ART HISTORY MAJOR:  B.A. – DEGREE REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

                                                                                                                                                 

 

Introductory (100 Level: 2 courses)

 

Choose 2

 

  1.                             100 Survey:  Ancient-Medieval    

 

  2.                             110 Survey:  Renaissance-Modern

 

  3.                             115:  Intro to Visual Arts

 

  4.                             118:  Intro to Architecture

 

Distribution (300 Level: 6 courses)

 

  5.                             Ancient

 

  6.                             Architecture

 

  7.                             Medieval

 

  8.                             Modern and Contemporary (19th-20th centuries)

 

  9.                             Non-Western

 

10.                             Renaissance and Baroque

 

Electives (Upper Level in Art History: 4 courses)

One class can be taken outside of the art history program with your advisor’s permission.

 

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Junior Year Writing  370                      

 

Foreign Language:  Completion of a foreign language at the fourth-semester (Intermediate II) level.  Satisfaction can be achieved in five different ways.

 

  1. _______ Satisfactory completion of a college foreign language course at the fourth-semester (Intermediate II) level.
  2. _______ Satisfactory completion in high school of either a fourth-level course in one foreign language or completion of both a.) A third-level course in one foreign language and b.) a second-level course in another foreign language.

  3. _______ Satisfactory completion of one year in high school where English is not the language of instruction.
  4. _______ Successful completion of a semester’s or years study-abroad program that leads to foreign language proficiency at the fourth-semester (Intermediate II) level as approved by the appropriate language department.

  5. _______ Earning an appropriate score on a College Board Foreign Language SAT II Test, or on College Board Advanced Placement Test deemed acceptable by a UMass foreign language department, or on a special test designed by a UMass language department.