Art: History - Smith College

Art: History from Smith College is a Campus Bachelor Art History degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The Department of Art offers a rich menu of historical courses covering the visual culture of most of the world's regions. Beginning with 100-level introductory courses, students may progress through lecture courses, colloquia, and seminars encompassing art and architecture from ancient to modern times. Courses are regularly offered on the art of Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Courses in the history of art are prefixed ARH. Some art history courses (colloquia and seminars) have limited enrollment. Students planning to major in art history will find courses in literature, philosophy, religion, and history taken in the first two years valuable. A reading knowledge of foreign languages will be helpful for some historical courses. Each of the historical courses may require one or more trips to Boston, New York or other places in the vicinity for the study of original works of art . Advisers Brigitte Buettner, Craig Felton, Barbara Kellum, Dana Leibsohn, John Moore, Marylin Rhie, Frazer Ward Art History Adviser for Study Abroad John Moore Areas of Study Courses in the history of art are divided into areas that reflect breadth in terms of both geography and chronology. The geographical divisions of the curriculum are: the Americas; Asia/Islamic World; and Europe. The chronological divisions are: Group I (before 1200); Group II (1200-1800); and Group III (after 1800). Group I: 204, 212, 216, 222, 226, 230, 232,285 Group II: 205, 220, 224, 228, 234, 240, 242, 244, 246, 250, 252, 254, EAS 270, EAS 279 Group III: 264, 265, 272, 273, 276, 281, 282,283, 284 No course counting toward the fulfillment of the major or minor may be taken for an S/U grade, except ARS 398 and ARS 399. Students entering Smith College in the Fall 2009 semester (or after) are subject to the following requirements. All others have the option of following this set of requirements, or the one in effect when they arrived at the College or declared their major. View more details on Smith College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Art History courses.