Art History, B.A.

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Through Saint Louis University’s undergraduate program in art history, students learn the essential skills of critical analysis, research and communication by examining the social context in which art was historically - and continues to be - created. SLU's art history faculty members offer a broad field of study that ranges from the earliest civilizations, the Western canon of art and the art of world cultures to the beginnings of modernity and the most current movements in contemporary art.Art history is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates essential skills from various humanities disciplines such as history, philosophy, theology and economics, and students analyze artworks and the societies that have affected the disciplines.Learning Outcomes-Graduates will be able to contextualize artwork.Graduates will be able to conduct research and critically analyze source materials.Graduates will be able to apply the principal methodologies of art history to analyze a work of art, an artist, a patron, a place or a text.Graduates will be able to articulate the importance of observing art in person.

College of Arts and Sciences