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History of Art and Visual Culture B.A.

Information and Policies

Introduction

The History of Art and Visual Culture (HAVC) curriculum guides students in acquiring skill in critical thinking about art and visual culture, leading to a bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree. Each student who chooses to major in HAVC devises an individual study plan with a faculty adviser. The lower-division HAVC courses numbered 1-99, intended for general education students and prospective majors, provide an introduction to the field of visual culture according to geographic areas and visual traditions within those areas. Upper-division HAVC courses numbered 100-189 cover a broad range of issues in various aspects of world cultures from earliest times to the present. Advanced upper-division courses focus on selected fields, topics, and methods. The most advanced HAVC courses, numbered in the 190-191 series, are taught in seminar format. Students also have the opportunity to take independent study courses and write senior theses.

Academic Advising for the Program

Undergraduate Adviser

The undergraduate adviser offers specific information about navigating through the program and the curriculum and assists students with requirements, prerequisites, policies and procedures, learning support, scholarships, and special opportunities for undergraduate research. Please contact the HAVC undergraduate adviser at havc@ucsc.edu.

Transfer students should also consult the Transfer Information and Policy section below. 

Faculty Advisers

Faculty are the best resource for learning about the philosophies and foundations of history of art and visual culture. Faculty advisers work individually with students to develop a specific course of study, recommend additional courses of interest, and discuss long-term career goals including education beyond the baccalaureate. A faculty adviser is assigned to each student by the undergraduate adviser during the declaration of major meeting. Students may change to an adviser who specializes in their field of interest within HAVC.

Getting Started in the Major

Lower-Division Coursework

It is recommended that students begin by taking four lower-division HAVC courses from four different geographic regions. 

Languages

All majors are encouraged to study at least one foreign language. Graduate programs in visual culture, art history, and other related disciplines generally require competence in one or more languages beyond English. Students are encouraged to consult with their faculty adviser to discuss an appropriate course of language study.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from the history of art and visual culture B.A program will have demonstrated the following:

Program Learning Outcome (PLO) 1: Breadth of Cultural Knowledge

Students will be able to demonstrate an appreciation for, and foundation in, visual studies grounded in a range of historical, social, cultural, and ideological perspectives.

PLO 2: Critical Thinking

Students will be able to apply critical thinking skills that will enable them to analyze and solve problems through observation, experience, reflection, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and/or explanation of visual, material, and historical cultural forms and values. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills through oral and/or written communication.

PLO 3: Research Proficiency

Students will be able to formulate research questions that expand their knowledge of art and visual culture. Students will be able to apply research methods to answer these questions by consulting the current literature and developing independent results through archival, library, or field research.

PLO 4: Written Communication

Students will be able to present clear visual and historical analysis and interpretation in writing. Students will be able to demonstrate standard writing conventions in visual studies appropriate to purpose and context.

Major Qualification Policy and Declaration Process

Major Qualification

To be eligible to declare the major, students must pass two lower-division HAVC courses chosen from two different geographic regions from the lists below:

  • History of Art and Visual Culture 10-19 Africa and its Diaspora

  • History of Art and Visual Culture 20-29 Asia and its Diaspora

  • History of Art and Visual Culture 30-49 Europe and the Americas

  • History of Art and Visual Culture 50-69 Mediterranean

  • History of Art and Visual Culture 60-69 Native Americas

  • History of Art and Visual Culture 70-79 Oceania and its Diaspora

Transfer students should also consult the Transfer Information and Policy section.

Appeal Process

Students who are informed that they are not eligible to declare the major may appeal this decision by submitting a letter to the department chair within 15 days from the date the notification was mailed. Within 15 days of receipt of the appeal, the department will notify the student and college of the decision. Students should submit their appeal via email to havc@ucsc.edu

How to Declare a Major

Students who are eligible to declare the HAVC major must consult with the undergraduate adviser. Please make an appointment or visit during drop-in hours to complete a Petition for Major Declaration and Academic Planning form with the HAVC undergraduate adviser. Students will then be referred to a HAVC faculty adviser to complete the declaration process.

Transfer Information and Policy

Transfer Admission Screening Policy

Students planning to apply in this major are not required to complete specific major preparation courses for consideration of admission to UC Santa Cruz.

