May 07, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Art History Emphasis, Fine Arts BA


Introduction

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The art history emphasis familiarizes students with a range of developments in the history of art while developing skills in critical thinking, writing, research and the study of artworks. After an introduction to the canonical traditions of art and architecture, students take advanced lecture courses on specific subjects. This curriculum concludes with seminars on the methods of art historical scholarship as well as a thesis project.

Program Delivery

  • This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Major

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  • Consult an advisor in the College of Arts & Media at CAMadvising@ucdenver.edu for information about this emphasis.

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

Program Requirements


  1. Each course counting toward the major must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
  2. All upper-division visual arts courses must be taken at CU Denver unless approved otherwise by visual arts faculty.
  3. At least 21 semester hours of all visual arts credits (at any level) must be taken at CU Denver.
  4. At least 18 semester hours of total visual arts courses must be upper-division.