Visual Arts and New Media: Art History - B.A. Degree

Department of Visual Arts and New Media
Office: 217 Rockefeller Arts Center

[phone]

Michele Bernatz, Chairperson

Email: [e-mail]

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/art

 

Major Requirements

42 credit hours required plus 8 credit hours of Visiting Artist Program

Foundation Program:

ART 100	Visual Concepts	3
ARTH 101	Art in Culture from Prehistory to 1400	3
ARTH 102	Art in Culture from 1400 to the Present	3
ARTH 350	Art History Theory and Methods	3
ARTH 355	Writing About Art	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Art History Electives:

	200-Level Art History courses	6
	300-Level Art History courses	6
	200 or 300-Level Art History Electives	6
	ARTS courses, as advised	6
ARTH 460	Gallery Practicum	1-4
	or
ARTH 490	Learning Assistant - Art History	3
	or
ARTH 497	Research Practicum in Art History	1-3
	or
ARTH 499	Internship	1-15
Total Credit Hours:		27

NOTE:

• 200-level Art History courses: one course in Ancient, Pre-Columbian, Medieval or Renaissance art, and one course in Modern, Post-modern or Contemporary Art
• 300-level Art History courses: one course in Ancient, Pre-Columbian, Medieval or Renaissance art, and one course in Modern, Post-modern or Contemporary art
• ARTH 460, ARTH 497, and ARTH 499 are variable 1-3 / 1-15 credit hour courses. Students who elect any of these three courses must successfully complete the course with 3 credit hours to satisfy the degree requirements.

Visiting Artist Program:

Eight (8) semesters at 1 credit hour per semester.

Total Credit Hours:

8

NOTE: The Visiting Artist Program is only required each semester the student is a major within the department.

Total Credit Hours: 50

Additional Degree Requirements

All Art History majors (except for double majors) are required to complete a minor or a full-semester study abroad program. Each student selects a minor in consultation with an advisor. Students may minor in Visual Arts and New Media but must complete five (5) studio art courses beyond the two (2) required for the Art History major in order to complete the minor.

All Art History majors who plan to study at the graduate level are strongly advised to complete a Senior Thesis.  This senior-level paper is typically initiated in ARTH 355 Writing about Art and completed in a later ARTH 495 Independent Study.  Students should discuss this option with Art History faculty during the junior year of study.  Senior Thesis topics must meet required guidelines and be approved by art history faculty.

All Art History majors are strongly advised to pursue a foreign language beyond the University requirement. Majors interested in pursuing graduate studies in art history should reach the intermediate to advanced level, preferably in French, Italian, Spanish or German. All Art History majors are also strongly advised to study abroad at some point during their undergraduate career.