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The Art History BA provides a full range of courses in Western and non-Western art, criticism, and visual culture from pre-history to the present and from many perspectives. Lecture/discussion classes, seminars, independent studies, fieldwork, and studio courses produce college-level visual literacy, global perspectives, art historical skills, and understanding of curatorial and art-making practices. Students focus on one of four areas of interest: Early Modern European Art, Asian Art, Art of the Americas, or Modern and Contemporary Art. The art history degree affords a broad education as well as practical preparation for a range of vocations and advanced professional studies. Students who wish to pursue advanced degrees in Art History after finishing the Bachelor of Arts will benefit from the close supervision of a mentor-professor who helps prepare them for graduate studies.

Fieldwork experiences can be arranged with the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, and other public and private art institutions and galleries in the Capital region. Opportunities to study art history abroad are available through the Office of International Programs and Global Engagement at Sacramento State and the California State University International Program. University credit can be obtained for a semester to a year of study at college and international centers in Britain, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

All lower division art history requirements and demonstrated writing proficiency as prescribed by California State University, Sacramento must be completed prior to enrollment in upper division courses. A minimum grade of “C” is required in all courses applied to the Art History concentration. Art History students are required to meet the Sacramento State Foreign Language Requirement by completing the second semester (1B) of a college-level foreign language course with a grade of C- or better (or equivalent foreign language study, as described in the current University catalog). Students who plan to pursue further graduate study in art history are encouraged to learn a foreign language relevant to their art historical interests through the second semester intermediate level (2B).