Course variations

Course summary

Students pursue careers as professional art historians, art critics, museum curators, art writers, art editors and publishers, gallery managers, and art librarians and archivists, or work with other art-related organizations. Also students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's and doctoral degree programs offered by or in conjunction with this department.

Program modules

The modules for Art history includes History of Urban Design Planning (ARTD 3162 / ART 22.40), Visual Culture Studies (ARTD 3167 / ART 73.20), students can choose eighteen credits in advanced art history chosen from at least three of the following subject areas Ancient & medieval art: Art of Egypt and the Ancient Near East (ARTD 3002 / ART 12.50), Aegean and Greek Art (ARTD 3006 / ART 12.60), Etruscan and Roman Art (ARTD 3010 / ART 12.70), Early Christian and Byzantine Art (ARTD 3014 / ART 13.10), Early Medieval Art (ARTD 3018 / ART 13.30), Romanesque Art (ARTD 3022 / ART 13.37), Gothic Art and Architecture (ARTD 3026 / ART 13.20), History of Architecture: Ancient through Gothic (ARTD 3159 / ART 22.10), Early European art Early Renaissance Art in Italy (ARTD 3030 / ART 14.71), Early Renaissance Art in Northern Europe (ARTD 3034 / ART 14.61), Later Renaissance Art in Italy (ARTD 3038 / ART 14.72), Later Renaissance Art in Northern Europe (ARTD 3042 / ART 14.62), Baroque Art in Italy (ARTD 3046 / ART 14.81), Foundations of Islamic Art (ARTD 3124 / ART 13.50), Modern European and American art Neoclassicism and Romanticism (ARTD 3058 / ART 15.11), Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism (ARTD 3062 / ART 15.12), Modern Art (ARTD 3066 / ART 15.20), Modern Sculpture (ARTD 3071 / ART 15.40), History of Photography (ARTD 3084 / ART 15.80), Women in Modern Art (ARTD 3089 / ART 15.60), Contemporary Art (ARTD 3094 / ART 15.30), Asian, African and Oceanic Art, and Indigenous Art of the Americas: Latin American Art from Pre Conquest to the Modern Era: The Indigenous Presence (ARTD 3148 / ART 16.03), Architecture: Architecture from 1900 to 1939 (ARTD 3075 / ART 20.50), Architecture from World War II to the Present (ARTD 3079 / ART 20.60).

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants are considered for admission on the basis of high school academic average, SAT scores, GED scores. Students must have an official transcript from an accredited high school or a GED diploma with scores. A minimum CAA (College Admissions Average) of 81 and a minimum combined SAT score of 1,000 in reading and math is required. Students preparing for baccalaureate study include the following high school academic units English: four units, Social studies: four units, Foreign language: three units of one foreign language: French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, or another acceptable foreign language, Mathematics: three units consisting of one unit of elementary algebra (9th-year mathematics), one unit of plane geometry (10th-year mathematics), and one unit of intermediate algebra and trigonometry (11th-year mathematics); or Courses I, II, and III of the New York State Sequential (integrated) Mathematics Curriculum, Science: Three units consisting of one unit of any of the following: general biology, general science, chemistry, physics, physiography or earth science, advanced biology, botany, or zoology. (It is recommended that students intending to major in a math- or science- related area have four units each of science and math.). Applicant whose native language is not English and whose secondary and postsecondary schooling was not in English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Brooklyn College Of The City University Of New York

Department name

Department of Art