Art History, B.A., with a Specialization in History of Architecture

Foundations (3 Credit Hours)

One course from the following survey courses:

• ARHS 1300 - From Mummies to Gladiators: Art of the Ancient Mediterranean and Ancient Middle East

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• ARHS 1301 - Catacombs, Cathedrals, and Flying Machines: Art and People of the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds

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• ARHS 1302 - From the Baroque to the Digital Age: Art and People of the Modern World

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• ARHS 1303 - Introduction to Western Art I

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• ARHS 1304 - Introduction to Western Art II

Architecture Foundations (3 Credit Hours)

• ARHS 1306 - Introduction to Architecture

Temporalities Pre-1700 (3 Credit Hours)

Three credit hours at the 3000 level or above covering the period pre-1700 C.E.:

• ARHS 3301 - Art and Experience in Inka Peru
• ARHS 3302 - The Ancient Maya: Art and History
• ARHS 3304 - Aztecs of Mexico: Art and History
• ARHS 3310 - War, Looting, and Collecting of Ancient Art
• ARHS 3311 - Mortals, Myths, and Monuments of Ancient Greece
• ARHS 3312 - Myth in Ancient and Renaissance Art
• ARHS 3315 - Classical Sculpture
• ARHS 3316 - Art in Rome
• ARHS 3317 - Land Between Two Rivers: Art of Ancient Iraq and Its Neighbors
• ARHS 3319 - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Dialogue between Art and Text
• ARHS 3320 - Medieval Art and Architecture
• ARHS 3321 - The Art of Medieval Science and Magic
• ARHS 3322 - Heaven on Earth: Art, Order, and Environmentalism in the Islamic Garden
• ARHS 3324 - Art and Cultures of Medieval Spain
• ARHS 3329 - Paris Art and Architecture I
• ARHS 3330 - Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
• ARHS 3331 - Art and Culture of the Italian Renaissance
• ARHS 3332 - 16th-Century Italian Art
• ARHS 3333 - Special Topics in Italian Art and Architecture
• ARHS 3335 - Meadows Museum Spotlight: Art History One Object at a Time
• ARHS 3336 - Power and Spectacle: The Arts of the Early Modern Hispanic World
• ARHS 3337 - The Baroque From a Northern Perspective
• ARHS 3338 - Sacred and Profane: Spanish Art and Architecture
• ARHS 3339 - El Greco to Goya: Spanish Painting of the Golden Age
• ARHS 3340 - Visual Culture in Colonial Mexico
• ARHS 3393 - Culture of Oaxaca: A Sense of Place
• ARHS 3394 - Art and Architecture of Japan
• ARHS 4304 - The City as Place
• ARHS 4310 - Seminar on Ancient Art
• ARHS 4320 - Seminar on Medieval Art
• ARHS 4330 - Seminar on Early Modern Art

Temporalities Post-1700 (3 Credit Hours)

Three credit hours at the 3000 level or above covering the period post-1700 C.E.:

• ARHS 3307 - Photography in Taos; Photographic Art, Photographic History
• ARHS 3341 - Portraiture and Selfhood
• ARHS 3342 - The Art Market: Making, Selling, and Displaying Art in Early Modern and Modern Europe
• ARHS 3343 - The Decorative Arts and the History of Dress in 18th-Century Europe
• ARHS 3344 - Paintings at the Prado
• ARHS 3345 - Animals in Art
• ARHS 3346 - Paris Art and Architecture II
• ARHS 3347 - Longhouse to Land Art: A History of the American Built Environment
• ARHS 3348 - 18th-Century Art
• ARHS 3349 - Hieroglyphs to Hypertext: The Art and History of the Book
• ARHS 3350 - The Making of Modern Life: Art and Design in the 19th Century
• ARHS 3351 - British Art and Architecture: The Making of Modern Britain
• ARHS 3353 - American Art and Architecture to 1865
• ARHS 3354 - History and Theory of Prints
• ARHS 3356 - Modern Architecture
• ARHS 3360 - Modern Painters in Spain
• ARHS 3363 - ‘Sleeping Giant’: Arts and Architecture of Brazil
• ARHS 3365 - Race and Gender in Visual Culture
• ARHS 3366 - Picasso, O’Keeffe, and Dali: The Rise of Modern Art
• ARHS 3367 - History of Photography I: Origins-1940
• ARHS 3368 - Art and Context: 1940-1970
• ARHS 3369 - Contemporary Art: 1965-Present
• ARHS 3372 - African Art
• ARHS 3373 - African Festival and Masquerade
• ARHS 3374 - American Art and Architecture, 1865-1940
• ARHS 3375 - Art in the Fight for Freedom: Afro-Latin American Art
• ARHS 3376 - Latin American Art
• ARHS 3377 - Art and Architecture of Hispanic New Mexico
• ARHS 3380 - History of Photography II: 1940-Present
• ARHS 3381 - Gender and Sexuality in the Visual Arts
• ARHS 3387 - Picturing Children and the Family in Art: 1850 to the Present
• ARHS 3389 - Art of the Moving Image
• ARHS 3390 - Art of the Afro-Fantastic: Visualizing Contemporary Black Imaginaries
• ARHS 4312 - Special Topics on 18th-Century Art and/or Architecture
• ARHS 4349 - Seminar on Contemporary Art
• ARHS 4350 - Seminar on Modern Art
• ARHS 4362 - The City of New York

