Global and Interdisciplinary Connections Track

The Global and Interdisciplinary Connections Track to the art history major encourages students to earn a double major in art history and another humanistic discipline.

Created in the 2020s to complement the historic Iowa Idea track, the Global and Interdisciplinary Connections Track meets students’ varying intellectual and career goals, creating opportunities for majors to tailor their studies and explore their interests across disciplines. Art history majors will connect with scholars in other departments, thereby reimagining the Iowa Idea in a global context.

The Global and Interdisciplinary Connections Track to the art history major requires 30 semester hours of coursework in art history and 9 semester hours of coursework in one of the following disciplines:

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American Studies
Anthropology
Asian Languages and Literatures
Classics
English
French

German
History
Italian
Philosophy
Religious Studies

Course requirements

ARTH:1030, Themes in Global Art, 3 semester hours
ARTH:1060, From Mona Lisa to Modernism: Survey of Western Art II, 3 semester hours
ARTH:4999, Capstone Seminar in Art History, 3 semester hours

AND one of the following:

ARTH:1040, Arts of Africa, 3 semester hours
ARTH:1050, Caves to Cathedrals: Survey of Western Art I, 3 semester hours
ARTH:1070, Asian Art and Culture, 3 semester hours
ARTH:1080, How to Write About Art, 3 semester hours
ARTH:1090, Earthly Paradises: The History of Global Landscapes, 3 semester hours
ARTH:1095, Native American Art, 3 semester hours

ARTH:2020, Western Architecture from Prehistory to the Present, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2030, American Architecture: From Log Cabins to Skyscrapers, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2120, Art and Architecture of the Islamic World, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2150, Art and Life in Africa, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2220, Introduction to the Art of China, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2250, Introduction to the Art of Japan, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2320, Ancient Art from the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Colosseum in Rome, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2330, Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2420, Medieval Art from Constantine to Columbus, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2520, Italian Renaissance Art, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2530, High Renaissance Art and Mannerism: Michelangelo to Caravaggio, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2730, Transformations in Nineteenth-Century European Art, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2740, Art of the Northern Renaissance: Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Durer, and Beyond, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2820, Introduction to Twentieth-Century Art, 3 semester hours
ARTH:2920, Introduction to American Art, 3 semester hours

American Studies

AMST:2165 Native Peoples of North America
AMST:2700 The Black Image in Sequential Art: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime
AMST:3060 Cities in American Culture
AMST:3100 Critical Race Theory: Culture, Power, and Society
AMST:3249 History of Iowa and the Midwest
AMST:3265 American Monuments
AMST:4205 American Cultural History 1820-1920

Anthropology

ANTH:2165 Native Peoples of North America
ANTH:2220 The Olmec, Maya, And Aztecs: Archaeology of Mesoamerica
ANTH:3001 Introduction to Museum Studies
ANTH:3121 Love, Marriage & Family in India
ANTH:3237 Politics of the Archaeological Past
ANTH:3239 The Archaeology of the First Europeans
ANTH:3243 Archaeology of the American Midcontinent
ANTH:3255 Introduction to Archaeological Ceramics
ANTH:3257 North American Archaeology
ANTH:3258 Southwestern Archaeology
ANTH:3265 Archaeology of the Great Plains
ANTH:3276 Greek Archaeology and Ethnohistory
ANTH:3278 Archaeology of Ancient Cities
ANTH:3295 Field Research in Archaeology

Asian Languages and Literatures

ASIA:3055 Death, Dying, and Beyond in Asian Religions
ASIA:3208 Classical Chinese Literature Through Translation
ASIA:3431 Gender and Sexuality in East Asia
ASIA:3550 Islam, Secularity, Modernity
ASIA:3650 Chinese History from 1600 to 1911
ASIA:3652 Twentieth-Century China
ASIA:3655 Zen Buddhism
ASIA:3685 Modern Korean History
ASIA:3890 Comparative Ritual

Classics

CLSA:3148 Barbarians and the Fall of Rome
CLSA:3235 Greek Archaeology and Ethnohistory
CLSA:3404 The World of Ancient Greece
CLSA:3416 Greek Religion and Society
CLSA:3443 Pagans and Christians: The Church from Jesus to Muhammad
CLSA:3445 Mythology of Otherworldly Journeys
CLSA:3514 Roman Religion and Society
CLSA:3821 City of Athens: Bronze Age to Roman World
CLSA:3836 Food in Ancient Mediterranean Society
CLSA:4106 Warfare in Ancient Mediterranean Society
CLSA:4181 History of Western Medicine
CLSA:4400 The Roman Empire
CLSA:4403 Alexander the Great
CLSA:4452 The Dead Sea Scrolls
CLSA:4501 Archaeological Methodology and Field Research

