Art History & Museum Studies, Honors Concentration, Major

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will:

• Analyze a broad range of works of visual art and architecture in their aesthetic, historical, and/or cultural contexts
• Develop persuasive art historical arguments in oral or written form using common disciplinary methodologies
• Articulate critical roles that art and arts institutions can play in considering ethical issues and effecting positive social change
• 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
• 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

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