Art History Minor

Art Department | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses including two survey courses and four electives.

Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: At least four of the six courses for the minor, including two at the 300 level, must be taken at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements

100-level Art History Survey Courses (6 Credits)

Take two courses from the list below.

ART 101 - Ancient and Medieval Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 102 - Renaissance to Modern Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 104L - Introduction to East Asian Art 3 Credit(s)

300-level or higher Art History Courses (6 Credits)

Take two Art History courses from the list below.

ART 305 - Early Medieval Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 306 - Romanesque and Gothic Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 309 - Northern Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 310 - Special Topics 3 Credit(s)
ART 311 - Early Italian Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 312 - Late Italian Renaissance Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 313L - The Art of Early Modern Venice: Myths and Realities of a Floating City 3 Credit(s)
ART 315 - Eighteenth-Century European Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 317 - Nineteenth-Century Art in Europe and the United States 3 Credit(s)
ART 318L - Women and Experimental Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ART 326 - Materials, Materiality, Meaning 3 Credit(s)
ART 327L - Hellenistic Art and Culture 3 Credit(s)
ART 368 - History of Photography: 1839-Present 3 Credit(s)
ART 369 - American Women Photographers 3 Credit(s)
ART 370L - Studies in Experimental Film and Video Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 375 - Contemporary Art: c. 1989-Present 3 Credit(s)
ART 482 - Art History Capstone 3 Credit(s)

Electives from any level (6 Credits)

Take two electives at any level. One can be a Studio Art course.

Select from: ART 100 through ART 104L, 207L, 210, 212L, 222 through 278L, 305 through 375, and 482.

For the optional studio art course, select from: ART 199, 208, 220, 281 through 297, 380 through 397.

Please note: Independent Study (ART 478 and ART 479), Fieldwork/Internship (ART 488 and ART 489), and Honors Projects (ART 491 and ART 492) cannot be applied to the elective requirement.