| Art History | AH | 404 | Topics in Architecture, Art and Design | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in the history of European and North American architecture, art and design. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 2 time(s) if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of art history at the 200 level or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 420 | History of Architecture I | 4 hours. | Introduction to architecture, urbanism, and architectural theory worldwide from antiquity to 1450. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing. |
| Art History | AH | 421 | History of Architecture II | 4 hours. | Introduction to architecture, urbanism and architectural theory worldwide from 1450 to the present. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and AH 420. |
| Art History | AH | 422 | Topics in the Literature of Architecture | 3 OR 4 hours. | Discussion of selected readings in the theory and criticism of architecture. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours in the history of architecture or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 423 | Topics in Modern and Contemporary Architecture | 4 hours. | Selected topics in modern and contemporary architecture. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing, and four hours in the history of architecture or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 424 | Topics in Architecture and Urban Form in Chicago | 2 TO 4 hours. | Topics on the development of the built environment of the Chicago and metropolitan area, and the effect on its architecture of social, political and economic forces. |
| Art History | AH | 430 | Contemporary Photography | 3 OR 4 hours. | Developments in the history of photography since 1950. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours in the history of photography or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 432 | Topics in Film and Video | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected studies in genres, schools, individual artists, critics, and theorists of film and video. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing or 3 hours in the history of film or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 434 | Women and Film | 3 OR 4 hours. | Roles and representations of women in classical Hollywood, European art and independent feminist cinemas. Same as ENGL 472, and GWS 472. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 302 or ENGL 342 or ENGL 361 or ENGL 362 or ENGL 363; and senior standing or above; or consent of instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 435 | Topics in Modern and Contemporary Design | 3 OR 4 hours. | Topics in modern and contemporary design. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours in the history of design or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 441 | Topics in Medieval Art and Architecture | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in European art and architecture of the Middle Ages. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of medieval art and architecture or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 450 | Topics in Renaissance Art | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in Early Renaissance, High Renaissance, or Mannerist Art and Architecture. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours in art history at the 200 level or above, or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 460 | Topics in Modern and Contemporary Art | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in nineteenth- and twentieth-century modern and contemporary art. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of modern art and architecture or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 463 | Topics in North American Art and Architecture | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in North American art and architecture from colonial times to 1945. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of North American art and architecture or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 464 | Topics on Art in Chicago | 2 TO 4 hours. | Topics on the survey of art in Chicago, from the nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on contemporary Chicago art expressions. |
| Art History | AH | 465 | Arts of the Black Atlantic | 3 OR 4 hours. | Interdisciplinary and discursive explorations of the visual and artistic expressions of artists of African descent in the New World. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. |
| Art History | AH | 470 | Topics in Non-Western Art and Architecture | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in the art and architecture of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the indigenous peoples of the Americas. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. |
| Art History | AH | 471 | Topics in Asian Art and Architecture | 3 OR 4 hours. | Selected topics in the art and architecture of Asia. Same as ASST 471. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of Asian art and/or architecture or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 480 | History of Collecting and Museology | 3 OR 4 hours. | The history of collecting and patronage: Public and private collections, museums, and commercial art galleries, government funding and the arts. Exhibition planning, research, selection, and catalog preparation. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): AH 110 and AH 111 or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 481 | Museum Practices | 3 OR 4 hours. | Administration of visual arts organizations, their budgets, staffing, structures, accreditation, and long-range planning. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): AH 480 or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 482 | Museology Internship | 6 OR 8 hours. | Practical supervised experience in institutions serving the visual arts. Placements in museums, community art centers, college, commercial, or non-traditional galleries, and public agencies. Prerequisite(s): AH 481 or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 485 | Introduction to Historic Preservation | 3 OR 4 hours. | Preservation planning, historic building restoration, and the political and economic factors affecting the conservation of historic resources. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of art history at the 200 level or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 490 | Honors Thesis | 3 hours. | Individual study on a project selected with the approval of the adviser. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Open only to seniors. |
| Art History | AH | 491 | Study Abroad in Art History | 0 TO 12 hours. | Study abroad within an approved foreign exchange program or department-sponsored program. May be repeated with approval. Approval to repeat course granted by the department. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department. |
