University Catalog

Curriculum in Art

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art

Art History Concentration

(see footnotes at the bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††ART 111	Basic Drawing	3	hours
††ART 151	Basic 2/D Design	3	hours
††ART 105	Survey of World Art History I	3	hours
ENGL 101 or ENGL 121H or ENGL 123HG	Freshman Composition Ancient Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hour
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 112	Intermediate Drawing	3	hours
††ART 152	Intermediate 2/D Design	3	hours
††ART 106	Survey of World Art History II	3	hours
ENGL 102 or ENGL 122H or ENGL 124HG	Critical Reading and Writing Modern Epic: Literature and Composition Topic in Reading and Research-Based Writing	3	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††ART 153	Basic 3/D Design	3	hours
††ART 117  or ART 281	Printmaking I Basic Painting	3	hours
††Art History (300-level)		3	hours
ENGL 230G	World Literature	3	hours
Mathematics or Analytical ReasoningG		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††Art History (300-400 level)		3	hours
††ART 231	Sculpture I	3	hours
MUS 151 or THEA 131G	Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
ENGL 231 or ENGL 232	English Literature American Literature	3	hours
HIST 101 or HIST 2011,G	Western Civilization to 1500 American History to 1877	3	hours
ART 299	Sophomore Review	0	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Art History (400-level)		3	hours
††Art Studio2		3	hours
COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
Foreign Language 101 (FREN/GERM)	FREN 101 or GERM 101	3	hours
Natural Science3,G		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

Art History (400-level)		3	hours
††Art Studio2		3	hours
HIST 102 or HIST 2021	Western Civilization since 1500                                        American History since 1877	3	hours
Foreign Language 102 (FREN/GERM)	FREN 102 or GERM 102	3	hours
Natural Science3,G		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††ART 443	Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism	3	hours
ART 4446	Seminar in Art History	3	hours
Foreign Language 201 (FREN/GERM)	FREN 201 or GERM 201	3	hours
Social Science Elective4,G		3	hours
Natural Science3,G		3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††ART 4493	Senior Thesis: Art History	3	hours
Art History (400-level)		3	hours
Social Science Elective (200+ level)4		3	hours
Humanities Elective (200+ level)5,G		3	hours
Foreign Language 202 (FREN/GERM)	FREN 202 or GERM 202	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††Major course. Requires a grade of "C" or better in all courses in the major.
¹Must be in a two-semester sequence (i.e. 101-102 or 201-202).
²A two-semester sequence (beyond core courses) is required in a studio area other than that of the concentration.
³Natural Sciences to include both Physical and Biological Sciences, at least 6 hours of which must be in a two-semester sequence.
⁴Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
⁵To be selected from Foreign Languages (including Mythology), Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature.
Must have nine hours in the area in a single artistic area before attempting Seminar in Art History.
⁶All degree candidates are required to present their senior thesis paper, approved by the Visual Art + Design Faculty, in a departmental forum.