Transfer students are, however, encouraged to complete some of their lower-division history of art and visual culture requirements prior to transfer. Refer to the ASSIST articulation agreements at www.assist.org for approved lower-division courses offered at community colleges. Please keep in mind that students must complete four lower-division courses from four different geographic regions for the HAVC major requirements.

Transfer credit for lower- or upper-division courses from four-year institutions or community colleges not included in the ASSIST system is evaluated on a case-by-case basis; students must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit, Substitution, or Waiver and course syllabus to the HAVC Department for review.

A student may transfer up to five art history courses toward the major, only two of which may be upper-division. HAVC majors must take a minimum of eight regularly scheduled HAVC courses from members of the HAVC faculty.

Transfer students are strongly encouraged to contact the HAVC Department for advisement before enrolling at UCSC.

Getting Started at UCSC as a Transfer Student

Students seeking to declare the HAVC major must consult with the undergraduate adviser. Transfer students must pass two HAVC courses chosen from two different geographical regions (or have completed two art history courses from two different geographical regions from their community college or another four-year institution). Students seeking to declare the HAVC major may make an appointment or visit during drop-in hours to complete a Petition for Major Declaration and Academic Planning form with the HAVC undergraduate adviser. Students will then be referred to a HAVC faculty adviser to complete the declaration process.

Letter Grade Policy

Only courses with grades of C or better can be used to fulfill major requirements. Courses in which you receive a grade of C-, D+, D, D- or F cannot be used to satisfy a major requirement. Courses can also be taken for Pass/No Pass to satisfy your major requirements. Please consult with your college academic adviser or the Office of the Registrar to determine your limits on selecting the Pass/No Pass grading option.

Course Substitution Policy

For the major, a student may transfer up to five art history courses taken from other institutions: up to three lower-division courses and up to two upper-division courses.

Students must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit, Substitution, or Waiver and course syllabus to the HAVC Department for review.

Study Abroad

The University of California’s Education Abroad Program provides an excellent opportunity to take courses related to the history of art and visual culture in a range of locations. The department strongly encourages HAVC majors and minors to take advantage of this educational opportunity. Successfully completed EAP courses count as in-residence UC credit.

Upon return, you must submit a Petition for Transfer Credit, Substitution, or Waiver to substitute EAP courses for HAVC major requirements (EAP courses do not automatically satisfy major requirements). Petitions are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. We look for evidence that the course(s) provided critical analysis of the class material in its social and cultural context, as well as significant reading and writing requirements. We recommend you retain all relevant documentation (syllabi, reading lists, papers written, etc.) to support your case. We also suggest you consult with your HAVC adviser to plan your EAP courses in advance.

For additional information, visit the UC Education Abroad Program website.

Honors

Honors and Highest Honors in the Major

Highest Honors and Honors are awarded in the History of Art and Visual Culture major to students who have shown a consistently outstanding level of performance throughout their coursework and maintained a superior GPA in the major.  These distinctions are earned by only a small percentage of each graduating class. This notation appears on the transcript as well as on the diploma. 

  • Highest Honors in the major will be awarded to students with a GPA of 3.9 and above in all HAVC courses and with HAVC Department approval*
  • Honors in the major will be awarded to students with a GPA of 3.7 and above in all HAVC courses and with HAVC Department approval*

* Department approval is guided by consideration of criteria such as overall performance in HAVC coursework and the number of courses taken for a letter grade.

Honors in the Senior Comprehensive Requirement

All seniors must complete one seminar, courses from the 190–191 series, as their “senior exit” course to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement. Seminars can be taken for senior exit credit only by permission of the instructor. Within the context of this advanced seminar, students will work under the close supervision of their professor to produce a written project that demonstrates a high level of achievement in research, writing, and critical thinking. Students whose performance is outstanding are eligible for honors in the senior comprehensive.

Careers

The preparation students receive from the bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree in HAVC can lead to successful careers in education, law, business, and social services, in addition to more disciplinary-specific careers in museum curating, art restoration, library and information science, heritage studies, design, criticism, arts education and administration, and advanced studies in architecture, visual culture, and art history.

