Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
Double-counting note: Weinberg College prohibits double-counting a major course toward some other major or minor, except where this is explicitly permitted in this catalog. Weinberg College does allow double-counting a major course toward a general bachelor's degree requirement (i.e. degree requirements other than majors or minors). Other programs or schools may have their own restrictions that supersede this, so check the relevant parts of this catalog for possible limits.
Art History major requirements
- 12 Department Courses
- 2 200-level courses in art history
- ART_HIST 391-0 Art Historical Methods Seminar: ideally should be taken in junior year, especially by students who want to write an honors thesis.
- 9 additional 300-level courses in art history. These must be distributed according to following criteria. A course may simultaneously fulfill a period, regional, and a seminar requirement (or any subsection of these 3 requirements).
- 1 Studio Course in art making, design, or other arts course focused on practice and approved by the Art History Director of Undergraduate Studies.
One credit of Chicago Field Studies may be substituted for either a 200- or 300-level art history course when the internship is conducted at an arts organization approved by the Art History Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Students conducting honors may count one of the two required ART_HIST 399-0 courses towards the major.
Periods
Ancient/Medieval (pre-ca. 1400 CE)
Early Modern (ca. 1400-ca. 1800 CE)
Modern/Contemporary (after ca. 1800 CE)
Transhistorical
Regional categories
Africa
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| ART_HIST 386-0 | Special Topics in the Arts of Africa |
|
Asia (including Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, & the Pacific)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| ART_HIST 389-0 | Special Topics in the Arts of Asia |
|
Diasporic, Indigenous, and/or Transregional
Europe, U.S. & Canada
Latin America & the Caribbean
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| ART_HIST 367-0 | Special Topics in Art of the Americas |
|
Middle East & North Africa
Studio Courses
Consult department for updates to this list.
Honors in Art History
Majors with strong academic records and an interest in pursuing honors must submit an application to write a senior honors thesis to the Art History Director of Undergraduate Studies by the end of junior year. The thesis is written in the senior year, and submitted for evaluation near spring break. To facilitate the writing of the honors thesis, honors in Art History also requires:
- Successful completion of 2 terms of ART_HIST 399-0 Independent Study taken with the faculty thesis advisor, usually in fall and winter terms of senior year.
- Participation in the departmental senior thesis colloquium in fall and winter terms of senior year.
Students whose theses and grades meet department criteria are recommended to the college for graduation with honors. For further information see the description of the honors program on the art history department website, contact the director of undergraduate studies, and see Honors in the Major.