Fine Arts BA — Art History

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All students pursuing a BA in fine arts with an emphasis in art history must complete the 12 semester hours of visual arts foundation courses, the 18 semester hours of required art history emphasis courses and 15 semester hours of art history topic courses (one course from each of the five lists).

General Requirements

All major courses within the major must be completed with a C (2.0) or better.
All upper-division F A courses must be taken at UC Denver unless approved by faculty.
27 semester hours of all F A credits (at any level) must be taken at UC Denver.
18 semester hours of total F A courses must be upper division.

Visual Arts Foundation Courses

F A 1100 - Drawing I. Semester Hours: 3
F A 1150 - Introduction to Photography. Semester Hours: 3
F A 1400 - Two Dimensional Design. Semester Hours: 3
F A 1810 - Digital Animation Foundations: Producing Animation. Semester Hours: 3 —or—
F A 2155 - Introduction to Digital Photography. Semester Hours: 3 —or—
F A 2405 - Introduction to Digital Design. Semester Hours: 3

Total: 12 Hours

Art History Required Emphasis Courses

F A 2600 - History of Art I (survey). Semester Hours: 3
F A 2610 - History of Art II (survey). Semester Hours: 3
F A 3600 - Art History Survey III: Non-Western Art. Semester Hours: 3
F A 4790 - Methods in Art History. Semester Hours: 3
F A 4951 - Bachelor of Art Thesis. Semester Hours: 3
Nonwestern Cultural Experience (select one of the six options listed below)

Total: 18 Hours

Study abroad course that focuses on the art history or the language of host culture (consult art history faculty).
Any upper-division art history course in African, Latin American, Asian or African-American art.This cannot be used to fulfill any other degree requirement.
Third-semester study of a foreign language (consult the Department of Modern Languages if placement is needed).
FA 3939, Internship. Project must focus on cultures outside of mainstream United States, e.g., Native American, Latin American, women studies, gay/lesbian studies, etc. Consult art history faculty.
FA 4840, Independent Study. Project/research must focus on cultures outside of mainstream United States, e.g., Native American, Latin American, women studies, gay/lesbian studies, etc. Consult art history faculty.
Cultural course: CNST 1000, China and the Chinese; FR 1000, Introduction: Cultures: French Speaking World; GER 1000, Germany and the Germans; or RUSS 1000, Russia and Russians: Life,Culture, Arts.

Upper-Division Art History Electives

Students must complete five upper-division (3000/4000 level) art history courses. (See http://cam.ucdenver.edu/advising/forms for a complete list.)

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