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Art History

Seaver College's Art History Department offers a minor in Art History.

Art History Minor (20 units)

Lower Division

The student must take the following as prerequisites for Art History courses:

HUM 111  Western Heritage I* (for ARTH 422, ARTH 424, and ARTH 426)
HUM 212  Western Heritage II* (for ARTH 428 and ARTH 430)
HUM 313  Western Heritage III* (for ARTH 434, ARTH 436, and ARTH 440)

*Satisfies general education requirement; should be completed first two years.

It is recommended that Art History majors and minors take ARTH 438 Non-Western Art as their non-Western general education requirement (satisfies either the Art History or the Non-Western GE requirement or the fine arts GE requirement - satisfies only one of the three).

Upper Division Courses (16 units)

The student must take four of the following (total 16 units):

ARTH 422  Ancient Art (Prehistoric, Ancient Near East, Egypt) (4) (prerequisite HUM 111)
ARTH 424  Classical Art (Greece and Rome) (4) (prerequisite HUM 111)
ARTH 426  Early Christian and Medieval Art (4) (prerequisite HUM 111)
ARTH 428  Renaissance Art (4) (prerequisite HUM 212)
ARTH 430  Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Art (prerequisite HUM 212)
ARTH 432 American Art (No prerequisites)
ARTH 434  Nineteenth Century Art (4) (prerequisite HUM 313)
ARTH 436  Modern Art 1900 to the Present (4) (prerequisite HUM 313)
ARTH 438  Non-Western Art (4) (no prerequisite; satisfies either the non-Western general education requirement or the Art History requirement, but not both)
ARTH 440  Multicultural Arts in America (4) (prerequisite HUM 313)

Electives (4 units)

The student will take at least one course from the following areas outside of Art History:

History, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Science (4 units). It is recommended that students take courses appropriate to their area of Art History emphasis: Ancient, Classical, Early Christian/Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 17th & 18th Century, 19th Century, Modern, or Multicultural.

History

HIST 510  The Ancient World
HIST 511  The Middle Ages
HIST 512  Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 513  The Enlightenment Era
HIST 514  The French Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 515  Europe in the Nineteenth Century
HIST 516  Europe in the Twentieth Century
HIST 520  Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 521  Early United State: Early National Period
HIST 522  Civil War and Reconstruction
HIST 523  United States: 1877-1920
HIST 524  United States: 1920-1952
HIST 525  United States Since 1952
HIST 530  Social and Intellectual History of the United States

Literature

ENG 310  British Literature before 1485
ENG 320  British Literature from 1485 to 1780
ENG 330  British Literature from 1780 until the present
ENG 340  American Literature before the Civil War
ENG 350  American Literature after the Civil War
ENG 410  Genre Study (topics change, select a topic related to your area of study)
ENG 420  Major Writers (topics change, select a topic related to your area of study)
ENG 430  Anglophonic Literature/Literatures in Translation (topics change, select a topic related to your area)
ENG 440  Topics in Literature (topics change, select a topic related to your area of study)

Philosophy

PHIL 300  Ancient Philosophy
PHIL 310  Modern Philosophy
PHIL 518  Existentialism

Religion

REL 501  The World of the Old Testament
REL 510  The World of the New Testament
REL 520  The Christian Faith
REL 521  Modern Christian Thought
REL 522  Contemporary Christian Thought
REL 536  History of Christianity-Ancient and Medieval
REL 537  History of Christianity-Reformation and Modern
REL 538  History of Religion in America
REL 526  Religions of the World
ISAR 510  Archaeology, Religion, and Culture of the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity, and Paganism in the Eastern Roman Empire (300BC-400AD)
ISAR 520  Archaeology, Religion and Culture of the Middle East: Medieval and Modern (400-1967 AD)

Social Science

POSC 511  History of Economic, Political, and Social Thought
POSC 516  19th and 20th Century Political Thought
POSC 518  Contemporary American Ideologies

Art History Course Two-Year Rotation Cycle

Fall 2006/2008

ARTH 426 Early Christian/Medieval
ARTH 436 Modern
ARTH 438 Non-Western
ARTH 390 Methodological Approaches

Spring 2007/2009

ARTH 428 Renaissance
ARTH 434 Nineteenth Century
ARTH 438 Non-Western
ARTH 590 Senior Thesis

Fall 2007/2009

ARTH 422 Ancient
ARTH 430 17th & 18th C
ARTH 438 Non-Western
ARTH 390 Methodological Approaches

Spring 2008/2010

ARTH 424 Classical
ARTH 434 American
ARTH 438 Non-Western
ARTH 590 Senior Thesis

Every Summer

ARTH 438 Non-Western & Selected Topics

** Current Art History course offerings will count towards an Art History Major or Minor. Please contact Professor Sonia Sorrell for more information. **

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