Art History and Criticism
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College
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Hours Required
120 credit hours -
Minors Available
Art History
The Nebraska Difference
Over $1 million in scholarships offered to fine and performing arts students each year
Participate in a study abroad experience
Small student-to-faculty ratio
Program Features
Customize Your Degree
Tailor your college experience to your career goals by adding minors or a double major, including pre-law and pre-health options.
Study Abroad and Explore Archaeological Sites
Take advantage of built-in study abroad opportunities. Earn degree credit while working on an archaeological site in Europe or other global locations.
Work 1-to-1 With Campus Museums
Gain hands-on experience through student jobs and internships with campus museums, including Sheldon Museum of Art and Great Plains Art Museum.
Notable Courses
Cave Paintings to Cathedrals (AHIS 101)
Survey of the history of western art, from the earliest times to the end of the Medieval period.
Visualizing Crisis: Art and Ecological Collapse (AHIS 381)
Addresses the artist's role in social and ecological crises, paying particular attention to art, journalistic and design projects since 1970.
Renaissance to Modern Art (AHIS 102)
Survey of the history of western art, from the Renaissance period to the twentieth century.
Classical Art and Archaeology (AHIS 211)
Introduction to the art and archaeology of ancient Greece and Italy.
Greek Art and Archaeology (AHIS 314)
Art and archaeology of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.
European Art of the Twentieth Century (AHIS 346)
European art from 1870 to 1945, focusing on the development of the avant-garde and on the relationship between art and its historical context.
Huskers Do Big Things
Internships
- Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- Gallery internship, New York City
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Careers
- Art history professor, Louisiana State University
- Curator of collections, University of Wyoming Art Museum
- Registrar of acquisitions, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- Executive director, Nebraska Arts Council
Graduate Schools
- Ph.D. in art history, University of Texas at Austin
- M.A. in art history, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D. in art history, Boston University
- M.A. in art history, University of Michigan
Featured Faculty
Katie Anania, Associate Professor of Art History (Modern and Contemporary)
Katie Anania specializes in modern and contemporary art of the Americas, with a focus on queer and feminist theory, the environmental humanities and histories of knowledge. Her first book, Out of Paper: Drawing, Environment, and the Body in 1960s America (Yale, 2024), examines the shifting position of drawing in American studio practice in the long 1960s. By investigating paper as a dynamic material, Out of Paper shows how artists manipulated this “minor” art form during a period marked by increasing anxieties about waste, consumer culture and the rapidly deteriorating natural world.
Have Questions? We're Here to Help
If you have questions about the Art History and Criticism major or navigating the application process, contact us.
- Contact Name
- Chris Watson
- Contact Title
- Director of Recruitment
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