General Major

Course Requirements

The HAVC major requires four lower-division and nine upper-division courses including the satisfactory completion of the senior comprehensive requirement. Students must take courses in each of the six different geographic regions to ensure cultural, methodological, and disciplinary breadth.

Lower-Division Courses

Take four courses from four different geographic regions listed below.

HAVC 80 may be used to fulfill a lower-division requirement for one of the following geographic regions: 10s (Africa), 60s (Native Americas), or 70s (Oceania).

HAVC 10 - HAVC 19: Africa and its Diaspora
HAVC10Introduction to African Visual Culture

5

HAVC 20 - HAVC 29: Asia and its Diaspora
HAVC20Visual Cultures of Asia

5

HAVC22Religion and Visual Culture in China

5

HAVC24Southeast Asia Visual Culture

5

HAVC27Image and Ideology in Indian Art

5

HAVC 30 - HAVC 49: Europe and the Americas
HAVC30Introduction to European Visual Culture

5

HAVC40Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display

5

HAVC41Introduction to Modern Art

5

HAVC43History of Modern Architecture

5

HAVC44Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment

5

HAVC45Photography Now

5

HAVC46Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC47Introduction To Contemporary Art

5

HAVC48Climate Justice Now Art, Activism, Environment Today

5

HAVC49From Memes to Metadata: an Introduction to Digital Visual Culture

5

HAVC 50 - HAVC 59: Mediterranean
HAVC50Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures

5

HAVC51Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World

5

HAVC55Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present

5

HAVC58Gardens of Delight: Fifteen Centuries of Islamic Visual Culture

5

HAVC 60 - HAVC 69: Native Americas
HAVC60Indigenous American Visual Culture

5

HAVC 70 - HAVC 79: Oceania and its Diaspora
HAVC70Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands

5

Upper-Division Courses

Take this course:
HAVC100AApproaches to Visual Studies

5

Students are recommended to take HAVC 100A during winter quarter of sophomore year. HAVC 100A is a prerequisite for the senior comprehensive requirement. If it is not completed by the end of the junior year, students may have difficulty enrolling in a seminar to fulfill their senior comprehensive, which may delay graduation.

Plus two upper-division geographical regional courses:

Take two upper-division geographical regional courses from two geographical regions listed below not studied as part of the lower-division regional requirement.

HAVC 110 - HAVC 119: Africa and its Diaspora
HAVC110Visual Cultures of West Africa

5

HAVC111Visual Cultures of Central Africa

5

HAVC115Gender in African Visual Culture

5

HAVC116African Architecture

5

HAVC117Contemporary Art of Africa

5

HAVC118Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora

5

HAVC119Arts and Politics of African Urban Space

5

HAVC 120 - HAVC 129: Asia and its Diaspora
HAVC122ASacred Geography of China

5

HAVC122BConstructing Lives in China: Biographies and Portraits

5

HAVC122CWriting in China

5

HAVC122DChinese Landscape Painting

5

HAVC122FBodies in Chinese Culture

5

HAVC123AModernity and the Arts of India

5

HAVC123BReligions and Visual Culture of South Asia

5

HAVC124AArts of Ancient Southeast Asia

5

HAVC124BHistory of Photography in Southeast Asia

5

HAVC124CArts and Politics in Theravada Traditions

5

HAVC124DContemporary Art of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora

5

HAVC124ESoutheast Asian-American and Diasporic Visual Culture

5

HAVC127ABuddhist Visual Worlds

5

HAVC127BBuddhist Pure Lands

5

HAVC127CRitual in Asian Religious Art

5

HAVC127DStorytelling in Asian Art

5

HAVC127EModern/Contemporary Architecture of the Asia Pacific

5

HAVC127FThe Politics of Exclusion: Asian American Visual Culture

5

HAVC 130 - HAVC 149: Europe and the Americas
HAVC133AThemes in the Study of Medieval Visual Culture

5

HAVC135BGerman Art, 1905–1945

5

HAVC135DFrench Painting, 1780-1855

5

HAVC135EJewish Identity and Visual Representation

5

HAVC135FArt of the Book in Western Europe 500-1600

5

HAVC135GBlood, Guts, and Gore: Representing War from Leonard da Vinci to Abu Ghraib

