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Art > Art History > Art History Major/Minor Requirements

Art History Major/Minor Requirements

Department of Art

Majors

Art History major (10 courses: six art history courses, one of which may be a Core Topics course taught by an Art Department faculty member; Aesthetics [PHIL 2210] or an additional art history course; two studio courses, one in a two-dimensional and the other in a three-dimensional medium; and Senior Seminar in Art History)

Art history major with a concentration in museum studies: five art history courses; Museum Studies (ARTS 2600); two Museum Studies internships (ARTS 3600 and ARTS 3700); Senior Seminar in Art History (ARTS 4910); and one additional course from the following: MGMT 3000 (Introduction to Management), MKTG 3000 (Fundamentals of Marketing), EDUC 3200 (Instructional Design, Implementation, and Management), EDUC 3250 (also listed as IDST 1660; Get Creative: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Developing Creativity), or EDUC 3260 (Practicum in Arts Education).

Junior Art History Seminar is not required for the Art History major but is strongly recommended.

At least fifty percent of coursework for the major must be taken at Millsaps, and a grade of C- or higher must be earned in all courses for the major. Students may count work for up to four semester hours credit towards the major in honors, Ford Fellowship, or an internship in art.

Double Majors

Double Major in Studio Art and Art History (17 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Painting; Printmaking; Advanced Studio; two additional studio courses; six art history courses, one of which may be a Core Topic course taught by an Art Department faculty member; Aesthetics (PHIL 2210) or an additional art history course; Senior Seminar in Studio Art; Senior Seminar in Art History

Double Major in Studio Art and Art History (concentration Museum Studies) (19 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Painting; Printmaking; Advanced Studio; two additional studio courses; five art history courses, one of which may be a Core Topics course taught by an Art Department faculty member; Museum Studies; two Museum Studies internships; Senior Seminar in Studio Art; Senior Seminar in Art History; and one course from the following:  MGMT 3000: Introduction to Management; MKTG 3000: Fundamentals in Marketing; EDUC 3200: Instructional Design, Implementation, and Management; EDUC 3250 or IDST 1660: Get Creative: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Developing Creativity; or EDUC 3260: Practicum in Arts Education)

Double Major in Studio Art (concentration Digital Studies) and Art History (17 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Digital Arts I; Digital Arts II: Topics in Digital Arts; Internship in Digital Arts; Advanced Studio in Digital Arts; one additional studio course; six art history courses one of which may be a Core Topics course taught by an Art Department faculty member; Aesthetics (PHIL 2210) or an additional art history course; Senior Seminar in Studio Art with a senior project in Digital Arts; Senior Seminar in Art History

Double Major in Studio Art (concentration Digital Studies) and Art History (concentration Museum Studies) (19 courses) - Drawing I & II; Sculpture; Digital Arts I; Digital Arts II: Topics in Digital Arts; Internship in Digital Arts; Advanced Studio in Digital Arts; one additional studio course; five art history courses, one of which may be a Core Topics course taught by an Art Department faculty member; Museum Studies; two Museum Studies internships; Introduction to Management or Fundamentals in Marketing; Senior Seminar in Studio Art with a senior project in Digital Arts; Senior Seminar in Art History

In each of these options, the student must pass the complete senior comprehensive process in both studio art and art history.

Minors

Art History minor (5 courses: five art history courses, one of which may be a Core Topics course taught by an Art Department faculty member)

Museum Studies minor (5 courses): three art history courses, Museum Studies (ARTS 2600), and one Museum Studies internship (ARTS 3600 or ARTS 3700).

Note: Since you can only get a minor outside your major, if you're a Studio major you could minor in Art History or Museum Studies (but not Digital Arts), and if you're an Art History major you could minor in Studio Art or Digital Arts (but not Museum Studies).