Wesleyan Art & Art History

The Department of Art and Art History is the administrative umbrella for two distinct major programs: Art and Art History. Majors within the department can be pursued in both areas. Students majoring in one area are allowed to count toward the 34 courses required for graduation up to 18 courses in the department. (University regulations regarding the maximum number of courses allowed in a department should be applied to the major itself: Art History or Art. Intradepartmental double majors may take up to 20 courses within the department if necessary to fulfill requirements of both majors.) In addition to listed courses, a limited number of tutorials, internships, and teaching apprenticeships are available under specific conditions. Prior approval must be obtained to transfer credit from another institution. Review and approval by a faculty member in the area of study must also be made after completion of such course work.

The department is based in the Center for the Arts, an eleven-building complex within Wesleyan University. The Departments' resources in the CFA include the Davison Art Center, a university teaching museum with a collection consisting chiefly of some 25,000 works of art on paper, and the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, a space dedicated to presenting groundbreaking contemporary art in various mediums with a particular emphasis on site-specific and site-oriented installations.