Bachelor of Arts - Art (Art History)

The art history program is designed to give the student a broad familiarity with the visual arts through the factual and theoretical study of aesthetics, cultural contexts, iconography, stylistic development and technical practices. Students explore a range of methodologies and theoretical lenses through which to study objects and images. Art history coursework opens up broader questions about structures of race, class, sexuality, gender, identity and power as it relates to art, with a particular emphasis on the unique lens of the border region in which we are located. Art history is fundamentally interdisciplinary, therefore, students should take related courses in anthropology, history, languages and literature, music history, philosophy, religion, and theatre history. Students are strongly encouraged to study at least one other language to prepare them for advanced research in the discipline, as the study of art is especially dependent on written sources in other languages. A degree in art history is excellent preparation for a range of careers, including in museum and galleries, education, travel and tourism, auction houses and estate sales, art and copyright law, equity analysis and public relations, arts correspondence and journalism, appraisal, libraries and archives, and more.

Students who meet the minimum high school course requirements of the state from which they receive their high school diploma must meet one of the following criteria in order to be admitted:

Cumulative high school GPA of 2.75, or
ACT composite score of 21 or SAT score of 1060, or
Ranked in the top 20 percent of their high school graduating class or
A GED cumulative score of 480 or HiSET cumulative score of 45

IELTS - score of 6.0
TOEFL- (internet-based) - score of 68
TOEFL - (paper-based) - score of 520