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Art History

ARH - Art History

ARH 2000
Understanding Visual Arts

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). In this course, students will develop an appreciation of and the ability to think critically about culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture. Includes selections from the Western canon.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
ARH 2000H
Honors Understanding Visual Arts

(Offered fall, spring, and summer). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). In this course, students will develop an appreciation of and the ability to think critically about culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze, and discuss works of visual art and material culture. Includes selections from the Western canon.

Credit hours: 3
ARH 2050
Art History Criticism I

(Offered fall). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement.) Art History Criticism I is a survey course covering the development of Western art and architecture from antiquity to the early Renaissance. This course examines major forms of visual art such as painting, sculpture, and architecture which will include selections from the Western canon,

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
ARH 2051
Art History Criticism II

(Offered spring). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). Art History Criticism II is a survey course covering the development of Western art and architecture from the early Renaissance to the early 20th century. This course examines major forms of visual art such as painting, sculpture, and architecture which will include selections from the Western canon.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
ARH 2060
History of Architecture

(Offered fall and spring). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). This course provides an introduction to the history of architecture from ancient times to modern days. It explores the relationships between historical developments in architecture and wider changes in the social, technological, and aesthetics realms. The study of architecture will serve as a window into broader aspects of cultural history and will include selections from the Western canon.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
ARH 2060H
Honors History of Architecture

(Offered fall and spring). (Meets Fine Arts Humanities requirement). This course provides an introduction to the history of architecture from ancient times to modern days. It explores the relationships between historical developments in architecture and wider changes in the social, technological, and aesthetics realms. The study of architecture will serve as a window into broader aspects of cultural history and will include selections from the Western canon.

Credit hours: 3Lecture hours: 3
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