Art History Department Courses

Courses and Learning Outcomes

The Department of Art History houses all AHIS, HUMA, and LATN courses.
All AHIS courses fulfill the General Education category Area C-3 "Arts."
HUMA and LATN courses fulfill the General Education category Area C-3 "Humanities."

The following courses also may be taken to fulfill the General Education category Area D-4 "Social Sciences":

AHIS 3 and 3H: History of Women and Gender in Art (D鈥揥omen and Gender Studies)

AHIS 9: History of Asian Art and Architecture (D鈥揈thnic Studies)

AHIS 11 and 11 H: History of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art (D鈥揈thnic Studies)

AHIS 12 and 12 H: History of Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture (D鈥揈thnic Studies)

AHIS 13: World Art and Visual Culture (D鈥揈thnic Studies)

AHIS 14: Rome: The Ancient City (D鈥揂rchaeology)

AHIS 15: Culture of Art of Pompeii (D鈥揂rchaeology)

Click below to see all Art History Department courses

Student Learning Outcomes for Art History

Elements and styles. Students will be able to identify formal elements and differentiate styles among cultures over time.
General Education Outcome: Area C. Students completing an assignment in Humanities Area C will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
role of art. Students will be able to identify through analysis the role of visual art and culture (religious, political, economic, social, educational, etc.) in art and and cultures.

Student Learning Outcomes for Humanities

Cultural Analysis. Student completing an assignment will be able to identify the influence of culture on human expression.
Cultural Context. Students will be able to analyze and interpret art and cultural as expressions of ethnicity, identity, gender, and political power.
Formal Analysis of Artistic Media. Students will be able to identify and analyze the formal elements and composition of visual arts, architecture, music, literature, and/or other humanistic expression
Socio-Political and Natural Environment. Students will be able to relate art and culture to the socio-political and natural environment.

Student Learning Outcomes for Latin

Latin 1

Compound Sentence. Students will be able to translate a compound sentence in the original Latin into idiomatic English.
Parsing. Students will be able to identify and parse nouns and adjectives of the first and second declensions.
Simple Sentence. Students will be able to translate a simple sentence in the original Latin into idiomatic English.

Latin 2

Clauses. Students will be able to identify and correctly translate Latin clauses containing "indirect statement" into idiomatic English.
Compound Sentence. Students will be able to translate a compound English sentence into a grammatically correct English sentence.
Parsing. Students will be able to identify and parse nouns and adjectives of the third and fourth declensions.
Simple Sentence. Students will be able to translate a simple English sentence into a grammatically correct Latin sentence.