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2011-2012 CU Denver Catalog 
    
2011-2012 CU Denver Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Fine Arts BA — Art History


All students pursuing a BA in fine arts with an emphasis in art history must complete 12 semester hours of visual arts foundation courses, 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 CU Denver unless approved otherwise by visual arts faculty.
  • 21 semester hours of all visual arts credits (at any level) must be taken at CU Denver.
  • 18 semester hours of total visual arts courses must be upper-division.

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

Total: 12 Hours


Art History Required Emphasis Courses


Total: 18 Hours


 

*Nonwestern Cultural Experience Options:

  1. Study abroad course that focuses on the art history or the language of host culture (consult art history faculty).
  2. 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.
  3. Third-semester study of a foreign language (consult the Department of Modern Languages if placement is needed).
  4. 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.
  5.  . 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.
  6. Cultural course:   or   or   or  

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 & Media at CAMadvising@ucdenver.edu for a complete list.)

Total: 15 Hours