5

HAVC135HTopics in European and Euro-American Visual Culture

5

HAVC135PParis, Capital of the 19th Century

5

HAVC137ANorthern Renaissance Art

5

HAVC137ERenaissance Prints

5

HAVC140AAmerica in Art

5

HAVC140BVictorian America

5

HAVC140CRace and American Visual Arts

5

HAVC140DChicano/Chicana Art: 1970-Present

5

HAVC140EArt and Science in America: Contact to circa 1900

5

HAVC140PPop Culture as High Art

5

HAVC141AModern Art: Realism to Cubism

5

HAVC141BDeath, Desire, and Modernity

5

HAVC141CModern Art: Pop to Present

5

HAVC141EHistories of Photography

5

HAVC141FThe Camera and the Body

5

HAVC141HMedia History and Theory

5

HAVC141IBe Here Now: Art, Land, Space

5

HAVC141JCritical Issues in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC141KActivist Art Since 1960: Art, Technology, Activism

5

HAVC141MMuseum Practices

5

HAVC141NData Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation

5

HAVC141OSex, Lies, and Surveillance: Contemporary Documentary Arts

5

HAVC141PNetworks and Natures: Art, Technology, and the Nonhuman

5

HAVC142Contemporary Art and Ecology

5

HAVC143AContemporary Architecture and Critical Debates

5

HAVC143BHistory of Urban Design

5

HAVC143CLatin American Modern Architecture

5

HAVC143DArchitecture and the City in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture

5

HAVC143EHistory of Design: The Objects of Technology, 1850-The Present

5

HAVC143FMemory, Place, and Architecture

5

HAVC143GAfter Utopia: Architecture and the City, 1968-Present

5

HAVC144ALatin American Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC 150- HAVC 159: Mediterranean
HAVC151Greek Myths Antiquity to the Present

5

HAVC152Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World

5

HAVC154Byzantine Visual Culture: Politics and Religion in the Empire of Constantinople, 330-1453 A. C

5

HAVC155Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages

5

HAVC157BItalian Renaissance: Art and Architecture

5

HAVC157CHigh Renaissance

5

HAVC157DArt of the Venetian Renaissance

5

HAVC 160 - HAVC 169: Native Americas
HAVC160AIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: Mexico

5

HAVC160BIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: The Andes

5

HAVC162AAdvanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Ancient Maya

5

HAVC162BAdvanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Inka

5

HAVC163The Native in Colonial Spanish America

5

HAVC164AArt and Visual Culture of Indigenous California

5

HAVC165Indigenous Artists and the Borderland Missions

5

HAVC 170 - HAVC 179: Oceania and its Diaspora
HAVC170Art of the Body in Oceania

5

HAVC172Textile Traditions of Oceania

5

HAVC178Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania

5

HAVC179Topics in Oceanic Visual Culture

5

Electives

Plus five upper-division HAVC courses. These do not include courses in the HAVC 190 or HAVC 191 series.

The department encourages students to take cross-regional and topical courses. These are HAVC courses numbered 180-189. Courses from the 180 series fulfill upper-division major elective requirements, but do not fulfill specific regional requirements. There are occasional exceptions, which are noted in the catalog course descriptions.

Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement

Students of every major must satisfy that major’s upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) requirement. Students in HAVC meet the DC requirement by completing:

HAVC100AApproaches to Visual Studies

5

Comprehensive Requirement

All seniors must complete one HAVC seminar, numbered in the 190-191 series, as their “senior exit” course to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement. Seminars can be taken for senior exit credit only by permission of the instructor. Within the context of this advanced seminar, students will work under the close supervision of their professor to produce a written project that demonstrates a high level of achievement in research, writing, and critical thinking. Students whose performance is outstanding are eligible for honors in the senior comprehensive requirement.

Planners

Below are planners for freshmen and junior transfer students. Please note that LD=lower-division, and UD=upper-division. 


Four-Year Freshman Planner

  Fall Winter Spring
Year 1 (Fr) HAVC LD regional requirement HAVC LD regional requirement HAVC LD regional requirement
       
       
Year 2 (So) HAVC LD regional requirement HAVC 100A HAVC UD regional requirement
       
       
Year 3 (Jr) HAVC UD regional requirement HAVC UD (any region) HAVC UD (any region)
       
       
Year 4 (Sr) HAVC UD (any region) HAVC UD (any region) HAVC UD (any region)
  HAVC seminar (190-191 series course, can be taken anytime during senior year)    
       

In addition to the specific courses shown in this four-year planner, a student must complete courses satisfying the general education requirements.


