Elaine O'Brien

Art 192B :: Senior Seminar in Art History

Seminar description:
Art 192B is the culminating course for the Art History major. The seminar format and size allow us to work collaboratively in presentations and discussions. Assignments are designed to help you synthesize what you have learned up to now in your major, to hear your own “voice” as a thinker and writer, to find your strengths and talents, clarify your goals, and to decide what your first career steps will be after graduation. Readings introduce you to the subjects, values, and methods of noted historians and theorists of art. Their essays serve as models for our own writing. Core assignments are the BA thesis developed (if possible) from a previously written term paper and the oral presentation of your BA thesis in a public forum at the end of the semester. Other assignments and activities develop basic professional skills, such as formal presentations, writing a cover letter and curriculum vitae or résumé.

Art 192B Prerequisites: Senior status, completion of all lower-division requirements, History 100, the CSUS Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement and demonstration of Writing Proficiency as prescribed by the university