| Art History | AH | 492 | Readings in Art and Architecture History | 1 TO 4 hours. | Individually planned readings on selected topics under the supervision of a faculty member. 1 to 3 undergraduate hours. 2 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours for undergraduate students or 12 hours for graduate students. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and 3 hours of Art History above the 100 level and consent of the instructor. Enrollment priority will be given to majors and graduate students in Art History. |
| Art History | AH | 510 | Historiography of the Visual Arts, 1750 to 1960 | 4 hours. | Examines some of the intellectual underpinnings of art history, theory and criticism and explores ways of doing research and making arguments in art history. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in art history or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 511 | Toward New Histories of the Visual Arts, 1960 to the Present | 4 hours. | Examines the transformation of Art History, theory, and criticism since 1960 with regard to issues of gender, class, ethnicity, popular culture, post-colonialism and contemporary aesthetics. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in art history or consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 512 | Art History Teaching Seminar | 0 hours. | Theoretical and practical aspects of teaching in undergraduate courses in the history of the visual arts. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in the art history program and appointment as a teaching assistant in the department. |
| Art History | AH | 513 | PhD Proseminar | 4 hours. | Historical, theoretical, and critical issues in art history. May be repeated for credit. |
| Art History | AH | 522 | Issues in Architecture, Design and Urbanism | 4 hours. | Theories and contemporary critical issues relating to the history of the environment created and modified by people. Readings and presentations on historic and regional variations. |
| Art History | AH | 530 | Seminar in The History of Photography | 4 hours. | Selected topics in the history of photography with emphasis on primary source materials for research purposes. May be repeated if topics vary. |
| Art History | AH | 532 | Museum and Exhibition Studies Workshop | 3 hours. | Practical, theoretical and institutional settings of the museum and exhibition professions. Students meet in seminar environments, read and discuss core texts and ideas; travel to representative exhibition and cultural heritage sites. Extensive computer use required. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 540 | Topics in Medieval, Byzantine and Islamic Art and Architecture | 4 hours. | Selected topics in the art, architecture and archaeology of the Medieval west, Byzantium and Islam. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 542 | Material and Display Practices for Exhibitions | 4 hours. | Core course in material and display practices. Exposure to the mechanics of preparing exhibitions in physical and virtual environment; exhibition planning, design, management and marketing. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 543 | Writing for Exhibitions | 4 hours. | Practicum in producing texts for sites across physical and virtual museum and exhibition environments, from labels to exhibition catalogs. Includes digital and virtual exhibition venues. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 544 | Methods and Approaches to Creating Public Interaction in Museum Studies | 4 hours. | Development of methods of audience and public interaction with exhibiting institutions and forms. Includes practicum in publicity, promotion, audience-development assessment. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 545 | Museum Genres, Practices and Institution | 4 hours. | History of museums, cultural heritage sites, other sites of preservation and exhibition; includes discussion of contemporary sites of virtual display. Extensive computer use required. Field trips to multiple cultural sites in the Chicago area. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 550 | Seminar in Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture | 4 hours. | European art and architecture of the Renaissance. May be repeated if topics vary. |
| Art History | AH | 560 | Seminar in Modern Architecture, Art, and Design | 4 hours. | North American and European art, architecture and design between 1780 and 1945. May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term. |
| Art History | AH | 561 | Seminar in Contemporary Architecture and Art | 4 hours. | Selected topics in recent North American or European art, architecture and design. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 562 | Issues in the Art of the Americas | 4 hours. | Historical, theoretical and critical issues in the art of the Americas and the Caribbean; indigenous, imported, and diasporan cultures and the interaction between them. |
| Art History | AH | 563 | Seminar in North American Architecture and Art | 4 hours. | North American art and architecture from the colonial period to 1945. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 570 | Seminar in Non-Western Art and Architecture | 4 hours. | Selected topics in Pre-Columbian, North American Indian, African, and Oceanic art. |
| Art History | AH | 582 | Supervised Internship in Museum and Exhibition Studies | 4 hours. | Practical supervised experience in institutions serving the visual arts. Placements in museums; community arts centers; college, commercial, or non-traditional galleries; public agencies, and commercial and not-for-profit sites. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 590 | MA Paper Research | 0 TO 4 hours. | Student will work with advisors on two qualifying papers. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 592 | Preliminary Examination Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Supervised research and reading in preparation for the preliminary examinations. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): Open only to Ph.D. degree students. Only by consent of the Director of Graduate Studies and after all other coursework has been completed. |
| Art History | AH | 596 | Readings in Art and Architecture | 1 TO 4 hours. | Individually planned readings on selected topics under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 597 | Project Research | 0 TO 8 hours. | Capstone project appropriate to area of study, developed in consultation with graduate advisor. Projects may cover areas of visual exhibition or professional practice that fall outside traditional boundaries of scholarly research. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. |
| Art History | AH | 598 | Master's Thesis Research | 0 TO 8 hours. | Individual research under faculty direction. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| Art History | AH | 599 | Ph.D. Dissertation Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Supervised research on the part of the student. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and satisfactory completion of the preliminary examination. |