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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Art: Art History, AA with Designation


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Additional information available on the Art History Department website.

Recommended basic skills courses are

  • College Readiness in English
  • College Readiness for Quantitative Literacy

Art History is the study of human expression through an examination of the history and development of painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects. Art Historians translate from the visual to the verbal, through analysis and interpretation, using a number of different approaches and methodologies. The Associate of Arts (AA) degree with designation in Art History includes courses that are common to all four-year institutions in Colorado and will prepare you for continued study at a four-year institution in pursuit of a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree or a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Art or Art History. With a degree in Art History you may be employed in one of the following career areas: museum and gallery management, media, research, arts administration, journalism, arts education, exhibition and events coordination or antiques dealer.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Art History degree program, students should be able to:

  • Accurately place a piece of art within its proper context in time and significance
  • Write an MLA formatted scholarly research paper and discuss various artistic trends and periods
  • Analyze various media, techniques, and individual artists both traditional and contemporary

Full list of requirements can be found at Associate of Arts Degrees, AA .

Written Communication


Six (6) credit hours

Mathematics


Three (3) credit hours

  prefer MAT 1240  

Arts and Humanities


Six (6) credit hours

 , EXCEPT the courses listed in the Additional Required Courses section below

History


Three (3) credit hours

  

Social and Behavioral Sciences


Six (6) credit hours

  

Natural and Physical Sciences


Seven or eight (7 or 8) credit hours

 . One of these courses must have the required Laboratory (GT-SC1).

Additional Required Courses


Eighteen (18) credit hours.

Please note: if these credits are not required for the major at a receiving four-year institution, they will be applied to the bachelor’s degree as elective credit towards graduation. Please check with the receiving institution to determine in which way these courses will be applied.

Electives


Ten-eleven (10-11) credit hours selected from the

 .

Students planning to transfer to Colorado State University-Fort Collins will be required to complete a 2000-level world language for completion of the BA in Art - Art History. Students will be expected to be prepared upon completion of the associate’s degree to take an intermediate world language or be able to pass the CSU-FC World Language placement exam at the sophomore level. It may not be possible to complete the BA in Art - Art History concentration in two years without this prior world language competency.

Total Credit Hours: 60


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