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UNDERGRADUATE MINOR ProgrAMS
Architectural Studies
The Department of Art and Art History offers a
minor in architectural studies for both liberal arts
and engineering students consisting of five courses:
Art History 1 Art History to 1700
Art History 8 Introduction to Architecture, 1400 to the
Present
Studio Art (FAM 22; or 20, 23, 26; or DR 21)
Engineering 5, 23, 39, or 80; or Engineering
Psychology 61; or Engineering Science 5, 18, 25, or 27
Upper-level architectural history class (FAH 115,120, 123,
125, 126, 127, 190, 191, 195, 196, 290, 192 [architecture];
CE 120)
Note: Engineering students minoring in architectural
studies replace the engineering requirement with an
approved course from the major’s disciplinary areas A,
B, or C (see above).
Architectural Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering offers a minor in architectural
engineering for students in the College of Liberal
Arts. The faculty advisor for this minor is Professor
Masoud Sanayei.
Art and Art History
Professor Peter Probst, Chair, research area: African art,
memory and monuments, historic preservation, cultural
property, theories of value, historiography
Professor Andrew McClellan, Director of Museum Studies,
research area: baroque-rococo art, museum history and theory
Associate Professor Daniel Abramson, Director of
Architectural Studies, research area: architecture from
Renaissance to contemporary, Europe and America
Associate Professor Cristelle Baskins, research area:
Italian Renaissance art, secular painting and narrative, and
gender and women’s studies
Associate Professor Ikumi Kaminishi, Director of
Undergraduate Studies, research area: Asian art and
architecture, Buddhist painting, narrative studies
Associate Professor Christina Maranci, Director of
Graduate Studies, research area: Arthur H. Dadian and Ara
Oztemel Associate Professor of Armenian Art and architecture,
Byzantine art and architecture
Associate Professor Karen Overbey, research area:
Medieval art and architecture, relics and reliquaries, early Irish
art—on leave 2013–14
Associate Professor Eric Rosenberg, research area:
American art, modern and contemporary art
Associate Professor Adriana Zavala, Transfer of Credit
Representative, research area: modern and contemporary
Latin American art, art of Mexico, and gender and women’s
studies
Assistant Professor Eva Hoffman, research area: Islamic
art and architecture, portable arts—on leave 2013–14
Assistant Professor Jeremy Melius, research area: Modern
European art 1850–1960
SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS:
Susan Lush, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of
the Museum of Fine Arts
Patrick Carter, Tufts Studio Arts Coordinator, School of the
Museum of Fine Arts
Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Director, Tufts University Art Gallery;
Curatorial studies
Our program aims to provide students with a
critical and globally informed understanding of the
history of art and visual culture. Understanding the
sources, aesthetics, and significance of images that
people use to communicate—whether in the
confined world of art or beyond—is crucial for
anyone wanting to play an active part in society.
Students taking art history classes can expect to
learn how to look at and write about works of art.
Yet they will also learn about the historical and
trans-cultural contexts in which visual works
emerge and operate. Thus, students taking classes
in art history will find themselves immersed in
questions of politics, identity, religion, economics,
mobility, communication, and many other exciting
issues.
As a humanistic discipline, the history of art
emphasizes scholarly investigation and critical
analysis over technical training. However, majors
are encouraged to take studio courses as part of
their program and to take advantage of Tufts’
affiliation with the School of the Museum of Fine
Arts.
UNDERGRADUATE ProgrAM
The department offers the bachelors of art degrees
in art history and in architectural studies.
Art History Concentration
For the bachelor of art degree in art history, ten
courses are required for the major: Art History 1, 2
and 100; two courses pre-1700; two courses
102