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Visual Arts Minor | Art History/Visual Arts Joint Major | Course Atlas

Requirements for an Art History/Visual Arts Joint Major

48 credits including:

Six Visual Arts Courses:

1. One 100 level course in any of the five disciplines:

Ceramics
Drawing & Painting
Film/Video
Photography
Sculpture

2. One 200 level course in the same discipline.

3. One 300 level course in the same discipline.

4. One Contemporary Art Issues Workshop.

5. One 100 level course (or higher) in a different Visual Arts discipline.

6. ARTHIST 490 Senior Seminar, including a written thesis and final exhibition of works of art (or screening in the case of video) to be developed and presented.

Six Art History Courses:

General: One survey course (ARTHIST 101 OR 102) may be applied to the joint major. Two courses must be 300 level or above.

Students will take at least one course in any three areas:

1. Ancient Mediterranean.

2. Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Europe.

3. Modern and Contemporary Art and Architecture in Europe, the United States, Africa, and the African Diaspora.*

4. Ancient Americas, Africa, Islam, and Asia.

*Three courses must be taken from area 3.

Advisor for the Art History component of the joint major:
Dorothy Fletcher, dorothy.fletcher@emory.edu; 404-727-0514
Art History Department
Carlos Hall, 581 S. Kilgo Circle, adjacent to the Michael C. Carlos Museum
Main phone: 404-727-6282; www.arthistory.emory.edu

Advisor for the Visual Arts component of the joint major:
Katherine Mitchell, mitchellmk@bellsouth.net; 404-712-4397
Visual Arts Program
700 Peavine Creek Drive, across from the baseball field
Main phone: 404-727-6315; www.visualarts.emory.edu

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