Research and Methods (3 Credit Hours)

• ARHS 4399 - Research and Methods in Art History

Seminar (3 Credit Hours)

• One seminar course at the 4000 level

Advanced History of Architecture Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Choose three courses from:

• ARHS 3320 - Medieval Art and Architecture
• ARHS 3322 - Heaven on Earth: Art, Order, and Environmentalism in the Islamic Garden
• ARHS 3329 - Paris Art and Architecture I
• ARHS 3330 - Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
• ARHS 3333 - Special Topics in Italian Art and Architecture
• ARHS 3338 - Sacred and Profane: Spanish Art and Architecture
• ARHS 3346 - Paris Art and Architecture II
• ARHS 3347 - Longhouse to Land Art: A History of the American Built Environment
• ARHS 3351 - British Art and Architecture: The Making of Modern Britain
• ARHS 3353 - American Art and Architecture to 1865
• ARHS 3356 - Modern Architecture
• ARHS 3363 - ‘Sleeping Giant’: Arts and Architecture of Brazil
• ARHS 3374 - American Art and Architecture, 1865-1940
• ARHS 3377 - Art and Architecture of Hispanic New Mexico

Additional History of Architecture Elective (3 Credit Hours)

• ARHS 1319 - Architecture of the Islamic World

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• ARHS 1322 - Architecture of the Ancient Americas: Aztec, Maya, and Inca

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• One additional course from Advanced History of Architecture Electives

Studio Art (6 Credit Hours)

• 1 ASDR (studio art, drawing) course
• 1 additional studio art course (any discipline/medium)

Mathematics (3 Credit Hours)

• MATH 1337 - Calculus I

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• MATH 1340 - Consolidated Calculus

Physics Lecture (3 Credit Hour)

• PHYS 1303 - Introductory Mechanics

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• PHYS 1307 - General Physics I

Physics Lab (1 Credit Hour)

• PHYS 1105 - Mechanics Laboratory

*Challenging the Canon Courses

• ARHS 3301 - Art and Experience in Inka Peru
• ARHS 3302 - The Ancient Maya: Art and History
• ARHS 3304 - Aztecs of Mexico: Art and History
• ARHS 3305 - Arts of the American Southwest: Crossroads of Cultures
• ARHS 3307 - Photography in Taos; Photographic Art, Photographic History
• ARHS 3310 - War, Looting, and Collecting of Ancient Art
• ARHS 3317 - Land Between Two Rivers: Art of Ancient Iraq and Its Neighbors
• ARHS 3319 - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Dialogue between Art and Text
• ARHS 3321 - The Art of Medieval Science and Magic
• ARHS 3322 - Heaven on Earth: Art, Order, and Environmentalism in the Islamic Garden
• ARHS 3324 - Art and Cultures of Medieval Spain
• ARHS 3336 - Power and Spectacle: The Arts of the Early Modern Hispanic World
• ARHS 3340 - Visual Culture in Colonial Mexico
• ARHS 3345 - Animals in Art
• ARHS 3363 - ‘Sleeping Giant’: Arts and Architecture of Brazil
• ARHS 3365 - Race and Gender in Visual Culture
• ARHS 3372 - African Art
• ARHS 3373 - African Festival and Masquerade
• ARHS 3375 - Art in the Fight for Freedom: Afro-Latin American Art
• ARHS 3376 - Latin American Art
• ARHS 3377 - Art and Architecture of Hispanic New Mexico
• ARHS 3381 - Gender and Sexuality in the Visual Arts
• ARHS 3390 - Art of the Afro-Fantastic: Visualizing Contemporary Black Imaginaries
• ARHS 3393 - Culture of Oaxaca: A Sense of Place
• ARHS 3394 - Art and Architecture of Japan

Total for the Major Specialization Only: 43 Credit Hours