UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Jennie Klein , Chair
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Mission Statement
The art history area promotes individual growth in visual intelligence, analytical rigor, and scholarly creativity in preparation for advanced academic study and practical work in the field. As students develop interpretive and research skills, they learn to express their ideas in an increasingly professional manner through papers and oral presentations. Students are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities offered to study art in context through Ohio University international programs, participate in museum internships, and present work at student symposia.

The Program
The undergraduate program prepares students to work in fields related to art history, or undertake graduate work at the Master's level before proceeding on to the Ph.D., which is the terminal degree in art history. Classes include foundations courses, a concentration of art history courses, studio courses and a complement of non-art, directed electives. Students must complete two years of a foreign language.

Many undergraduates in the program have opportunities to hold internships which relate to their studies in art history. Locally, students work at the Kennedy Museum, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University Gallery, and the Dairy Barn. Outside of Athens, students have worked at the Cleveland Art Museum, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and other museums.

The art history area reviews applications to the major once each year in the Spring quarter. To apply to become an art history major, you must:

1. complete and achieve a minimum 3.0 g.p.a. in two courses from the art history 200 level survey sequence;
2. have an overall academic g.p.a. of a least 2.75;
3. submit a copy of your DARS form for review and two samples of your own academic writing (one of which must be a sample from an art history course) to the art history chair;
4. be prepared to discuss why you wish to declare art history as your major. To graduate as an art history major, you must have completed at least one year of a foreign language.

BA in Art History Advising Aid for determining graduation requirements

Facilities
The Fine Arts Library, located in Ohio University's Alden Library, is a research facility which is particularly strong in Renaissance, 19th Century, Modern Art, and the History of Photography. Additional resources include a special collection of manuscript facsimiles and a multi-volume corpus of prints, the Illustrated Bartsch.

On-campus study collections available to all art history students include the Kennedy Collection of Native American Art, the Kennedy Collection of African Art, the Trisolini Contemporary Print Collection, and the Kennedy Museum of Art.

The Visual Resources Library, housed in Alden Library, contains over 180,000 images covering every aspect of art history, including prints, drawings, ceramics, fashion, and photography.

The State of Ohio is rich in public art museums, with institutions in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown. Faculty routinely arranges field trips to them as supplements to classwork.

Link to: International Programs-Italy and Great Britain