Minor Art History
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Why Art History?
Why Art History?
The UIC program in Art History introduces students to the work of artists, architects, designers, and thinkers who have changed the course of history. Classes cover all historical periods and most of the world’s cultures. Students are trained in the fundamentals of historical analysis, visual literacy, and theoretical understanding. In addition to going on to successful careers as academics and museum professionals, graduates work in teaching, publishing, arts administration, art conservation, public culture, historic preservation, journalism, advertising, business, law, and medicine.
The department’s world-renowned faculty are specialists in:
• Pre-Columbian and Native American Art
• The Architecture, Archaeology and Art History of the Medieval Mediterranean
• South Asian Architecture and Art
• Renaissance and Baroque Architecture, Architectural Theory, and Military Architecture
• European Art since 1700
• Modern and Contemporary Architecture, Design, and Theory
• Modern Art, the Avant-Garde, and Art since 1945
• Modern and Contemporary Performance Art
• Critical Theory, Film Theory, and the History of Photography
• Museum Studies
Requirements
A minimum of 17 semester hours in art history courses, of which at least 10 hours must be taken at the University of Illinois Chicago. Students may elect one additional 100-level course to count as an AH elective, excluding AH 100.
Required Courses:
- AH 110 (4 hrs)
- AH 111 (4 hrs)
- AH courses at the 100, 200, 300, or 400 levels totaling 9 hours. Only one 100-level course beyond AH 110 and AH 111 applies to the minor.
- Total: (17 hrs)
In cases where requirements for the Art History minor would be fulfilled by courses that are required for the major at least 3 additional semester hours in Art History must be completed.
A minimum grade point average of 2.25/4.0 is required for the minor.