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Jun 17, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Academic Catalogue
Visual Arts, Art History Concentration, BA
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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.
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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: 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
Spring Term
- AH 300-Level Course (or higher)
- Natural Science Core
- Social Science Core
- Elective
- Elective
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
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