Program Curriculum

Program Curriculum

The Certificate in Art History is intended for students in all disciplines who are interested in developing visual literacy, an indispensable skill that will allow them to recognize, interpret, and appreciate meaning in our image-saturated world.

Studying the material and visual world and its production will allow students to better appreciate the connection between the past and the contemporary present, while also cultivating social awareness in relation to the politics of representation and display. While gaining expertise in visual analysis, research, impacts of various historical contexts, and art historical methodologies, students will also gain invaluable skills highly valued by today’s employers. These include critical awareness, problem solving skills, attention to detail, effective communication (verbal and written), the ability to work independently under time constraints, and the skill to critically analyze and interpret information from a wide range of sources.

Certificate in Art History

CURRICULUM

Total Credits: 30

Courses Credits
One of
AHIS 1112 Visual Culture I
3

Lecture Hours: 3.0 | Seminar: 1.0 | Lab: 0.0

Visual culture is examined from a global and thematic perspective in order for students to gain a better understanding of how art communicates ideas, values, and beliefs. Students will develop visual and conceptual skills essential for analyzing and critically interpreting a wide range of visual imagery.

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AHIS 1212 Visual Culture II
3

Lecture Hours: 3.0 | Seminar: 1.0 | Lab: 0.0

This course examines themes encountered in visual culture with an emphasis on issues of power, politics, race, social class, and the body. The relationship between visual imagery and the social context in which it is created will be examined in order to foster critical interpretation.

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AHIS 1114 Western Art: Prehistory to the Renaissance
3

Lecture Hours: 3.0 | Seminar: 1.0 | Lab: 0.0

This course is a chronological survey of western painting, sculpture, and architecture from Prehistory to the Renaissance. Art works will be studied in the context of the political, economic, and social developments of each period.

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AHIS 1214 Western Art: Renaissance to the Present
3

Lecture Hours: 3.0 | Seminar: 1.0 | Lab: 0.0

This course familiarizes students with the chronological approach to the history of art from the Renaissance through Baroque, Rococo, and 19th century to the modern and postmodern periods. Art works will be examined in relation to relevant political, economic, and social factors of each historical period.

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AHIS 1301 Modern Art
3

Lecture Hours: 4.0 | Seminar: 0.0 | Lab: 0.0

This course is a chronological survey of modern art and modernism and its development in the first half of the 20th century. The major art movements, artworks and theories will be considered within their historical context.

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AHIS 1302 Contemporary Art
3

Lecture Hours: 4.0 | Seminar: 0.0 | Lab: 0.0

This course is a chronological survey of modernism in its later stages and international contemporary art to the present. The important issues, theories, and variety of forms visual art has taken in recent decades will be considered.

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12 credits of
AHIS (may include FINA 2150 and/or 2250)
12
12 credits of
university-transferrable electives
12
30 Credits

Program Option Notes:

  1. Students wanting to pursue further study in art history should check with the institution to which they want to transfer to determine the course requirements of that institution.