Art History Minor
What Came Before you
Gain major understanding in the art history minor.
Without knowing about what came before you – the techniques and styles of well-known artists, how art is connected with culture, the context of famous works – it’s hard to truly delve into the creation of your own imagination. In our art history minor, we examine artistic production across many times and places; every class considers artifacts against their cultural background. Most courses also examine the nature of art history itself: how value judgments are made, by whom and how they change over time.
25 Credits
You'll take foundation level courses, two intro studio courses and two upper-level studios courses.
Be Active in Art
Expand your understanding by participating in art clubs, the juried student show and end of semester art sales.
Pairs Well
Popular majors to pair with our art minor program include communication, graphic design, business, biology and history.
How Culture Influences Art – and Vice Versa
By its very nature, art history defies boundaries between different fields of knowledge. Art history classes at UW-Green Bay explore the social and cultural contexts of art and architecture and incorporate not only social, economic and political history, but also gender history and gender politics. We also examine religious belief, human psychology, modes of creativity and issues of ethics, aesthetics and artistic practice.
With its emphasis on global artistic practice, our curriculum explores many world cultures and artistic traditions. In art history classes, you'll learn to promote and value diversity, and gain insight into your own preconceptions of the world. You'll also gain the tools and vocabulary needed for interpreting visual culture and for decoding and analyzing the visual world around you.
Studio Art Minor
We also have a studio art minor, giving you the ability to explain a variety of artist mediums.
Want to know More?
Need to know more about minor requirements, courses or career paths? Let us know – we are happy to answer any questions you may have.