Art History & Museum Studies, Honors Concentration, Major

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will:

1. Analyze a broad range of works of visual art and architecture in their aesthetic, historical, and/or cultural contexts
2. Develop persuasive art historical arguments in oral or written form using common disciplinary methodologies
3. Articulate critical roles that art and arts institutions can play in considering ethical issues and effecting positive social change
4. Apply skills and knowledge essential for successful professional patterns of behavior and practice in museums and arts organizations

Major Requirements (56 units)

Major residency requirements:  Majors must complete at least one of the Survey of Western Art History courses on campus. At least three of the four required upper-division (300-level) seminars must be taken at USF.  Only one of the four required, upper-division seminar electives may be substituted with an upper-division art history course taken in an approved study abroad program, or with a 4-unit Honors College course taught by art history faculty.

Required Core (24 units)

• ART 101 - Survey/Western Art History I
• ART 102 - Survey/Western Art History 2
• ART 120 - Art Fundamentals
• ART 155 - Visual Communication I
• ART 199 - Methods/Theory in Art History
• ART 200 - Museum Studies
• ART 260 - Thacher Gallery Practicum

• Variable 2-4 units (2 units required)

Global Diversity Electives (4 units)

Choose at least ONE 4-unit course or TWO 2-unit courses from the following:

• ART 206 - Women & Art
• ART 207 - Asian Art
• ART 208 - African Art
• ART 209 - Art of the Americas
• ART 214 - Islamic Art
• ART 216 - Filipino American Arts
• ARCH 101 - History of Architecture I
• ARCH 102 - History of Architecture II
• ARCH 203 - History of Architecture III
• ARCH 204 - History of Architecture IV

Upper-Division Art History Electives (16 units)

Honors Concentration requirements (8 units)

Sophomores with a 3.5 GPA in the major may apply for the Art History & Museum Studies Honors Concentration. Honors students complete at least an additional 8 units beyond the requirements of the major. One of these courses must be an additional upper-division seminar in the major: either an HONC seminar taught by AHMS faculty or an additional; AHMS seminar (with a 15-20 page research paper assignment). The other course is 4 units of ART 398 - Directed Study/Research under close faculty mentorship that will result in a 4-unit honors thesis.

• ART 398 - Directed Study/Research