Art History and Visual Culture Minor
HFA PEAK
15 credits
The study of art history and visual culture covers the historical physical, social, intellectual, religious, and political contexts that give rise to works of art and architecture, and may include imagery to be found in movies, plays, advertisements, scientific illustrations, political posters, fashion, pornography, comics, graphic novels, web pages, YouTube, graffiti, tattoos, and many other areas of visual expression. The methodologies employed to do this encompass the traditional art historical tools of formal and iconographical analysis, often supplemented by approaches drawn from social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, film theory, and psychology.
Minor Requirements
Complete the following (3 credits):
Complete one course from the following (3 credits):
| ARH-200 | Ancient to Medieval | 3 credits |
| ARH-205 | Renaissance to Modern | 3 credits |
Complete two courses from the following (6 credits):
| ARH-300 | Modern Art | 3 credits |
| ARH-330 | Picasso and 20th Century Art | 3 credits |
| ARH-340 | Gender in Modern and Contemporary Art | 3 credits |
| ARH-370 | Art History Seminar | 3 credits |
Complete one course from the following (3 credits):
| HIS-202 | History & the Movies | 3 credits |
| HIS-356 | The Body in History | 3 credits |
| PSY-254 | Psychology & the Movies | 3 credits |
| PSY-410 | Media Psychology | 3 credits |
| SOC-100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits |
| THE-200 | Introduction to Film Studies | 3 credits |
| IND-332 | London: Art/History/Literature | 3 credits |