Department Chair

  • Denise Massman
    Assistant Professor of Creative Arts
    Foy Hall 305
    (518) 786-5054
    dmassman@siena.edu

Art History

ART HISTORY IN CREA

For a course of study specializing in art history at Siena, a student could pursue the following curriculum within the Creative Arts Major.

REQUIRED COURSES

CREA 231: Art to the 15th Century
CREA 232: Art from the 15th Century
CREA 490: Seminar in Creative Arts

24 credits (a minimum of 15 credits must be at the 300 level or above):

CREA 204: Digital Photography
CREA 180: Experimental Video
CREA 255: American Art
CREA 275: Film Theory and Criticism
CREA 297: Special Topics (Art History)
CREA 309: New Art Forms
CREA 311: Contemporary Critique
CREA 327: Medieval Art
CREA 328: Renaissance Art
CREA 329: Modern Art
CREA 363: Image and Society
CREA 480: Internship in Creative Arts: Art-History related
CREA 490: Seminar in Creative Arts: Art-History related
CREA 497: Independent Study

Strongly recommended:

Double major or minor in English, or several writing courses, two art history courses from study abroad program, course numbers to be accommodated to the Art History in CREA track listed above.

At least two years of Foreign language study.

Choose from the following to meet your core requirements--core attributes are listed for both old (prior to Fall 2011) and new (Fall 2011 and after) core.

CLSS 240: Greek Archaeology & Art (CAA, CFH)
CLSS 245: Roman Archaeology & Art (CAA, CFH)
SOCI 140: Cultural Anthropology (CAS. CDS)
PHIL 240: Philosophy of Art (CAP)
RELG 181: Experiences of the Sacred (CDR)
RELG 280: World Religions (CAR, CFD)
PHYS 010: Topics in the Physical Sciences: Structures (CAN, CDN)