Two-Year Transfer Planner

  Fall Winter Spring
Year 1 (Jr)   HAVC LD regional requirement HAVC 100A   HAVC LD regional requirement
    HAVC LD regional requirement   HAVC LD regional requirement HAVC UD regional requirement
      HAVC UD (any region)
Year 2 (Sr) HAVC UD regional requirement HAVC UD (any region) HAVC UD (any region)
  HAVC UD (any region) HAVC UD (any region) HAVC seminar (190-191 series course, can be taken anytime during senior year)
       

Concentration in Curation, Heritage, and Museums

This program is for HAVC majors who wish to pursue the study and practice of curation, heritage, and museums. Students will expand on the broad knowledge they gain through the major by means of a variety of historical, theoretical, and practical courses within the domains of curation, museum studies, and critical cultural heritage studies. Students can use the concentration as a launching point toward internships or jobs in museums or cultural heritage institutions or to identify their interests for future graduate study.

Course Requirements

The HAVC major requires four lower-division and nine upper-division courses including the satisfactory completion of the senior comprehensive requirement. Students must take courses in each of the six different geographical regions listed below to ensure cultural, methodological, and disciplinary breadth.

In fulfilling the major requirements, students in the concentration must successfully complete four courses from the “Approved Concentration Courses” list below. No more than one of the four courses can be lower-division and at least two of the four courses must be HAVC-sponsored courses. Concentration courses fulfill the elective requirement, and if appropriate, concentration courses can be used to fulfill the geographical regions requirement. Students can petition to apply courses that are not on the approved list. Approval of petitions will be determined by the amount of relevant course content and assignments.

Lower-Division Courses

Four courses from four different geographical regions listed below.

 
HAVC 10-HAVC 19 Africa and its Diaspora:
HAVC10Introduction to African Visual Culture

5

HAVC 20-HAVC 29 Asia and its Diaspora:
HAVC20Visual Cultures of Asia

5

HAVC22Religion and Visual Culture in China

5

HAVC24Southeast Asia Visual Culture

5

HAVC27Image and Ideology in Indian Art

5

HAVC 30-HAVC 49 Europe and the Americas:
HAVC30Introduction to European Visual Culture

5

HAVC40Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display

5

HAVC41Introduction to Modern Art

5

HAVC43History of Modern Architecture

5

HAVC44Designing California: Architecture, Design, and Environment

5

HAVC45Photography Now

5

HAVC46Introduction to U.S. Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC47Introduction To Contemporary Art

5

HAVC48Climate Justice Now Art, Activism, Environment Today

5

HAVC49From Memes to Metadata: an Introduction to Digital Visual Culture

5

HAVC 50-HAVC 59 Mediterranean:
HAVC50Ancient Mediterranean Visual Cultures

5

HAVC51Greek Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Greek World

5

HAVC55Unclothed: The Naked Body from Antiquity to the Present

5

HAVC58Gardens of Delight: Fifteen Centuries of Islamic Visual Culture

5

HAVC 60-HAVC 69 Native Americas:
HAVC60Indigenous American Visual Culture

5

HAVC 70-HAVC 79 Oceania and its Diaspora:
HAVC70Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands

5

HAVC 80 may be used to fulfill a lower-division requirement for one of the following geographic regions: 10s (Africa), 60s (Native Americas), or 70s (Oceania).

Upper-Division Courses

Take the following course:
HAVC100AApproaches to Visual Studies

5

Students are recommended to take HAVC 100A during winter quarter of sophomore year. HAVC 100A is a prerequisite for the senior comprehensive requirement. If it is not completed by the end of the junior year, students may have difficulty enrolling in a seminar to fulfill their senior comprehensive, which may delay graduation.

Plus two upper-division geographical region courses:

One course each from the two geographic regions not covered by lower-division courses, as listed below.

