Preparation for the Major
Complete four courses. It is strongly recommended that the courses be taken prior to enrollment in upper-division courses. Some of these courses serve as requisites to certain upper-division courses.
Required Courses
Select four courses from:
Select 4 from 12 options:
The Major
Eleven upper-division art history courses as follows:
Historical Periods
Geographic Regions
Art History Electives
Select five additional art history electives (20 units minimum) from courses 100 through 185. Courses 196, 197A, and 197B may also be included. With prior approval of the undergraduate adviser, one of these courses may be taken in another department.
Select 5 from 3 options:
Honors Program
The honors program is designed for Art History majors who are interested in carrying out an independent research project that culminates in a departmental honors thesis of approximately 30 pages. The program gives qualified students the opportunity to work closely with individual professors on an in-depth supervised research and writing project.
Honors Program
This is an optional program. All senior Art History majors who have completed a minimum of six upper-division art history courses with a departmental grade-point average of 3.5 or better and an overall GPA of 3.0 or better are eligible to apply.
Honors Thesis Courses
Complete the following courses with grades of A: