Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Art, Art History Concentration, B.S.


Art and Design   
615-898-2455
Laura Cochrane, program coordinator
Laura.Cochrane@mtsu.edu

The B.S. program in Art with a concentration in Art History is designed for those who wish to pursue careers in museums, galleries, or arts organizations and/or pursue further study at the graduate level. Students should consult with their advisors each semester in order to plan their schedule of courses.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Art, Art History, B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 39 hours
     Major Core    15 hours*
     Art History Concentration    24 hours
Electives 40-43 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (39 hours)


Majors must maintain a GPA of at least 2.00 in the major.

Major Core (15 hours)


Art History Concentration (24 hours)


  • 3 credit hours
  • Modern/Contemporary 6 upper-division credit hours
  • Non-Western Art 6 upper-division credit hours
  • Medieval/Renaissance 6 upper-division credit hours
  • Electives from any of the above categories 3 upper-division credit hours

Electives (40-43 hours)


Curriculum: Art, Art History


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


  • 3 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Spring


  • Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression/Elective 3 credit hours
  • Electives 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Fall


  • Electives 6 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Upper-division Art History 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


  • Electives 4 credit hours
  • Upper-division Art History 6 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 hours


Senior Fall


  • 3 credit hours
  • Upper-division Art History 6 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Spring


  • Electives 12 credit hours
  • Upper-division Art History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours