC UD
CHM course |
| |
|
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|
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Year 4
(Sr.) |
HAVC UD
CHM course
|
HAVC UD
CHM course |
HAVC UD
(any region) |
|
HAVC seminar
(HAVC 190-HAVC 191
series course, can be
taken anytime during
senior year)
|
|
|
| |
|
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In addition to the specific courses shown in this four-year planner, a student must complete courses satisfying the general education requirements.
Two-Year Transfer Planner
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Fall
|
Winter
|
Spring
|
|
Year 1
(Jr.)
|
HAVC LD
regional
requirement
|
HAVC 100A |
HAVC LD
regional
requirement
|
HAVC LD
regional
requirement
|
HAVC LD
regional
requirement
|
HAVC UD
regional
requirement
|
| |
|
HAVC UD
CHM course |
Year 2
(Sr.)
|
HAVC UD
regional
requirement |
HAVC UD
CHM course |
HAVC UD
CHM course |
HAVC UD
CHM course |
HAVC UD
(any region)
|
HAVC seminar
(HAVC 190-HAVC 191
series course can be
taken anytime during
senior year
|
| |
|
|