在整个历史中，人类一直在探索思想并通过产生艺术来表达思想和感受。通过研究艺术史，您将通过检查作为人类创造力的体现和历史文献形式的艺术和建筑来探索过去。您将学习艺术如何体现和控制文化，经济，性别，政治，宗教和社会动态。我们的教职员工和学生坚信视觉文化对社会至关重要，我们重视在大学环境中将视觉艺术制作，展示，批评和情境化作为学术活动的重要性。为此，我们的教师教授在各种媒体和环境中创建和理解艺术与设计所需的感知，实践和批判性技能。
People have been exploring ideas and expressing their thoughts and feelings by producing art throughout history. By studying art history, you will learn how art embodies and reflects cultural, economic, gender, political, religious and social dynamics. All first year students are enrolled in the innovative, interdisciplinary Core Program integrating the beginning of their art history studies with a signature humanities-based program.