Minor in the History of Visual and Performing Arts
The minor in the history of the visual and performing arts provides students with a broad multidisciplinary engagement with the arts in their historical contexts. Students must take six courses (18 hours) from the following list, with at least one course from each group and no more than two courses from any single group.
Art, art history, dance, film and media arts, music, and theatre majors may apply credits from the history sequence requirements of their respective majors toward this minor but must take at least 12 hours outside their discipline.
| Six Courses From the Following: |
Credit Hours |
History of Art:
- ARHS 1303 Introduction to Western Art I: Prehistoric Through Medieval
- ARHS 1304 Introduction to Western Art II: Renaissance Through Modern
- ARHS 1307 Introduction to Art History
- ARHS 1336 Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture: Ways of Knowing
- Any art history course at the 3000 level or above
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At least 3; no more than 6 |
Music:
- MUHI 1321 The Art of Listening
- MUHI 3301, 3302 Survey of Music History I and II
- MUHI 4350 Music in World Cultures
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At least 3; no more than 6 |
Dance and Theatre:
- DANC 2370 Movement as Social Text
- THEA 3381, 3382 Theatre and Drama History I, II
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At least 3; no more than 6 |
Film History:
- FILM 2351 International Film History
- FILM 2352 American Film History
- FILM 2353 American Broadcast History
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At least 3; no more than 6 |
| Total hours |
18 |