2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue 
    
    Jun 17, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue

Visual Arts, Art History Concentration, BA


Learning Aims

As artist-scholars, visual arts majors will demonstrate:   

  • The ability to express ideas rigorously through reasoned argument and creative production, supported by textual and/or technical research.
  • Command of the critical vocabulary of analysis, including the histories and material production of visual images.
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to visual arts practices and scholarship, integrating philosophical, historical, scientific, and professional contexts.
  • The cognitive skills of innovation, verbal acuity, and creative problem solving associated with a mastery of the visual arts as history, theory, and studio practice.  

Requirements for the Major


Requirements for the major and an example of a typical program of courses are as follows:

One additional course


Once students have taken PT 270  or SA 224  or SA 227  they are required to take one additional course. Students that completed PT 270  are required to take a PT 300-level or 400-level course. Students that completed SA 224  or SA 227  are required to take SA 225  or a SA 300-level or SA 400-level course.

Typical Program


A typical program of courses for a major is as follows:

First Year


Sophomore Year


Fall Term


Spring Term


  • AH 300-Level Course (or higher)
  • SA 225  or
  • SA 300-Level or 400-Level Course or
  • PT 300-Level or 400-Level Course
  • Natural Science Core
  • Elective
  • Elective

Junior Year


Fall Term


Spring Term


  • AH 300-Level Course (or higher)
  • Natural Science Core
  • Social Science Core
  • Elective
  • Elective

Senior Year


Fall Term


  • AH 300-Level Course (or higher)
  • AH 300-Level Course (or higher)
  • Ethics Core
  • Elective
  • Elective

Spring Term


  • Capstone Course
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective