Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

Art and Art History
Faculty
Chairperson: Rev. Michael R. Tang
Professors: Michael Brodsky, Jane Marie Brucker,
Rudolf Fleck, Teresa Muñoz, Rev. Michael R. Tang
Associate Professors: Katherine Anne Harper,
Kirstin J. Noreen
Assistant Professors: Yu (Han Dai) Day,
Garland P. Kirkpatrick, Dmitry Kmelnitsky,
Teresa I. Lenihan, Diane M. Meyer, Damon Willick
Objectives
The philosophy of the Department rests on the premise
that its students should receive a broad education which
combines creativity and scholarly study. Two majors are
offered, Studio Arts and Art History. The foremost objective
is to prepare the student intellectually and professionally
for careers in studio arts and art history and/or graduate
studies. Courses offered to undergraduate majors and nonmajors
stress the cultural value of the visual arts.
The Department is a fully accredited member of the National
Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Semester Hours
For studio classes, a semester hour of credit, one unit,
represents three hours of work each week. In lecture and
seminar courses, an hour of credit represents one hour each
week in class and two hours of work outside of class.
The Department of Art and Art History reserves the right
to retain, display, use, and reproduce any student course
work, including original work, a student has rendered or
created for course credit; this material will be used solely
for educational and University purposes, including without
limitation for recruitment, display, and republication in
University media and publications.
Art History Major
The major in Art History is designed to increase the student’s
understanding of the meaning and purpose of the arts,
their historical development, their formal and expressive
means, their role in society, and their relationship to other
humanistic disciplines.
Goals for Art History Majors
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We seek to expose students to diverse artistic traditions,
providing a full understanding of the context of the works.
In addition, we strive to develop in our students excellent
research skills and a capacity for critical thinking and
writing in preparation for graduate studies.
Major Requirements
Lower Division Requirements:
12 semester hours of lower division courses: ARHS
200, 201, 202; any 3 semester hours lower division
Studio Arts course.
Upper Division Requirements:
30 semester hours of upper division courses, including
ARHS 449.
Required: 6 semester hours of French or German
recommended (6 semester hours from either: GRMN
101, 102, 203, 204 or FREN 101, 102, 203, 204).
Other languages possible with advisor approval.
A minimum grade of C (2.0) must be obtained in each
course included in the major requirements.
Minor Requirements
18 semester hours:
ARHS 200, 201, 202; and 9 semester hours in upper
division courses selected under the direction of an
advisor in the department. Studio Arts majors who
elect an Art History minor are required to take the
three upper division requirements and an additional 3
semester hours of upper division work for the total of
21 hours in the minor.
Recommended: ARHS 449.
Freshman Year
Fall Semester S.H.
ARHS 200 Art of the Western World I ............... 3
ENGL 110 College Writing .............................. 3
____ ___ Foreign Language ........................... 3
____ ___ Core ............................................. 3
____ ___ Core ............................................. 3
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