Art
History & History/Art History Majors
About
the Field
Art
History provides a humanistic and intellectual foundation for the
historian through courses in history and theory. The undergraduate
curriculum attempts to help students understand the visual arts in
their contexts. Emphasis is placed on the social, political, historical
and religious contexts of art; visual analysis is also stressed.
The
department offers a wide variety of courses beginning with a general
four-course survey and continuing on through all periods of Western and
non-Western art. Class
size varies from 400 students in survey classes to about 15 in some
upper division courses with occasionally fewer students in Advanced
Studies Seminars.
Art History
majors are required to take courses in a variety of areas, both Western
and non-Western.
Opportunities
Art
History majors frequently work in art-related fields or in art itself.
With the B.A. degree, there are opportunities in a variety of areas,
i.e., work in art galleries, auction houses, art libraries and stores
dealing with art works and/or supplies, art-oriented positions such as
tour guides, administrative buyers and art consultants.
The
major provides an excellent background for students planning further
education in professional or graduate schools. A Ph D. in Art History
is required for teaching and research positions in colleges and
universities. An M.A. sometimes prepares the student to teach in
community or junior colleges or to work in a museum, but a Ph.D. is
increasingly required for museum work. An Art History major is suitable
preparation for graduate work in arts management. Some art historians
become art critics.
Preparation for the Major
The
department strongly encourages completion of the general education
requirements in conjunction with preparing for the major.
Required Courses are: Four Art History survey courses, two Western and
two non-Western, from the following eight courses: 50, 51, 54, 55A,
55B, 56A, 56B, 57- these survey courses are sometimes prerequisites to
upper division courses. These courses entail enrolling in both the
lecture and discussion section. Enrollment is through the discussion
section and not the lecture itself.
The
department requires two additional courses in the same language as the
College Foreign Language requirement or two additional courses in
another foreign language.
(see
Art History in the UCLA
General Catalog for more specifics)
Entering the Major
External
applicants apply through the office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Current UCLA students who wish to change their major to Art History are
eligible to do so in any quarter except summer after completing four
courses (preferably the preparation for the major). Guidelines are
available from the department office.
Requirements for the Major
See
the UCLA
General Catalog for the number of units and courses necessary for
the major.
History/Art
History Major
Admissions
to the History/Art History major has been suspended, effective Fall
2008. For more information, click
here.
UNDERGRADUATE
COUNSELING SERVICES
Undergraduate
Review Committee
Professor Hui-Shu Lee
hslee@humnet.ucla.edu
Prof.
Lee reviews and acts on academic petitions for the substitution or
application of lower division and upper division courses in the art
history major. These courses may be from other four-year institutions,
junior colleges, study abroad, or other departments at UCLA. She is
also available as a resource for the Art
History Undergraduate Student Assocation (AHUSA) to consult about
departmental and curriculum matters. Please contact her directly for
office hours.
Each
year a graduate student elected by the Art History Graduate Student Association as a
resource for undergraduate students.
Department
Staff
Verlena Johnson
As the
Student Affairs Officer, Verlena is available to discuss major
requirements, lower division transfer credit, EAP, degree progress,
etc. Walk-in office hours are M-F from 10am-2pm (unless otherwise
posted) or by appointment.
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