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First-year students are those who have not enrolled in any college course work after completing their high school or secondary schooling.
First-year applicants must complete secondary school and earn an appropriate secondary certification or pass an appropriate external exam. Grades should be above average and course selection must include preparatory study in humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences.
Students who are completing an International High School Completion (IHSC) program and earning an associate degree in Washington state (including Associate in Arts DTA, Associate in Arts and Sciences DTA, Associate in Science – Transfer or MRP transfer degrees) should apply as transfer students and submit their official community college transcripts. IHSC applicants who are not completing their associate degree will be required to submit all secondary school transcripts with certified English translations if necessary.
With the exception of students whose primary and secondary education took place in Australia, Canada (English Provinces), Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand or the U.S., applicants must demonstrate English proficiency. This is generally demonstrated by a minimum score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of 80 (iBT) or 550 (paper-based), or a minimum IELTS score of 6.5. Students who are earning a transferable associate's degree from a Washington State community college and have "B" or better grades in two English composition courses are NOT required to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores. TOEFL scores must be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service and must be postmarked by the priority application deadline. Photocopies of TOEFL score reports cannot be accepted.
By exception, the English language proficiency requirement can be waived for applicants educated in other countries if the applicant's primary and secondary education language of instruction was in English. Such exceptions require an official letter from the school of instruction.
Students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet minimum requirements may be considered for Conditional Admission, a program that allows students to be fully admitted to the university upon successfully completing at least one quarter of the Intensive English Program.
Western Art History students learn to interpret and analyze art and visual culture, examining the histories of art in cultural context, visual communication in the world today, and the impact of visual technology in the future.
As art historians in-training, students explore why culturally significant objects came to exist, what purpose they served, and how they continue to captivate us. By studying human expression through an engagement with culturally significant objects, images, and ideas, artists and historians document the changing world.
Majors are also eligible for the Arts Enterprise and Cultural Innovation minor (“AECI”), a unique program of WWU focused on launching successful creative careers in the arts. Scholarships are available to students pursuing the AECI minor.
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Requirements
❑ A/HI 275 - Introduction to Writing and Critical Thinking Credits: 5
❑ A/HI 375 - Methods in Art History Credits: 5
❑ A/HI 475 - Senior Projects/Practicum Credits: 5
(the above courses must be taken in sequence)
❑ One 100-level course (5 credits) from:
ART 110 - Foundation Drawing I Credits: 5
ART 120 - 2-Dimensional Art Credits: 5
❑ One course (3 credits) from:
A/HI 210 - History of Architecture Credits: 3
A/HI 220 - Visual Culture in the Ancient World Credits: 3
A/HI 221 - Visual Culture in Medieval Europe Credits: 3
❑ One course (3 credits) from:
A/HI 230 - Visual Culture in 15th and 16th Century Europe Credits: 3
A/HI 231 - Visual Culture in 17th and 18th Century Europe Credits: 3
❑ One course (3 credits) from:
A/HI 240 - Visual Culture in Western Europe in the 19th Century Credits: 3
A/HI 241 - Visual Culture in Western Europe and America in the 20th Century Credits: 3
❑ One course (3 credits) from:
A/HI 250 - Arts of Africa pre-1900 Credits: 3
A/HI 251 - Arts of Africa after 1900 Credits: 3
❑ One course (3 credits) from:
A/HI 270 - Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asia Credits: 3
A/HI 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia Credits: 3
or EAST 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia Credits: 3
❑ One additional course from:
A/HI 210 - History of Architecture
A/HI 220 - Visual Culture in the Ancient World
A/HI 221 - Visual Culture in Medieval Europe
A/HI 230 - Visual Culture in 15th and 16th Century Europe
A/HI 231 - Visual Culture in 17th and 18th Century Europe
A/HI 240 - Visual Culture in Western Europe in the 19th Century
A/HI 241 - Visual Culture in Western Europe and America in the 20th Century
A/HI 250 - Arts of Africa pre-1900
A/HI 251 - Arts of Africa after 1900
A/HI 270 - Visual Culture in South and Southeast Asia
A/HI 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia
EAST 271 - Visual Culture in East Asia
❑ Choose 30 credits of 300-or 400-level art history courses from the following list of courses. A minimum of 10 credits at the 400 level is required. (A/HI 300, 302, 305 and 306 are not accepted toward the major.)
A/HI 301 - Modern Art and Modernism Credits: 5
A/HI 308 - Visual Arts in the Community Credits: 5
A/HI 310 - Indigenous Arts of the Pacific Northwest Credits: 5
A/HI 313 - Art and Technology Credits: 5
A/HI 315 - Early Modern Civic Identity: Special Topics Credits: 5
A/HI 316 - Land and Landscape Credits: 5
A/HI 330 - Art and Texts of the Sacred Credits: 5
A/HI 335 - Visual Arts in the Age of Contact, Exploration, and Colonization Credits: 5
A/HI 336 - Visual Arts of Medieval Iberia and Early Modern Spain Credits: 5
A/HI 348 - Art and Ecology Credits: 5
A/HI 358 - Postwar Art and Culture Credits: 5
A/HI 360 - Nationalism and Cultural Identity, 19th and 20th Centuries Credits: 5
A/HI 368 - Pacific Arts and Visual Culture Credits: 5
A/HI 370 - Islamic Visual Cultures Credits: 5
A/HI 371 - Transforming Traditions: Art and Visual Culture in Japan Credits: 5
or EAST 371 - Transforming Traditions: Art and Visual Culture in Japan Credits: 5
A/HI 397
A/HI 381 - African Art and Politics Credits: 5
A/HI 383 - Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (WWII to present) Credits: 5
A/HI 401 - Contemporary Issues and Post-Modern Critiques Credits: 5
A/HI 411 - Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture Credits: 5
or EAST 411 - Contemporary Japanese Visual Culture Credits: 5
A/HI 413 - Space and Representation Credits: 5
A/HI 415 - Space and the Urban Environment Credits: 5
A/HI 416 - Topics in Global Borders and Contested Terrains Credits: 5
A/HI 420 - Building 17th and 18th Century Europe Credits: 5
A/HI 429 - Patronage and Power: The Baroque Era Credits: 5
A/HI 430 - Court Art of the Renaissance Credits: 5
A/HI 431 - Popular Culture, Tourism and Leisure Credits: 5
A/HI 438 - Art and Feminism Credits: 5
A/HI 440 - New Media and Digital Art Credits: 5
A/HI 450 - Cross-Cultural Representation Credits: 5
A/HI 489 - Architecture and Museums Credits: 5
A/HI 490 - Seminar: Exhibition Theory and Practice Credits: 5
A/HI 497
❑ Students are strongly encouraged to take courses outside of the art history area, such as computer technologies, modern and classical languages, anthropology, film, communication or other classes to complement their studies and provide better preparation for the diversity of careers that employ skills with visual language.
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