English

ENGL:3216 Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
ENGL:3226 Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
ENGL:3236 Literature and the Culture of the Renaissance
ENGL:3266 Medieval Celtic Literature
ENGL:3276 Medieval Drama
ENGL:3287 Shakespeare
ENGL:3459 African American Literature before 1900
ENGL:3329 Literature and Culture of Eighteenth-Century Britain
ENGL:3236 Literature and the Culture of the Renaissance
ENGL:3338 Literature and Culture of the Romantic Period
ENGL:3339 Literature and Culture of Nineteenth-Century Britain
ENGL:3510 Topics in Transnational Literature - 20th and 21st Century
ENGL:3515 Topics in Postcolonial Studies - 20th and 21st Century
ENGL:3520 Literature and Culture of the 20th and 21st Century
ENGL:3525 Literature and Culture of the Americas
ENGL:3540 Literature of the Indian Subcontinent
ENGL:3550 African Literature
ENGL:3570 Transnational and Postcolonial Writing by Women

French

FREN:3120 French Civilization
FREN:3130 French-Speaking Cultures
FREN:3225 Studies in Modern France
FREN:3250 Topics in French Studies I
FREN:4026 French Women Writers
FREN:4080 Post-Colonial Literature in France
FREN:4100 French Cinema
FREN:4110 Francophone Literature of the African Diaspora
FREN:4210 Slavery Museums, Memorials, and Statues in the United States, Europe, and the Global
FREN:4520 Versailles Under the Sun King
FREN:4750 Topics in French Studies II (may be taken more than once)

German

GRMN:3200 Literary Translation from German
GRMN:3405 German Cultural History
GRMN:3501 German Writers Engaged
GRMN:3850 Twentieth- and Twenty-first-Century German Children's Literature
GRMN:3860 German Language and Society
GRMN:3865 History of the German Language
GRMN:4315 German Society Today
GRMN:4512 Topics in Global and Transnational Culture
GRMN:4540 Literature in Film
GRMN:4730 Beautiful Souls and Scandalous Writing

History

HIST:2294 Indigenous Art Activism
HIST:3145 Europe and the US in the 20th Century
HIST:3250 American Stuff: Discovering History in Things
HIST:3265 American Monuments
HIST:3272 Native Americans in the Age of Empires, ca. 1500-1815
HIST:3289 The Atlantic World c. 1450-1850
HIST:3404 The World of Ancient Greece
HIST:3423 Ireland in the Early Middle Ages
HIST:3427 Family, Gender, Society Early Modern Europe
HIST:3448 Barbarians and the Fall of Rome
HIST:3470 France from 1815 To Present
HIST:3473 German History 1648-1914
HIST:3650 Chinese History from 1600 to 1911
HIST:3745 Islam in Africa
HIST:3758 The Ancient African Past
HIST:4205 American Cultural History 1820-1920
HIST:4260 The Sixties in America
HIST:4400 The Roman Empire
HIST:4403 Alexander the Great
HIST:4406 Warfare in Ancient Mediterranean Society
HIST:4407 The Hellenistic World and Rome
HIST:4412 History of the Medieval Church
HIST:4414 Christianity and Empire (35-450 AD)
HIST:4415 European Intellectual History Medieval to Modern
HIST:4417 Medieval Intellectual History 300-1150
HIST:4418 Medieval Intellectual History 1150-1500
HIST:4419 Ancient and Medieval Science
HIST:4428 Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST:4438 Modern European Imperialism
HIST:4440 Artists, Intellectuals, and Politics in 20th-Century Europe
HIST:4910 The Book in the Middle Ages
HIST:4920 The Transition from Manuscript to Print

Italian

ITAL:4550 Topics in Italian Studies (may be taken more than once)
ITAL:4633 Dante's Inferno
ITAL:4634 The Italian Renaissance
ITAL:4667 Modern Italian Fiction

Philosophy

Religious Studies

RELS:2674 Food, Body & Belief: A Global Perspective
RELS:3003 Classical and Hellenistic Periods
RELS:3055 Death, Dying, and Beyond in Asian Religions
RELS:3190 Medieval to Modern: The Birth of Protestantism
RELS:3243 Pagans and Christians: The Church from Jesus to Muhammad
RELS:3245 Mythology of Otherworldly Journeys
RELS:3385 Early Modern Catholicism
RELS:3431 Gender and Sexuality in East Asia
RELS:3572 Comparative Ritual
RELS:3645 Buddhist Philosophy
RELS:3655 Zen Buddhism
RELS:3716 Greek Religion and Society
RELS:3845 Islam in Africa
RELS:4155 Religious Conflict: Early Modern Period
RELS:4352 The Dead Sea Scrolls
RELS:4870 Islamic Cultural Presence in Spain
RELS:5200 Varieties of Religion Contemporary World

The Bachelor of Arts in Art History requires a minimum of 120 semester hours, including 39 semester hours of work for the major. Students must maintain a grade-point average (GPA) of at least 2.00 in all courses for the major and in all UI courses for the major. They also must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GE CLAS Core.

Note that the requirements can and do change as deemed necessary by the school. However, once you have begun your program, your requirements will not change. Always refer to your degree audit as the official record of your requirements.

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Global and Interdisciplinary Connections Track