Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Global Cultures
(Program Code: AHGC)
The study of art history equips and empowers students with acute visual literacy, tools for intellectual discovery, and deep understanding and mastery of the political and social significance of art in the global and historical context (including contemporary art and design produced in diverse cultures) through introduction and implementation of research and scholarship.
The BA in Art History & Global Cultures prepares and qualifies students for meaningful and rewarding careers after university, in such areas as gallery and museum occupations, archives and libraries of the visual arts, non-profit arts organizations, governmental and NGO arts funding bodies, arts journalism and communications, advertising and marketing industries, as well as preparing many students for post-graduate study in art history and related fields.
Requirements (48-50 units)
Total units required for graduation: 120
Requirements for the B.A. in Art History & Global Cultures
(Program Code: AHGC)
| Lower-Division Requirements: (18) | ||
| AH 1103 | Art History Methodologies 1 | 3 |
| AH 1104 | Art History Methodologies 2 | 3 |
| AH 1120 | Globalization, Art, and Visual Culture | 3 |
| AH 1221 | Art History Foundations 1 | 3 |
| AH 1222 | Art History Foundations 2 | 3 |
| ART 2260 | Beginning Photography | 3 |
| Choose one course from: (3) | 3 | |
| 2D Foundation: Line, Color and Composition | ||
| 3D Foundation: Form, Space & Time | ||
| Introduction to Drawing and Life Drawing | ||
| Creative Technology for Artists | ||
Or, one Beginning-level Studio Art course | ||
| Beginning Imaging and Illustration | ||
| Beginning Painting | ||
| Beginning Ceramics | ||
| Beginning Glass | ||
| Beginning Sculpture | ||
| Upper-Division Requirements: (27-29) | ||
| AH 3250 | Topics and Themes of Art History and Exhibitions | 3 |
| AH 3310 | Asian Contemporary Art | 3 |
| AH 3350 | Contemporary Art and Culture of the Americas | 3 |
| AH 4250 | Art History Seminar | 3 |
| AH 5250 | Art History Capstone Research Seminar | 3 |
| AH 5270 | Art History Capstone Research Methodology | 3 |
| AH 5290 | Art History Conference | 3 |
| Two language instruction courses in a single language other than English from the Department of World Languages and Literatures. | 6-8 | |
| Total Units | 48-50 | |