BA in Art History - Regular Art History Major

Program Learning Outcomes for BA in Art History Students graduating from this program will: Understand the historical, social, cultural and political contexts and traditions of art. Students will develop an understanding of the multiple contexts of art, including its relationship to religion, politics, gender and sexuality, urbanism, history, culture and other domains of human social experience. Demonstrate effective use of specialized disciplinary vocabulary and appropriate methodologies to analyze works of art and communicate their form, function, and meaning verbally and in writing. Demonstrate ability to perform comparative analyses of art works based on differences or similarities in cultural context, form, content, artist, materials, and time and place of production. Demonstrate specialized knowledge about, and be able to identify, art from specific geographical locations, periods, artists, and/or artistic movements. Evaluate and use primary and secondary sources to generate and answer original research questions and produce independent research. Understand major artistic movements, common themes, trends, and the styles of major artists. They will demonstrate generalized knowledge of major figures in art history, major art movements and traditions, and major artistic styles. This program based on Regular Art History Major. In addition to Regular Art History Major, there are Art History Major - History of Architecture Track, Transfer Credit also available.