UNDERGRADUATE:

The Art Department offers introductory and advanced undergraduate courses in the history of art. Most students are introduced to the field through the College's Core Art 2.1 that is required of all undergraduates. In addition, the Department offers, on a rotating basis, courses covering particular areas within art history, such as classical, medieval, renaissance, baroque, and modern. The Department also offers courses examining various aspects of the history of architecture.

A number of undergraduates choose art history as their major. In addition, all art majors are expected to take 2 or more art history courses so that the classes that are offered tend to be well attended and very lively.

GRADUATE:

Graduate students can also study art history at Brooklyn College. The Art Department offers an MA degree in art history and MFA and MA art education students are also required to take art history courses as well.

Undergraduate and graduate students study with a particularly distinguished faculty of art historians whose publications have received international recognition. Most of these professors are active at the City University Ph.D. Program in Art History and bring to their classes at the College the very latest in art historical research.

MA. degree program in art history

HEGIS code 1003

Department requirements: (30 credits)

Students must complete ten 700-level courses in art history, of which six are usually related to their area of concentration and four are outside it, resulting in a balanced program.
Among these ten courses, students must include three problems or special problems courses chosen from the following:

Art 708G, 725G, 762G, 773G, 775G, 797G, 798G, and 798.1G.

During the first two years, a minimum of one course each term is required. This requirement may be waived by the art history program adviser.
Before completing five courses, students must pass an examination to determine their general knowledge of art history. This requirement may be waived by the art history
program adviser.

Students must submit a thesis or two papers of publishable quality acceptable to the department; they may incorporate research done in Art 798G and/or 798.1G.

Students must pass a reading examination in either French or German approved by the department. Program language examinations are approximately one hour and consist of one passage to be translated without the use of a dictionary, and one to betranslated with dictionary assistance. The language exams are given at the beginning of each semester.


As an alternative, the CUNY Language Reading Program offers courses at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels during the academic year and in the summer. Students may fulfill their language requirements by completing with a final examination grade of B+ or above two language courses given there. Students with some previous background in the language will be exempt from the exam if they pass the CUNY intermediate course with a grade of at least A-. Entering students may
begin language study the summer before they matriculate and may take the
language exams their first semester.

Information about requirements for the thesis is in the
section "Academic Regulations and Procedures."

Courses in the Art Department offered toward the degree
must be 700-level courses.

The program of study must be approved by the art history
program adviser.

BA degree program in art history

HEGIS code 1003

Department requirements: (29-30 credits)

Art 1.3 or Core Studies 2.1 or, with permission of the chairperson, Art 1.4.

Art 15.20 and 25.11

Art 25.12 or 26.11

(Art 27.21 is strongly recommended)

Eighteen credits in advanced art history chosen from at least three of the following subject areas:

• Ancient and medieval art
• Early European art
• Modern European art
• Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
• Art of Asia
• Architecture

Fulfillment of the foreign language requirement of the college in French or German. Another language may be substituted with permission of the language.