# 2026-2027 Course Catalog
**Source**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/undergraduate/faa/minors/art-history/
**Parent**: https://catalog.illinois.edu/degree-programs/undergraduate_index/
*for the Undergraduate minor in Art History*
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The minor in art history requires 18 credit hours and offers students insight into the cultural and social history of the visual and built worlds. The minor course of study provides an introduction and initial preparation for students interested in pursuing careers in the humanities or museum work; it also provides excellent research and writing opportunities for those students in art and design looking to expand such skills.
*for the Undergraduate minor in Art History*
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**Minimum required major and supporting course work:** **Students must meet the following course requirements for a total of 18 hours. At least 6 hours of coursework must be advanced (300-400) level and distinct from credit earned for a major or a second minor.**
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ARTH 110](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20110 "ARTH 110") | Introduction to the History of Art and Visual Culture | 3 |
| Select one course below, which focuses on a subject outside of Europe and the Modern Americas | | 3 |
| [ARTH 212](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20212 "ARTH 212") | East Asian Art History | |
| [ARTH 214](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20214 "ARTH 214") | Art in China | |
| [ARTH 219](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20219 "ARTH 219") | Islamic Gardens & Architecture | |
| [ARTH 220](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20220 "ARTH 220") | African Arts and Architecture | |
| [ARTH 320](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20320 "ARTH 320") | Sacred Sites in Japan | |
| [ARTH 342](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20342 "ARTH 342") | Arts of Colonial Latin America | |
| [ARTH 402](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20402 "ARTH 402") | Ways of Seeing in Edo Japan | |
| [ARTH 403](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20403 "ARTH 403") | Word and Image in Chinese Art | |
| [ARTH 404](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20404 "ARTH 404") | China through Film | |
| [ARTH 413](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20413 "ARTH 413") | Sacred African Diaspora Arts | |
| Other courses may be approved in consultation with the minor advisor. | | |
| Additional ARTH courses at the 200, 300 or 400 level | | 6 |
| Additional ARTH courses at the 300 or 400 level | | 3 |
| [ARTH 495](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARTH%20495 "ARTH 495") | Undergraduate Seminar in Art History | 3 |
| Additional Minor Credit Policies | | |
| A maximum of one course from other universities will satisfy the requirements for upper-level Art History courses. | | |
| A maximum of one history of architecture course below at UIUC will count toward the requirements of the Art History Minor | | |
| [ARCH 407](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARCH%20407 "ARCH 407") | Rome: City of Visible History | |
| [ARCH 412](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARCH%20412 "ARCH 412") | Medieval Architecture | |
| ARCH 414 | | |
| [ARCH 415](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARCH%20415 "ARCH 415") | Modernity’s Mirror: Nineteenth-Century Architecture 1750-1900 | |
| [ARCH 416](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARCH%20416 "ARCH 416") | The Architecture of the United States, c.1650 to Present | |
| [ARCH 417](https://catalog.illinois.edu/search/?P=ARCH%20417 "ARCH 417") | Modern and Contemporary Global Architecture | |
| Total credits required for Art History Minor: 18 | | |
*for the Undergraduate minor in Art History*
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The minor in art history is designed for undergraduates who seek to study art history as a complement to their major area of study.
Upon successful completion of the Art History Minor, students should be able to:
1. Approach art and visual culture with a critical lens.
2. Think, speak, and write with an understanding of art’s rich cultural histories.
3. Think, speak, and write with an understanding of the potential intersectionality of art and visual culture with other fields of study.
4. Understand how art and visual culture affects the social world.
*for the Undergraduate minor in Art History*
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## Art History Minor
Advisor: [Bryan VanGinhoven](mailto:bvanginh@illinois.edu)\
140 Art and Design Building, Champaign, IL 61820\
(217) 300-2520
## School of Art & Design
[School of Art & Design](https://art.illinois.edu/)\
[Art & Design faculty](https://art.illinois.edu/about/faculty-directory/)
## College of Fine & Applied Arts
[Fine & Applied Arts](https://faa.illinois.edu)