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Department of Art History
Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
518-580-5053 (tel)
518-580-5028 (fax)

Katherine Hauser, Department Chair
518-580-5054
Scribner Library Room 227
Please see Prof. Hauser for signature on study abroad forms, major/minor forms, AP credit

Terri Brandt, secretary
Scribner Library Room 230
tbrandt@skidmore.edu

art history

Majors

Each student major is required to take a minimum of eleven courses according to the following guidelines.
  1. Foundation (three courses).
    1. AH100 Survey of Western Art

    3. One studio art course of your choice (note prerequisites where necessary), except AR 299, AR 358, AR 361, AR 375 and AR 399.

    5. AH221 Practices of Art History; should be taken by the end of the second year.

  2. Breadth (four art history courses of three credits or more). Choose one course from four of the following five areas:
    1. Ancient and Medieval Art in the West: AH222, 223, 232, 233, 330

    3. 15th- to 18th-Century Art in the West: AH241, 253, 254, 268**, 342, 347, 348, 355

    5. Modern and Contemporary Art in the West: AH217, 257, 261, 265, 268**, 315***, 321, 322, 354, 364

    7. Arts of Africa and the Americas: AH103, 203, 207, 208, 310, 315***

    9. Asian Art: AH105, 106, 200, 204, 209, 210, 211, 311, 312, 314.

  3. Exploration (at least three courses of two, three or four credits each): Besides the foundation and breadth courses, each student must take a minimum of three additional art history courses, including at least one seminar but not including the senior thesis. (The senior thesis is an option students may take beyond the eleven courses required for the art history major.)

  4. AH380 Capstone, spring semester, senior year.

  5. The Art History major GPA is calculated based on all Art History courses.

Because advanced research in any aspect of art history requires foreign languages (generally French or Italian and/or German, plus any language appropriate to your area, e.g., Chinese), we recommend language study. We also recommend additional art history courses (including independent studies, museum/gallery internships, and the senior thesis) and/or courses in related fields, such as literature, history, philosophy, anthropology, religion, and studio art.

HONORS: In addition to meeting the College grade-point average for the major, students wishing to qualify for honors in the program must successfully complete an independent project that the art history faculty judge to be outstanding. The project nominated by a member of the art history faculty must go beyond the work required in our regular art history classes. Examples of types of projects that could qualify are Senior Theses and Independent Study or Internship projects, whether written, in the form of an exhibition, or computer-based.

Note: Please refer to the Academic Information Guide regarding double counting of courses between majors and minors.

Students may receive AP (Advanced Placement) credit in art history. A score of 4 or 5 earns the student four college credits. It is the program's policy that the AP credits can count as AH100 and may be applied toward a major or minor in art history. A score of 5 will automatically receive this credit; a score of 4 requires consultation with the director of the Art History program before it is approved.

**Fulfills breadth areas "b" or "c," NOT both
***Fulfills breadth areas "c" or "d," NOT both