Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Art History] From Texas Tech University

Beyond serving the needs of our undergraduate Art History majors and minors, the Art History area also offers the Art History Survey courses in the Art Foundations, which satisfy the Visual & Performing Arts requirement of the University Core Curriculum, as well as participating in the Fine Arts Ph.D. and providing Master's degree minors.

At all levels of study, the Art History area strives to make available activities that enhance the experience of art, such as access to art objects, guest lectures, study abroad, as well as pre-professional activities such as internships and curatorial pursuits.

After completing three art history survey courses in Art Foundations (9 credit hours), students will achieve a breadth of study by selecting seven upper-level art history courses (21 credit hours) with at least one course from a minimum of five of the following fields: Medieval art, Renaissance and Baroque art, Native American and pre-Columbian art, Latin American art, 18th- and 19th-century European and American art, and Modern and Contemporary European and American art. Prior to the last semester of the senior year, students are required to take an additional 6 credit hours in a focus area in preparation for the senior thesis (another 3 credit hours). The capstone experience is the presentation of the senior thesis research at the Undergraduate Art History Symposium.