Course variations

Course summary

This program gives students the opportunity to address social, cultural and transnational issues through an engagement with visual culture objects, images and ideas and to imagine critical intersections in the arts, humanities, and sciences by means of innovative course instruction. Art history classes are catalysts through which students make cross-connections between their major areas of study and the diverse perspectives found in visual forms of communication.

Program modules

The modules are A/HI 275 - INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AND CRITICAL THINKING, A/HI 375 - METHODS IN ART HISTORY, A/HI 475 - SENIOR PROJECTS/PRACTICUM, (the above courses must be taken in sequence), 100-level courses (6 credits), One course from: A/HI 220 - VISUAL CULTURE IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, A/HI 221 - VISUAL CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, One course from: A/HI 230 - VISUAL CULTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE 1400-1550, A/HI 231 - VISUAL CULTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE 1550-1700, One course from: A/HI 240 - VISUAL CULTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE IN THE 19TH CENTURY, A/HI 241 - VISUAL CULTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE AND AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY, One course from: A/HI 270 - VISUAL CULTURE IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, A/HI 271 - VISUAL CULTURE IN EAST ASIA, Two additional courses from: A/HI 220 - Visual Culture in Ancient Greece and Rome, A/HI 221 - Visual Culture in Medieval Europe, A/HI 230 - Visual Culture in Western Europe from 1400-1500, A/HI 231 - Visual Culture in Western Europe 1550-1700, A/HI 240 - Visual Culture in Western Europe in the 19th Century, A/HI 241 - Visual Culture in Western Europe and America in the 20th Century, A/HI 270 - Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asia, A/HI 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia, 300- or 400-level courses (36 credits, with a minimum of 12 credits at the 400 level): 8 credits from: A/HI 310 - INDIGENOUS ARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, A/HI 313 - ART AND TECHNOLOGY, A/HI 368 - PACIFIC ARTS AND VISUAL CULTURE, A/HI 411 - CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE VISUAL CULTURE, A/HI 416 - BORDERS AND TERRAINS, A/HI 429 - PATRONAGE AND POWER: THE BAROQUE ERA, A/HI 431 - POPULAR CULTURE, TOURISM AND LEISURE, A/HI 438 - ART AND FEMINISM, 8 credits from: A/HI 301 - MODERN ART AND MODERNISM, A/HI 315 - CIVIC IDENTITY IN 15TH- AND 16TH-CENTURY EUROPE, A/HI 330 - ART AND TEXTS OF THE SACRED, A/HI 358 - POSTWAR ART AND CULTURE, A/HI 360 - NATIONALISM AND CULTURAL IDENTITY, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, A/HI 370 - ISLAMIC VISUAL CULTURES, A/HI 371 - TRANSFORMING TRADITIONS: ART AND VISUAL CULTURE IN JAPAN, A/HI 420 - BUILDING 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY EUROPE, 8 credits from: A/HI 308 - VISUAL ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY, A/HI 316 - LAND AND LANDSCAPE, A/HI 401 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND POST-MODERN CRITIQUES, A/HI 415 - SPACE AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, A/HI 440 - NEW MEDIA AND DIGITAL ART, A/HI 450 - COLONIZATION AND CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS, A/HI 490 - SEMINAR: EXHIBITION THEORY AND PRACTICE, 12 credits: Upper-division art history electives. Students must select three additional classes from the above groups of 300- and 400-level courses.

Entry requirement for international students

International students should have a minimum score on the TOEFL of 80 (internet-based), 213 (computer-based), or 550 (paper-based). However, students with lower TOEFL scores, and/or students who are unable to take the TOEFL, may be admitted with an Academic English Program (AEP) provision if they have previously studied in the United States, completed college-level English 101 and English 102 prior to enrollment earning grades of B (3.0) or better, and demonstrate strong academic achievement.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Western Washington University

Department name

College of Fine and Performing Arts, Department of Art