Undergraduate Program Requirements

Art & Art History Program Requirements

Currently displaying program requirements for academic year:

Art History BA 2017

42 credits required. Grade of C or better required in all major courses.

First Year

Courses: 2/2
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-1101 Art History I: Stone Age to Gothic 3C
22-1102 Art History II: Renaissance to Modern 3C

Second/Third Year

Courses: 1/1
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose one history of design course:
22-1131 History of Architecture I 3C
22-1132 History of Architecture II 3C
22-1140 Architecture in Chicago Now 3C
22-2170 History of Communication Design 3C
22-2171 Modern and Contemporary Design 3C
22-2172 Design Culture Now 3C
21-2805 Design History: Spaces + Objects 3C
21-3405 History of Political and Social Illustration 3C
27-3175 Fashion History: Global Perspectives 3C
27-2176 Contemporary Fashion 3C

Second/Third Year

Courses: 1/1
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose one Modern & Contemporary Art Course during your 2nd or 3rd year:
22-2110 20th Century Art History 3C
22-2120 Art 1945 to 1980 3C
22-2135 Black Art and Visual Culture 3C
22-2180 Portraiture + Self + Society 3C
22-3105 Dada, Surrealism, Futurism 3C
22-3115 Contemporary Art: 1980 to the Present 3C
66-3106 History of Interdisciplinary Art 3C

Second/Third Year

Courses: 1/1
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose one Global Arts course during your 2nd or 3rd year:
22-2141 Art and Ritual 3C
22-2143 Art of Islam 3C
22-2165 Special Topics:Global Art History 3C

Second/Third Year

Courses: 1/1
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose one history of photography course during your 2nd or 3rd year:
23-2650 History of Photography I 3C
23-2655 History of Photography II 3C
23-4705 History of Photography Seminar: 3C

Third Year

Courses: 1/1
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-3110 Art Theory Seminar 3C

Fourth Year

Courses: 2/2
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
22-3190 Senior Seminar in Art History 3C
22-3120 Thesis Practicum in Art History 3C

Art History Electives

Courses: 3/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose 3 courses from this list in consultation with your faculty advisor. These courses may be taken anytime once prerequisites are met:
22-1105 Introduction to Visual Culture 3C
22-1131 History of Architecture I 3C
22-1132 History of Architecture II 3C
22-1140 Architecture in Chicago Now 3C
22-2110 20th Century Art History 3C
22-2120 Art 1945 to 1980 3C
22-2135 Black Art and Visual Culture 3C
22-2141 Art and Ritual 3C
22-2143 Art of Islam 3C
22-2170 History of Communication Design 3C
22-2171 Modern and Contemporary Design 3C
22-2172 Design Culture Now 3C
27-3175 Fashion History: Global Perspectives 3C
27-2176 Contemporary Fashion 3C
22-2180 Portraiture + Self + Society 3C
21-2805 Design History: Spaces + Objects 3C
21-2901 Special Topics in Design: 1C
23-2650 History of Photography I 3C
23-2655 History of Photography II 3C
22-3100 Special Topics in Art History: 3C
OR 1 of the following:
22-3100HN Special Topics in Art History: Honors 3C
22-2165 Special Topics:Global Art History 3C
22-3105 Dada, Surrealism, Futurism 3C
22-3115 Contemporary Art: 1980 to the Present 3C
21-3405 History of Political and Social Illustration 3C
23-4705 History of Photography Seminar: 3C
28-1270 Business of Visual Arts 3C
28-2210 Exhibition Management 3C
28-4020 Gallery Management: Practicum 3C
28-4010 Curatorial Practicum 3C
66-3106 History of Interdisciplinary Art 3C
22-ELEC*****C

Studio Art Electives

Courses: 2/2
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose six credits from the following courses. Studio electives may be taken anytime, once prerequisites are met:
21-1940 Ceramics I 3C
21-1942 Jewelry and Objects I 3C
22-1910 Making 1 3C
22-1920 Making 2 3C
22-1925 Making for Transfers 3C
Note: Making for Transfers (22-1925) may not be appropriate for all transfer students. Please see your faculty advisor.
22-196******C
22-197******C
21-2402 Figure Drawing 3C
22-2939 Artists Books 3C
21-2941 Ceramics II 3C
22-2960 Color Strategies 3C
23-1000 Darkroom Dynamics 3C
23-1111 Foundations of Photography I 3C
23-1115 Black and White Photography 3C
27-2624 Textiles Survey 3C
46-2505 Art and Activism Studio Project 3C
66-2100 Papermaking 3C
66-2642 Beginning Bookbinding 3C
66-3426 Letterpress Studio 3C
21-ELEC*****C
22-ELEC*****C
23-ELEC*****C
66-ELEC*****C
ARTS 199* C
ARTS 199* C

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