Minor Requirements: Art History
Art History Minor Requirements
The Undergraduate College: Traditional, On Campus
The Undergraduate College Art History program offers a minor that requires 18 credits (6 courses) available with the Major of your choice:
Minor Courses: 6 credits (2 courses).
Elective Courses: 12 credits (4 courses).
Under certain conditions, a student may have a minor field designated on their Rosemont transcript. Candidates for the minor must select 21-24 credits above the introductory level in a discipline. These courses are chosen from the Academic Offerings section of the catalog for approved minors. A minimum grade point average of 2.00 in the minor is required. Discuss with your advisor.
Art History Minor Courses (6 Credits)
*Course can be applied toward more than one requirement.
ARH 0175: History of Art I*
Prerequisite: None
A survey of western visual culture from prehistory through the Middle Ages, in architecture, sculpture, painting, and minor arts. Class lecture and discussion will be integrated with visits to area museums, such as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and/or New York’s Metropolitan Museum of
Art, to view art of the ancient through medieval world. Offered fall semester.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
*This course fulfills a Global Awareness/Culture requirement in the UC General Education program
ARH 0176: History of Art II*
Prerequisite: None
A survey of architecture, painting, sculpture, and minor arts, from the 12th century Gothic through the mid-to late nineteenth century. Class lectures and discussion will be integrated with visits to museums, such as: Glencairn Museum and Bryn Athyn’s New Church, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and/or New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and The Cloisters.
During designated semesters, this course will have a travel/study component, featuring an eight-day experience in Florence, Rome, and Paris, to trace the visual culture of the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries in architecture, painting, sculpture, and minor arts. Visits to the major monuments and museums in these cities will accompany lecture/discussion on site.
Offered spring semester. (3 Credits)
*This course fulfills a Global Awareness/Culture requirement in the UC General Education program.
Art History Minor Elective Courses (12 Credits)
The remaining courses for the minor should be chosen in consultation with the Discipline Coordinator.
Choose 4 of the Following Courses:
ARH 100+ Elective Course
Prerequisite: None
Course descriptiong coming soon.
Offered fall/spring semester. (3 Credits)
ARH 0177: History of Art I Enrichment
This experiential 1-credit component is part and parcel of “History of Art, I.” It features 14 hours per semester of on-site, first-hand museum and gallery exposure and enjoyment. A day-long visit to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is usually offered.
Offered fall/spring semester. (1 Credits)
ARH 0178: History of Art II Enrichment
Prerequisite: None
This experiential 1-credit component is part and parcel of “History of Art, II.” It features 14 hours per semester of on-site, first-hand museum and gallery exposure and enjoyment. A day-long visit to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art or Washington’s National Gallery is usually offered.
Offered fall/spring semester. (1 Credits)
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