To become a candidate for honors in the major, a student must:
Have a major GPA of 3.7 or higher
Have an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher
Have completed a minimum of 27 credits in the major
Apply to the honors coordinator by March 1st of junior year
Proof of English Proficiency Option - select one of the options below:
SAT or ACT scores in lieu of English Proficiency (SAT/ACT is not required of International Students)
TOEFL or IELTS score (TOEFL minimum is a 79, IELTS a 6.5)
DUOLINGO English Test-DET (Minimum score of 105)
Exempt if you’re from a country, other than the US, where English is the First and Official Language. Please submit the SAT, ACT or final results from one of the following: IGCSE/GCSE, AS/A-Level and International Baccalaureate (IB) exam). If you only have predicted scores from any of these examination systems, please complete the Test of English Proficiency Waiver Request form.
PTE-Academic with a minimum score of 54
IB HL English Predicted scores (if provided by your high school)
First Language English Exams in the IGCSE or GCSE or AS/A-Level Predicted/Actual results
Art embodies the rich tapestry of human history and cultures across the world. Art history examines how images and monuments communicate and how they function in society: to teach and to move; to exalt and to incite.
As an art history major, you'll gain access to other cultures, other eras, and other ways of thinking. You'll also get ready for your junior year abroad and for an entire lifetime of thinking and living with global and historical perspectives.
Art history majors develop a keen eye plus excellent research, analytic, critical thinking, and communication skills—launching pads for many careers. Suffolk’s art history graduates have gone on to pursue advanced studies in art history, archive management, museum studies, and law. Others have found meaningful careers in a range of arts-related venues such as galleries and museums, auction houses, archives, and nonprofit cultural institutions.
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Degree Requirements - 126 credits
Students can earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with this major
Art History Major Requirements: 11 courses, 39-40 credits
ARH-101, Art History ICore Requirements (3 courses, 9 credits)
ARH-102, Art History II
CAS-201, College to Career: Explore Your Options and Find Your Path
Studio Art Requirement (1 course, 3 credits)
Choose one of the following:
Any Foundation studio course (ADF-S)
Any Fine Arts studio course (ADFA-S)
Choose seven electives, one of which must be an ARH 400-level seminar or ARH-H555, Art History Honors Thesis. Electives must include at least one course in groups A, B, and CArt History Electives (7 courses, 27-28 credits)
ARH-205, Gender, Class and Alterity in Ancient and Medieval ArtA) Ancient Through 18th Century Art
ARH-303, Art of the Early Renaissance in Italy
ARH-304, Art in the Age of Michelangelo: The High and Late Renaissance in Italy
ARH-308, Art of the Baroque & Rococo
ARH-312, Art of the Northern Renaissance
ARH-404, Seminar in Art History: Caravaggio
ARH-406, Seminar in Art History: Bernini
B) 19th Century Through Contemporary Art
ARH-309, Art of the 19th Century
ARH-310, Modernism in Art
ARH-311, American Art
ARH-316, Contemporary Art
ARH-318, Art and Museums Today
ARH-321, Women, Art and Society
ARH-411, Seminar in Art History: Impressionism
C) Non-Western Art
ARH-203, Arts of Asia
ARH-206, Global Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Art
ADPR-257, Advertising
ARH-290, Internship in Art History
CJN-152, Visual Aesthetics
CJN-L218, Photojournalism
FR-220, French & Francophone Cinema
PHIL-219, Philosophy of Art
Career paths for art history majors range from teaching to working in arts administration, museums, or nonprofits. Our Art History program helps students succeed in a rapidly evolving employment landscape and an increasingly global community by offering them ways to gain hands-on experience in the field of art and museums. Recent internships include:
California Center for the Arts
Christie’s Auction House
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
After graduation, our students go on to work in auction houses, galleries, museums, and arts-related nonprofits. You'll find them at the Institute of Contemporary Art, the New England Museum Association, and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College. Recent alumni have pursued graduate degrees at Boston University, Sotheby’s in London, the University of Massachusetts, and McGill University in Montreal.
OSHC: 3010 ($) USD per year
