100-Level Courses
200-Level Courses
ARTHC 203 : Survey of Oriental Art and Architecture.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Art and architecture of China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and India, considering social, religious, and environmental context of various cultures. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
300-Level Courses
ARTHC 302 : Egyptian Art and Architecture.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Development of Egyptian art from predynastic through Hellenistic periods, emphasizing contributions to the development of world civilization. |
ARTHC 310 : Early Christian and Byzantine Art.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of Christian art in the Roman and Byzantine Empire from ca. 200 to 1453. |
ARTHC 330 : Southern Baroque Art.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 202 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | History of baroque painting, sculpture, and architecture in Italy, Spain, and France. |
ARTHC 360 : Introduction to Museum and Curatorial Studies.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201, 202. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Duties of museum professionals while applying museum theory to the practical development of a museum exhibit. |
ARTHC 371 : Chinese Art and Architecture.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201, 202, 203. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Chinese art and architecture from its neolithic origins through the dawn of the modern age. Literary, social, and religious contexts considered. |
ARTHC 375 : Japanese Art and Architecture.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 201, 202, 203. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Japanese art and architecture from its neolithic origins through the dawn of the modern age. Literary, social, and religious contexts considered. |
400-Level Courses
ARTHC 490R : Special Topics and Readings in Art History.
(1-6:ARR:ARR)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Topics of specific student interest, centered on strengths of visiting faculty, BYU Study Abroad Program, or other significant art history projects. |
ARTHC 496R : Academic Internship: Museum Internship.
(.5-8:0:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | On demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 300, 9 hours minimum upper-division art history courses, project approval. |
| DESCRIPTION: | On-the-job experience. |
ARTHC 498 : Senior Thesis.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | ArtHC 300; senior standing. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Capstone project tying together major course work. An expansion and refinement of work started earlier in other classes. |
500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)
ARTHC 500 : Art in Theory: Spectatorship.
(3:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Graduate status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Review and critique of major theoretical approaches in art history, emphasizing the philosophical relationship between viewer and object. |
ARTHC 505 : Art in Theory: Language.
(3:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | Graduate status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Review and critique of major theoretical approaches in art history, emphasizing the recent interest in language and semiotics. |
ARTHC 510 : Art in Theory: Context.
(3:2:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Graduate status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Review and critique of major theoretical approaches in art history, emphasizing the space of display, the museum, and the work's social reception. |
ARTHC 595R : Foreign Language Readings for Art Historians.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Graduate student status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Special instruction in reading French or German scholarly texts. |