 

HAVC 110-HAVC 119 Africa and Its Diaspora:
HAVC110Visual Cultures of West Africa

5

HAVC111Visual Cultures of Central Africa

5

HAVC115Gender in African Visual Culture

5

HAVC116African Architecture

5

HAVC117Contemporary Art of Africa

5

HAVC118Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora

5

HAVC119Arts and Politics of African Urban Space

5

HAVC 120-HAVC 129 Asia and Its Diaspora:
HAVC122ASacred Geography of China

5

HAVC122BConstructing Lives in China: Biographies and Portraits

5

HAVC122CWriting in China

5

HAVC122DChinese Landscape Painting

5

HAVC122FBodies in Chinese Culture

5

HAVC123AModernity and the Arts of India

5

HAVC123BReligions and Visual Culture of South Asia

5

HAVC124AArts of Ancient Southeast Asia

5

HAVC124BHistory of Photography in Southeast Asia

5

HAVC124CArts and Politics in Theravada Traditions

5

HAVC124DContemporary Art of Southeast Asia and its Diaspora

5

HAVC124ESoutheast Asian-American and Diasporic Visual Culture

5

HAVC127ABuddhist Visual Worlds

5

HAVC127BBuddhist Pure Lands

5

HAVC127CRitual in Asian Religious Art

5

HAVC127DStorytelling in Asian Art

5

HAVC127EModern/Contemporary Architecture of the Asia Pacific

5

HAVC127FThe Politics of Exclusion: Asian American Visual Culture

5

HAVC 130-HAVC 149 Europe and the Americas:
HAVC133AThemes in the Study of Medieval Visual Culture

5

HAVC135BGerman Art, 1905–1945

5

HAVC135DFrench Painting, 1780-1855

5

HAVC135EJewish Identity and Visual Representation

5

HAVC135FArt of the Book in Western Europe 500-1600

5

HAVC135GBlood, Guts, and Gore: Representing War from Leonard da Vinci to Abu Ghraib

5

HAVC135HTopics in European and Euro-American Visual Culture

5

HAVC135PParis, Capital of the 19th Century

5

HAVC137ANorthern Renaissance Art

5

HAVC137ERenaissance Prints

5

HAVC140AAmerica in Art

5

HAVC140BVictorian America

5

HAVC140CRace and American Visual Arts

5

HAVC140DChicano/Chicana Art: 1970-Present

5

HAVC140EArt and Science in America: Contact to circa 1900

5

HAVC140PPop Culture as High Art

5

HAVC141AModern Art: Realism to Cubism

5

HAVC141BDeath, Desire, and Modernity

5

HAVC141CModern Art: Pop to Present

5

HAVC141EHistories of Photography

5

HAVC141FThe Camera and the Body

5

HAVC141HMedia History and Theory

5

HAVC141IBe Here Now: Art, Land, Space

5

HAVC141JCritical Issues in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC141KActivist Art Since 1960: Art, Technology, Activism

5

HAVC141MMuseum Practices

5

HAVC141NData Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation

5

HAVC141OSex, Lies, and Surveillance: Contemporary Documentary Arts

5

HAVC141PNetworks and Natures: Art, Technology, and the Nonhuman

5

HAVC142Contemporary Art and Ecology

5

HAVC143AContemporary Architecture and Critical Debates

5

HAVC143BHistory of Urban Design

5

HAVC143CLatin American Modern Architecture

5

HAVC143DArchitecture and the City in Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture

5

HAVC143EHistory of Design: The Objects of Technology, 1850-The Present

5

HAVC143FMemory, Place, and Architecture

5

HAVC143GAfter Utopia: Architecture and the City, 1968-Present

5

HAVC144ALatin American Art and Visual Culture

5

HAVC 150-HAVC 159 Mediterranean:
HAVC151Greek Myths Antiquity to the Present

5

HAVC152Roman Eyes: Visual Culture and Power in the Ancient Roman World

5

HAVC154Byzantine Visual Culture: Politics and Religion in the Empire of Constantinople, 330-1453 A. C

5

HAVC155Constructing Cleopatra: Power, Sexuality, and Femininity Across the Ages

5

HAVC157BItalian Renaissance: Art and Architecture

5

HAVC157CHigh Renaissance

5

HAVC157DArt of the Venetian Renaissance

5

HAVC 160-HAVC 169 Native Americas:
HAVC160AIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: Mexico

