艺术史，理​​论和批评专业的课程既适合希望对人文学科进行广泛基础教育的学生，又适合计划从事与艺术相关的职业的人。在这两种情况下，学习的基础都是精通艺术表达语言。通过研究艺术史，学生们将艺术品视为从史前到今天在西方和非西方社会中人类信仰，思想和经验的体现。批评课程回顾了用于理解艺术成就的理论方法。通过将艺术史和批判性学习相结合，该计划使学生提高了对形成其智力观的文化传统的认识，并为就当代社会中意义和表达的关键问题做出明智的判断提供了框架。
The major in art history, theory, and criticism is designed both for students who desire a broadly based education in the humanities and for those who plan to pursue a career in an art-related profession. In both cases, the foundation for study is proficiency in the languages of artistic expression. Through the study of art history, students learn to treat works of art as manifestations of human belief, thought, and experience in Western and non-Western societies from prehistory to the present day. Courses in criticism review the theoretical approaches that are used to understand artistic achievement. By combining art historical and critical study, the program promotes in the student an awareness of the cultural traditions that have shaped his or her intellectual outlook and provides a framework for informed judgment on the crucial issues of meaning and expression in contemporary society.