Degree Program Admission Requirements

Students desiring a B.A. in Fine Arts with an Art History Concentration should request acceptance after the completion of FINA- A101 (Ancient and Medieval Art), FINA- A102 (Renaissance through Modern Art), and FINA-A150 (Africa, New World and Oceanic Art) with a C or better in each course. 

See “General Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees at IU Southeast” and “General Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree.”

General Education Component

Note: This is not a re-statement of the University’s General Education Requirement but a list of specific General Education courses which are also requirements or pre-requisites for course work in the school/major.

• ENG-W 290 Writing in the Arts and Sciences
• FINA-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art
• FINA-A 102 Renaissance through Modern Art
• FINA-A 150 African, New World and Oceanic Art
• (FINA-A 458 may be substituted for FINA-A 150.  Both may not be taken for credit.  However, only FINA-A 150 fulfills the General Education diversity requirement.)

Core Program

The following courses are required of all Fine Arts majors seeking a concentration in Art History. FINA-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts may be substituted for FINA-A150 Africa, New World and Oceanic Art.  FINA-A 150 and FINA-A 458 may not both be taken for credit.

Academic Standing in Fine Arts Art History Courses

• FINA-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art
• FINA-A 102 Renaissance through Modern Art
• FINA-A 150 African, New World and Oceanic Art
• FINA-A  400 Senior Seminar in Art History, Capstone Course

Students must receive a grade of C or higher in all art history courses. Any course for which the student did not receive a full C must be retaken or considered an elective.  In the latter case, a different art history course at the same level and category may be substituted for the deficient course.

Specific Requirements for Major

In addition to FINA-A 101, FINA-A 102, FINA-A 150, and FINA-A 400, students will choose an additional six courses (18 hours) from the following lists. At least one must be from a European derived tradition and at least one from an Indigenous tradition.

European Derived Traditions  

• FINA-A 315 Art of the Ancient World
• FINA-A 322 Romanesque and Gothic Art  
• FINA-A 343 American Art  
• FINA-A 403 Baroque and Rococo Art  
• FINA-A 404 Modernism: Art, Politics, and Innovation,  1850 – 1900  
• FINA-A 405 Art of the Northern Renaissance  
• FINA-A 406 Art of the Italian Renaissance  
• FINA-A 439  The Historical Avant-Gardes: Art from 1900 to 1945
• FINA-A 440 19^th-Century Art I  
• FINA-A 457 Experimental Art Since 1945  
• FINA-A  477 History of Photography  
• FINA-A 485 Women and Gender in the Visual Arts 

• FINA-A 362 Art of Japan  
• FINA-A 402 Arts of Native North America  
• FINA-A 451 Art of the South Pacific   
• FINA-A 452 Art of Pre-Columbian America  
• FINA-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts

(FINA-A150 and FINA-A458 may not both be taken for credit)  

  Variable Topics (May fulfill either category based on the specific subject matter)    

• FINA-A 490 Topics in Art History (3cr. repeatable)  
• FINA-A 495 Readings and Research in Art History (1 – 4 cr. repeatable for a total of 9)  

Capstone

• FINA-A 400 Senior Seminar in Art History, Capstone Course

To be taken in Junior or Senior year.