Honors
Art History majors who are pursuing honors are encouraged to consider study abroad, UROP projects, and student/faculty contracts as ways to more deeply integrate honors experiences into their major programs.
Courses
- ArtH 3930V Honors: Junior-Senior Seminar
- ArtH 3971V Honors: Major Project
Requirements
- At least a 3.5 GPA in all credits earned after completion of the 60th semester credit.
- At least 4 honors opportunities after completion of the 60th semester credits. (At least 2 of the 4 must be honors classroom experiences. All courses used to satisfy honors requirements must be at the 3xxx level or higher.)
- At least 1 honors opportunity must be outside Art History. Recommended is a College Honors Seminar (HSem).
- At least 1 of the 4 must be from the following:
- An Art History honors course: ArtH 3930V Honors: Junior-Senior Seminar or, with an honors contract which requires the permission of the instructor, any 3xxx or 5xxx level Art History lecture course.
- ArtH 3993 or ArtH 5993 Directed Studies or ArtH 5994 Directed Research, of at least 3 credits (which may not be used to count toward the major requirements; requires instructor and departmental approval.)
- A graduate seminar (8xxx level; requires special permission from the instructor and the Director of Graduate Studies).
- ArtH 3971V Honors: Major Project
- An additional honors opportunity, either within art history, or not. For additional information, please see the honors website.
The resulting research paper (about 15 pages in length) of a candidate for the degree cum laude and magna cum laude must demonstrate the ability to accomplish independent or original work as evaluated by the faculty advisor. A candidate for the degree suma cum laude must write an acceptable thesis (usually a minimum of 20 pages) which is approved unanimously by a committee of three faculty members from the Art History department and one from a department outside the major.
