艺术史学士学位

艺术史专业需要30个小时的课程学习，并为学生提供学习从古代到当代的各种历史时期的艺术和视觉文化的机会。该计划旨在允许集中在特定时期和感兴趣的领域。通过要求以讲座和研讨会形式的课程，该计划旨在为学生提供全面的知识基础，并为更具专业性的指导提供挑战性的机会。
The Department of History of Art and Architecture treats critically the major fields in global art and architecture, from ancient through contemporary, and serves to connect the arts to the other humanities. Interdisciplinary by definition, the department encourages students to develop both visual and cultural literacy through extensive study of art, architecture, and material culture and the historical contexts in which they were created. More subtle and ambiguous than written language, such works offer a narrative parallel to texts that are both complementary and contradictory. This ability to see, understand, interpret, and evaluate images of all types is an important skill in our increasingly visual world. From cave painting to computer-generated virtual realities, our students engage with the visual legacy of the past and ongoing cultural phenomena.<br><br>The department offers a major in history of art, a major in architecture and the built environment, and minors in both those fields. Students who major in history of art or in architecture and the built environment take advanced seminars related to the faculty's areas of research and publication. These courses offer an important opportunity to interact closely with professors while pursuing a focused research topic.