5

HAVC160BIndigenous American Visual Culture Before 1550: The Andes

5

HAVC162AAdvanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Ancient Maya

5

HAVC162BAdvanced Studies in Early Indigenous American Visual Culture: The Inka

5

HAVC163The Native in Colonial Spanish America

5

HAVC164AArt and Visual Culture of Indigenous California

5

HAVC165Indigenous Artists and the Borderland Missions

5

HAVC 170-HAVC 179 Oceania and Its Diaspora:
HAVC170Art of the Body in Oceania

5

HAVC172Textile Traditions of Oceania

5

HAVC178Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania

5

HAVC179Topics in Oceanic Visual Culture

5

Plus five upper-division HAVC courses

These do not include courses in the HAVC 190 or HAVC 191 series.

Electives

The department encourages students to take cross-regional and topical courses in the 180 series. Courses from the 180 series fulfill upper-division major elective requirements, but do not fulfill specific regional requirements. There are occasional exceptions, which are noted in the catalog course descriptions.

Approved Concentration Courses

 
HAVC40Museum Cultures: The Politics of Display

5

HAVC141IBe Here Now: Art, Land, Space

5

HAVC141MMuseum Practices

5

HAVC141NData Cultures: Art, Technology, and the Politics of Visual Representation

5

HAVC143AContemporary Architecture and Critical Debates

5

HAVC178Museums and Cultural Heritage in Oceania

5

HAVC185Art and Community: Arts Professions and Community Engagement

5

HAVC188AIntroduction to Curatorial Studies

5

HAVC188MHeritage, Memory, and Material Culture

5

HAVC191MMuseum Exhibitions

5

ANTH187Cultural Heritage in Colonial Contexts

5

ANTH187BCultural Resource Management

5

ANTH196JImagining America

5

HIS104DMuseums and the Representation of Native American History, Memory, and Culture

5

JWST185N
/HIS 185N
The Holocaust in a Digital World

5

Students may petition for HAVC 199 or HIS 199 to count for a concentration course under certain circumstances. Students should consult the HAVC undergraduate adviser prior to enrolling.

Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement

Students of every major must satisfy that major’s upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) requirement. Students in HAVC meet the DC requirement by completing:

HAVC100AApproaches to Visual Studies

5

Comprehensive Requirement

All seniors must complete one seminar, from the HAVC 190–HAVC 191 series, as their “senior exit” course to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement. Seminars can be taken for senior exit credit only by permission of the instructor. Within the context of this advanced seminar, students will work under the close supervision of their professor to produce a written project that demonstrates a high level of achievement in research, writing, and critical thinking. Students whose performance is outstanding are eligible for honors in the senior comprehensive requirement.

Planners

Four-Year Freshman Planner

  Fall Winter Spring 
Year 1
(Frosh)
 
HAVC LD
regional
requirement 
HAVC LD
regional
requirement
HAVC LD
regional
requirement
     
     
Year 2
(Soph)
HAVC LD
regional
requirement 
HAVC 100A HAVC UD
CHM course
     
     
Year 3
(Jr.)
HAVC UD
regional
requirement
HAVC UD
regional
requirement
HAVC UD
CHM course
     
     
Year 4
(Sr.)

HAVC UD
CHM course

HAVC UD
CHM course
HAVC UD
(any region) 

HAVC seminar
(HAVC 190-HAVC 191
series course, can be
taken anytime during
senior year)

   
     

In addition to the specific courses shown in this four-year planner, a student must complete courses satisfying the general education requirements.

Two-Year Transfer Planner

  Fall
Winter
Spring

Year 1
(Jr.)

HAVC LD
regional
requirement
HAVC 100A HAVC LD
regional
requirement
HAVC LD
regional
requirement

HAVC LD
regional
requirement

HAVC UD
regional
requirement
    HAVC UD
CHM course
Year 2
(Sr.)

HAVC UD
regional
requirement
HAVC UD
CHM course
HAVC UD
CHM course
HAVC UD
CHM course
HAVC UD
(any region)
HAVC seminar
(HAVC 190-HAVC 191
series course can be
taken anytime during
senior year