Art History and Visual Culture Minor
15 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)
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: 1850-1940 | 3 credits |
| ARH-305 | Modern Art After 1940 | 3 credits |
| ARH-320 | Rembrandt and 17th Century Dutch Art | 3 credits |
| ARH-330 | Picasso and 20th Century Art | 3 credits |
| ARH-335 | Auguste Rodin and Modern Sculpture | 3 credits |
| ARH-340 | Gender in Modern and Contemporary Art | 3 credits |
Complete one course from the following (3 credits):
| ATH-128 | Understanding Spirit in Art and Culture | 3 credits |
| ATH-300 | Anthropology and Art | 3 credits |
| ENG-225 | Asia Through Its Movies | 3 credits |
| HIS-202 | History & the Movies | 3 credits |
| HIS-356 | The Body in History | 3 credits |
| IND-307.1 | London: Art/History/Literature | 3 credits |
| PSY-254 | Psychology & the Movies | 3 credits |
| PSY-336 | Psychology of Human Vision: Theory and
Application | 3 credits |
| PSY-410 | Media Psychology | 3 credits |
| SOC-100 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits |
| THE-200 | Introduction to Film Studies | 3 credits |
Total Credit Hours: 15