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 upper-division art history electives.

General Requirements

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

Students must also follow the College of Arts and Media’s general degree requirements .

Visual Arts Foundation Courses

FINE 1100 - Drawing I Summer 2010 Registration: F A 1100
FINE 1150 - Introduction to Photography Summer 2010 Registration: F A 1150
FINE 1400 - Two Dimensional Design Summer 2010 Registration: F A 1400
FINE 2015 - Intermedia Foundations Summer 2010 Registration: F A 2015
or
FINE 2155 - Introduction to Digital Photography Summer 2010 Registration: F A 2155

Total: 12 Hours

Art History Required Emphasis Courses

FINE 2600 - History of Art I (Survey) Summer 2010 Registration: F A 2600
FINE 2610 - History of Art II (Survey) Summer 2010 Registration: F A 2610
FINE 3600 - Art History Survey III: Non-Western Art Summer 2010 Registration: F A 3600
FINE 4790 - Methods in Art History Summer 2010 Registration: F A 4790
FINE 4951 - Bachelor of Art Thesis Summer 2010 Registration: F A 4951
Nonwestern Cultural Experience (select one of the six options listed below*)

Total: 18 Hours

*Nonwestern Cultural Experience Options:

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).
Visual arts internship for credit in the College of Arts and Media. 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.
FINE 4840 - Independent Study: FINE
. 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
or
FREN 1000 - Introduction to Cultures of the French- Speaking World
or
GRMN 1000 - Germany and the Germans
or
SPAN 1000 - Introduction to Cultures of the Spanish Speaking World

Upper-Division Art History Electives

Students must complete five upper-division (3000/4000 level) art history courses. (Contact an advisor in the College of Arts and Media at CAMadvising@ucdenver.edu for a complete list.)

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