Art History Minor

(15 units)

The Minor in Art History allows students in majors outside the School of Art to enhance their university education by developing an understanding of the historical significance and aesthetic value of local and global art traditions. The Art History Minor also affords opportunity for students in BA and BFA Studio Art programs to augment their degrees with a more extensive study of specific artistic traditions, time periods, or critical theories.

The Minor in Art History is open to students in all majors except the BA in Art - Option in Art History.

Declaring the Minor

The minor must be successfully declared in order to register for upper division courses. Students must meet with a School of Art Advisor to determine if the minor can be completed within timely graduation units.

Students must also meet minimum GPA requirements (3.0 GPA in the major, 2.0 GPA overall), and have completed lower division courses in the minor with a 3.0 GPA or better.

Alternative admission requirements may apply during times when the School of Art is impacted.

Minor Requirements

For School of Art Majors pursuing a minor offered by the School of Art, some units may be double-counted toward both the major and the minor; however, 9 units of coursework must be unique to the minor, and cannot be double-counted for the major.

Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher in courses required for the minor in order to graduate with the minor.

Requirements (15 Units):

Lower Division

Take the following (6 units):

Take one of the following (3 units):

Upper Division Art History:

Take two courses from the following (6 units):

AH 400 - 19th Century Photography (3 units)
AH 401 - American Art to 1900 (3 units)
AH 408 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art (3 units)
AH 409 - Romanesque Art (3 units)
AH 410 - Gothic Art (3 units)
AH 411 - 20th Century Photography to the Present (3 units)
AH 416 - Greek Art (3 units)
AH 417 - Roman Art (3 units)
AH 423 - Early Renaissance Art in Italy (3 units)
AH 424 - High Renaissance Art in Italy (3 units)
AH 425 - Northern Renaissance Art (3 units)
AH 426 - Northern Baroque Art (3 units)
AH 427 - Southern Baroque Art (3 units)
AH 431 - History of Museums and Exhibitions (3 units)
AH 432 - Museum and Gallery Practices (3 units)
AH 433 - Exhibition and Display Practices (3 units)
AH 436 - Neo-Classicism to Romanticism, 1789-1850 (3 units)
AH 437 - Impressionism to Post-Impressionism, 1850-1900 (3 units)
AH 438 - Art of Early to Mid Twentieth Century (3 units)
AH 439 - Art of Mid to Late Twentieth Century (3 units)
AH 441 - Contemporary Art in Context (3 units)
AH 448 - Western Art Theory and Criticism to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (3 units)
AH 449 - Western Art Theory and Criticism Mid-Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century (3 units)
AH 450 - Western Art Theory and Criticism Mid-Twentieth Century to Present (3 units)
AH 453 - Arts of the African Diaspora (3 units)
AH 454 - Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the United States and American Territories (3 units)
AH 455 - Traditional Art of Africa: A Thematic Approach (3 units)
AH 456 - Native American Art (3 units)
AH 457A - Pre-Columbian Art: Mesoamerica (3 units)
AH 457B - Pre-Columbian Art: The Andes (3 units)
AH 457C - Pre-Columbian Art (3 units)
AH 458 - Art of Latin America: 1800-1940 (3 units)
AH 459 - Art of Latin America: 1940-Present (3 units)
AH 460 - Art of Mexico (3 units)
AH 466 - Buddhist Art of India and S.E. Asia (3 units)
AH 467 - Hindu and Islamic Art of India (3 units)
AH 468 - Early Chinese Art (3 units)
AH 469 - Later Chinese Art (3 units)
AH 470A - Japanese Buddhist Art to 1500 (3 units)
AH 470B - Japanese Art 1500-1868 (3 units)
AH 471A - Modern Japanese Graphic Art (3 units)
AH 471B - Modern Japanese Plastic Art (3 units)
AH 471C - Modern Japanese Architecture (3 units)
AH 496 - Special Studies in Art History (3 units)
AH 497 - Seminar in Art History (3 units)
AH 498 - Selected Topics in Art History (3 units)