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CURRICULUM IN THE HISTORY OF ART

For the Degree Bachelor of Fine Arts in the History of Art

The curriculum in the history of art requires 122 credit hours and offers a broad cultural education that unites academic and studio training. The curriculum provides sound preparation for the graduate study required for museum work or teaching at the college level.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students entering the University of Illinois as freshmen in Fall 2000 or later need to complete the foreign language requirement in order to graduate. To satisfy this requirement, students must complete a third semester college foreign language course. This requirement may also be satisfied by three years of the same foreign language in high school. Students entering the University of Illinois without three years of the same foreign language in high school must take a foreign language placement test to determine the courses in which to enroll.

HOURS     GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4     RHET 105 or 108-English composition
3     Advanced Composition
21     One approved sequence of 6 hours in each of the following areas: 
       humanities and the arts, natural sciences and technology, social 
       and behavioral sciences, and Western and non-Western culture. 
       ARTHI satisfies half of the humanities requirement.
25-43     Electives (see college list of approved electives)
0-16     One foreign language through the 104 level or equivalent is required 
6     Supportive electives. In addition to the general education requirements, 
      a minimum of six hours can be chosen with the consent of the adviser in 
      one of the following areas: ancient and modern literature, anthropology, 
      classics, history, philosophy. Some may satisfy general educa
tion requirements.
3     Quantitative reasoning
62-80     Total
HOURS     SUPPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN ART
4     ARTHI 111-Ancient and Medieval Art
4     ARTHI 112-Renaissance and Modern Art
2     ARTGP 113-Contemporary Issues in Art and Design
6     ARTGP 117 and 118-Drawing, I and II
6     ARTGP 119 and 120-Design, I and II
8-14     Art electives
30-36     Total
HOURS     ADVANCED ART HISTORY
18-36     Advanced art history

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