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Art History Honors Program
Students who have a GPA of 3.7 or higher in the art
history major are encouraged to follow the honors program and write
a thesis in their senior year. Students who complete the honors
thesis receive departmental citation, and if their overall grade-point
averages qualify them, high or highest honors. Students pursing
the honors program may decide at any point not to progress further,
without penalty. They will receive credit for all components of
the honors program taken to that point.
Prerequisites
An overall GPA of 3.5 or higher and art history grade-point average
of 3.7 are recommended prerequisites. Students with a lower GPA
in the major may pursue an honors thesis on the recommendation of
the thesis adviser. Minimum eligibility is a UC grade-point average
of 3.3. The thesis adviser, who supervises the student's research
and writing, must be member of the art history faculty. Endorsement
of the proposed project by the thesis adviser is mandatory.
Selection of topic
In spring of junior year, student selects, in consultation with
the thesis adviser, a topic that would yield a 25-40 page paper,
level of originality consistent with an extended undergraduate research
paper.
AHI 200A (letter grading)
Qualifying student registers for AHI 200A (Theories of Art History)
fall quarter of senior year by receiving permission to add from
Art/Art History office. Through the AHI undergraduate adviser, student
files the L&S Dean's Office request form to take graduate course
for degree credit. (Permission takes 2-4 weeks.)
Background research--first AHI 199 (pass/no pass
grading)
Student registers for AHI 199 with honors adviser (4 units, contact
time weekly or biweekly), to develop the background reading, research,
hypothesis, and structure of paper. If the student has already has
accomplished these tasks (through a previous AHI 199, or through
not-for-credit study during the summer), this AHI 199 may be waived.
Drafting the thesis--second AHI 199 (pass/no pass
grading)
To begin drafting the thesis (usually winter quarter senior year),
the student registers for AHI 199 with thesis adviser for (4 units,
contact time weekly or biweekly).
AHI 194H (letter grading)
Completion of a rough draft of the thesis by end of winter quarter
allows the student to register with thesis adviser for AHI 194H.
By fifth week of the quarter, student completes final draft of the
thesis. The draft is read by the honors adviser and undergraduate
adviser, and comments are returned to the student, who revises the
paper and submits the final version at the tenth week of the term.
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