12 Online Art History Bachelors Degree Programs

This BA (Honours) in Arts and Humanities (Art History) degree gives you the freedom to combine the study of different subject areas in the arts and humanities. You'll develop a specialism in art history, exploring art and visual culture across different periods and places. You can combine this with a second specialism or choose to develop broader interests in classical studies, creative writing, English language, English literature, history, modern languages, music, philosophy, and religious studies.

The Academy of Art University’s School of Art History BA program is a unique major that addresses the traditional art historical study through the analysis of visual culture from antiquity to the present. Complemented with fine art studio coursework (12 units), the BA allows for students to engage in critical and research-based analysis of art and architecture, learning to study the visual culture through its role and influence on different cultures and periods. With internationally recognized faculty and access to a rich offering of coursework, the AAU’s Art History BA prepares students for a career in art-related fields: e.g. in art galleries, museums, foundations, archiving, publishing, and public arts administration.

The BFA in Art Education and Art History double major program will provide an opportunity for students who want to expand the scope of their respective programs to include more depth of knowledge, aesthetic/historical perspective and both practical and creative artistic and pedagogical skills that will open up professional paths in the future – in both the fields of Art Education and Art History.

This BA (Honours) in Art History and Visual Cultures degree will equip you with the knowledge and critical skills to investigate works of art, images, objects and architecture, from the local to the global and from prehistory to the present. This will be a rich and rounded experience as you discover the power of images and works of art to influence debates and shape everyday life.

The School of Art History's BFA program blends academic inquiry and practice with one of the most extensive studios art and design programs in the world. Merging the classical tradition of studying western art with the skills and practice of fine art education, our students gain the unique perspective and ability to discuss broad themes around history's most enduring and inspiring works of art.

The Art History Concentration provides a strong foundation in the field of art history, with courses in contemporary art, American art history, European art, African art, alongside foundational courses that introduce students to European and non-wester traditions. The concentration includes an internship requirement, and students have interned at professional art galleries, museums and non-profits.

Bachelor of Art in Art History track in the BA in Art provides a course of study for students with an interest in the ways people have expressed themselves visually across history. Our Art History graduates go on to pursue careers in museums and non-profits, assisting private collectors, teaching in K-12 and higher education, and working in a variety of other fields calling for a well-rounded education with an understanding of both history and culture. Students in this track focus on what is often referred to as "material culture," the objects created by humans that are part of their lives; this includes everything from clothing to paintings, buildings to jewelry.

A minor in Art History is an excellent complement to a wide variety of major programs. An Art History minor gives students historical, critical and theoretical breadth to core concepts and skills in the disciplines of the Visual Arts, strengthening critical thinking, writing and communication skills, and developing students for intellectual life. It also provides knowledge useful to museums, galleries and arts administration. Art History courses offer rigor in terms of periods studied and concepts central to education in art history.

We offer a variety of approaches for art history majors, ones structured around your individual interests and career plans. Our students construct their studies with the aid and direction of the department advisor and a faculty sponsor, following three areas of concentration.

When you learn how to mix music that is pleasing to listeners, it is a true art form. The manipulation of the source signals’ level, dynamics, and panoramic position, and the addition of effects such as reverb and delay, can have a huge impact on the overall feel of a song.

This is a required course for Berklee College of Music campus students, and they often wonder—when they are here to study music—how looking at visual works is relevant to them. But they soon realize that at the core of it, what all these artists were doing, whether thousands of years ago or just last week, is exactly what they're doing now: figuring out how to channel their passion and curiosity into creating something.

Students in this program become both artmakers and scholars.