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Curriculum in Art
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Art
Art History Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 111 Basic Drawing 3
††ART 151 Basic 2/D Design 3
††ART 105 Survey of World Art History I 3
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors         		 3
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1
*SE 101 Freshman Academic Success
at Southeastern		 2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ART 112 Intermediate Drawing 3
††ART 154 Foundations in Visual Language II 3
††ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors  		 3
MathematicsG   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

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

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
Art History
(400-level)		   3
††Art Studio2   3
HIST 102 or
HIST 2021
 3
Foreign Language
102 (FREN/GERM)		 FREN 102 or GERM 102 3
Natural Science3,G   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

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

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 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.