Art History, B.A.

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Requirements for the liberal arts major in art history, B.A. program

A minimum of 48 credits, distributed as shown below. At least 16 credits in the major must be taken at Oakland University. Only courses in which the student has earned at least a 2.0 may be counted toward the art history major.

1. Core courses

2. Required course

AH 200 - Critical Thinking and Writing in Art History I (4) (Should be taken early in the student’s major course work. Normally no more than 20 credits in the art history major may be taken prior to this course.)
AH 387 - Critical Thinking and Writing in Art History II (4)

3. Sixteen credits from the following (at least one course must be selected from each category)

Note

AH 310 - Art of the Ancient Near East may satisfy the requirement either for Non-Western or for Ancient/Medieval, but not both. AH 343 - Russian Art may satisfy the requirement either for Renaissance/Baroque or for American/Modern, but not both. AH 345 - German Art may satisfy the requirement either for Ancient/Medieval or for Renaissance/Baroque, but not both. AH 385 - Seminar in Art History may satisfy one of the above requirements, the subject area of which will determine the category.

4. Four elective credits from AH courses

5. Required course (choose one)

SA 105 - Drawing for Non-Majors (4)
SA 340 - Historic Painting Techniques I (4)

6. Required courses

AH 495 - Senior Thesis in Art History I (2)
AH 496 - Senior Thesis in Art History II (2)

Language requirement

Students must also complete one semester of a foreign language or pass a competency exam with the approval of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. This requirement also fulfills General Education: Foreign Language and Culture. For students intending to pursue graduate study, the departmental faculty recommends two years of college-level foreign language.