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Twin Cities Campus
Art History MinorArt History
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Art History, 338 Heller Hall, 271 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-4500; fax: 612-626-8679)
Email:
arthist@umn.edu
Website: http://www.arthist.umn.edu
Our current faculty and institutional strengths support specialization in the art and visual/material culture of the following overlapping fields: American; contemporary; early modern Europe and the Atlantic world; East Asia; film/photography; Islamic; modern Europe; and South Asia.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Students interested in the minor are strongly encouraged to confer with their major field advisor and director of graduate studies, and the Art History director of graduate studies regarding feasibility and requirements.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Courses offered on both the A-F and S/N grading basis must be taken A-F, with a minimum grade of B earned for each, to be considered for the minor.
The minimum cumulative GPA for minor field coursework is 3.50.
Coursework (11 to 12 credits)
Master’s students select 11 credits, and doctoral students select 12 credits from the following in consultation with the Art History director of graduate studies:
ARTH 5335 - Baroque Rome: Art and Politics in the Papal Capital
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5336 - Transformations in 17th Century Art: Caravaggio, Velazquez, and Bernini
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5411 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5413 - Alternative Media: Video, Performance, Digital Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5417 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5466 - Contemporary Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5655 - African-American Cinema
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5765 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5766 - Chinese Painting
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5773 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5774 - The Body in Indian Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5777 - The Diversity of Traditions: Indian Empires after 1200
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5778 - Traditions of South Asian Painting: Past to Present
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5781 - Age of Empire: The Mughals, Safavids, and Ottomans
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5783 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5785 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5787 - Visual Cultures in Contact: Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Ancient World
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5950 - Topics: Art History
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5993 - Directed Study
(1.0-4.0 cr)
ARTH 5994 - Directed Research
(1.0-4.0 cr)
ARTH 8190 - Seminar: Issues in Ancient Art and Archaeology
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8200 - Seminar: Medieval Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8320 - Seminar: Issues in Early Modern Visual Culture
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8340 - Seminar: Baroque Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8400 - Seminar: Issues in 19th-Century Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8440 - Seminar: Contemporary Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8500 - Issues in Latin American Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8520 - Seminar: American Art and Material Culture
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8710 - Seminar: Islamic Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8720 - Seminar:East Asian Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8770 - Seminar: Art of India
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8783 - Art, Diplomacy, and Empire
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8920 - Seminar: Film History and Criticism
(3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Doctoral
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3335/Rels 3162/Hist 3706/ |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3655/ArtH 3655/ArtH 5655 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3778/ArtH 5778 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 5781/RelS 5781 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 5787/CNRC 3787/5787 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 8190/CNES 8190 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 8520/ArtH 8520 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 5783/ArtH 8783 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |