Architectural history emphasis
Museum studies emphasis
Visual cultures emphasis
 
 

U.C. DAVIS UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR IN ART HISTORY

 

(a total of 60 units is required for the major)

LOWER DIVISION COURSES--16 units

Four of the following.

 

AHI 1A Ancient Art AHI
AHI 1B Medieval and Renaissance Art
AHI 1C Baroque to Modern Art
AHI 1D Asian Art
AHI 5 Introduction to Visual Culture
AHI 10 Twenty Monuments
AHI 25 Introduction to Architectural History

ART STUDIO COURSE--4 units

One course in art practice offered by the Art Studio program, lower or upper division. (Please note that such courses in theory and criticism as ART 10, 30, 132A, 132B, 147, 148, and 150 are ineligible for meeting this requirement.)

UPPER DIVISION AREA REQUIREMENTS--16 units

One course in each of the following areas. Please be aware that not all courses are offered every year.

 

Ancient art:

AHI 172A Early Greek Art (formerly AHI 154A)
AHI 172B Later Greek Art (formerly AHI 154B)
AHI 173 Roman Art (formerly AHI 155)
AHI 175 Architecture & Urbanism in Mediterranean Antiquity

Asian art:

AHI 153 Art & Storytelling in the Pacific
AHI 163A Arts of China
AHI 163B Chinese Painting
AHI 163C Painting in the People's Republic of China
AHI 163D Visual Arts and Culture of Early Modern China
AHI 164 Arts of Japan

Western art to 1865:

AHI 178A Italian Pre-Renaissance
AHI 178B Italian Early Renaissance
AHI 178C Italian High Renaissance
AHI 179B Baroque Art
AHI 183A Age of Revolution
AHI 188D American Art to the Civil War

Western art after 1865:

AHI 183B Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
AHI 188E American Art 1865-1945
AHI 189 Photography in History
AHI 183C Early Modernism
AHI 184 Twentieth Century Architecture
AHI 185 Avant-Gardism and its Aftermath
AHI 186 Art after Modernism, 1948 to the Present

UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR--4 units

One proseminar from AHI 190 A-H; different topics will be offered each year. Majors may participate in up to two undergraduate seminars, the second of which will be counted as an upper-division course.

UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVES--20 units

Any five additional upper-division art history courses. These may include courses among the area requirements above or any of the following:

 

AHI 110 Cultural History of Museums and Art Exhibitions
AHI 151 Arts of the Americas
AHI 168 Great Cities
AHI 182 English Art & Culture
AHI 188A The American Home
AHI 188B Architecture in the U.S.
AHI 192 internship
AHI 401, 402 Museum training
AHI 199 Independent study
AHI 194H Honors thesis (recommended to students with a GPA of 3.7 in the major)

To sign up as a major, see Brenna Armstrong in the Art office (Art 101), phone 752-0105

 

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