Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Visual Culture
Franklin University Switzerland
Key Information
Campus location
Lugano, Switzerland
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CHF 52,750 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* annual tuition fee for international students per year | Swiss/EU/EEA: CHF 27,550 per year | US citizens / permanent residents and Canadian citizens: $48,500 per year
Introduction
Understand the visual world from a variety of viewpoints
Art History and Visual Culture courses investigate the production of art, architecture, and film through the technical, social, economic, cultural, psychological, and epistemological forces at work when they were produced and viewed. The major places a particular emphasis on how images form beliefs and values, taking into account issues of ethnicity, gender, and class.
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Curriculum
Addressing questions of chronology, theory, and methodology, the curriculum proceeds from a disciplinary to an interdisciplinary approach, guiding students in the development of analytical and synthetic thinking about visual culture. Students are encouraged to take classes in Communication and Media Studies and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and to apply the methods from these disciplines to the study of art history and visual culture.
Students who have completed the major will be prepared to enter graduate and specialized studies in art history and visual culture. They may also choose a career in a gallery, museum, auction house, in the art-publishing sector, or some specialized corporate environments.
Required Courses (12 credits)
- AHT 102 Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture I: Antiquity to Early Renaissance
- AHT 103 Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture II: High Renaissance to Contemporary Art
- AHT 270 Theories and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture
- AHT 320 Anthropologies of Art
Major Electives (18 credits)
Choose six of the following (with at least two at the 300 level):
- AHT 211 Collecting Art and the Law
- AHT 213 Art and Ideas: Exploring Vision
- AHT 215T Art and Industry in England: 1800-2000
- AHT 216 Introduction to the History of Photography
- AHT 218T Harbor Cities: Architecture, Vision, and Experience
- AHT 230T Art, Politics, Landscape: Ireland
- AHT 231 Renaissance Art and Architecture in Italy
- AHT 234 Painting in France in the 19th Century: Reality, Impressions, Simultaneity
- AHT 257T Introduction to the History of Architecture
- AHT 280 Contemporary Art: From the New York School to the Present
- AHT 285T Technology in Art, Visual Communication, and Fashion
- AHT 334 Artists' Biopics
- AHT 338 The City and Its Representation in the 20th Century
- AHT 350 Museums and Art Galleries: Theory, History and Practice
- AHT 357 Art Market Studies: From Renaissance Commissions to Online Auctions
- AHT 361 The Visual Culture of Disaster
- AHT 362 Visual Semiotics: Signs and Symbols in Art, Architecture, Film, and Fashion
- AHT 371 Topics in Art History
- AHT 375 Nature City Post-1960
Interdisciplinary Electives (6 credits)
Choose two of the following:
- CLCS 100 The Stories We Live By
- CLCS 110 Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies
- CLCS 150 Reading Film
- CLCS 200 Gender and Sexuality in a Global Context
- CLCS 220 Inventing the Past: The Uses of Memory in a Changing World
- CLCS 225 Music and Popular Culture from the 1950s to the 1990s
- CLCS 241 Forbidden Acts: Queer Studies and Performance
- CLCS 242 Representations of Poverty in Literature
- CLCS 245 Critical Approaches to the Graphic Novel: Justice in the Gutter
- CLCS 250 Ecocritical Approaches to Film
- CLCS 300 Masculinities in Literature and Film
- CLCS 310T The Culture of Cities: From Roman Garrisons to Industrial Chic
- CLCS 340 Fashion and Visual Culture
- CLCS 350 Culture and Human Rights
- CLCS 371 Law and Culture
- CLCS 372 Tales of Catastrophe
- COM 105 Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
- COM 201 Fundamentals of Media Studies and Criticism
- COM 202 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
- COM 301 Globalization and Media
- COM 302 Intercultural Communication: Theory, Research, and Practice
- COM 327 Producing Digital Media: Communication and Media in Practice
- FRE 374 Introduction to French Cinema
- FRE 376 French Cinema: The New Wave
- GER 373 German Film as Medium of Culture
- HIS 243 Worlds of Islam
- HIS 357 Weimar Germany: Crisis or Crucible of Modernity?
- ITA 373 Italian Film and Society
- ITA 374 Italian Cinema
- ITA 375 Italian Film Adaptation: From the Page to the Screen
- MUS 206 Music History From Mozart to Mahler; Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism
- MUS 213 Classical Music in Film
- MUS 216 A History of Opera: From Orpheus to West Side Story
- MUS 217 Masterpieces of Western Classical Music
- MUS 218 Music and Politics: From the French Revolution to Communism
Studio Art Course (3 credits)
Complete one Studio Art (STA) or Visual Culture (VCA) course at any level
Capstone Requirement (3 credits)
One of the following:
- AHT 495 Senior Seminar in Art History and Visual Culture
- AHT 497 Art History Senior Project
- AHT 498 Art History Internship
- AHT 499 Art History Thesis
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Scholarships and Funding
Franklin University Switzerland offers merit scholarships to admitted students based on academic achievements in high school and/or transferable undergraduate work. All undergraduate applicants are considered for merit awards as part of the admissions process, which are awarded at the point of admission with priority given to students applying by the December 1 deadline. Additional need-based scholarships may be awarded on top of merit scholarships, depending on a student’s need. Merit scholarships are renewable for up to four years or eight semesters.
Undergraduate Special Awards
Our competitive scholarship programs offer the most promising students the financial support they need to pursue their studies. These scholarship opportunities are awarded during the enrollment process for incoming students.
At FUS, we are committed to ensuring that talented students are able to access the best educational opportunities so that they can reach their full potential and make a positive impact at Franklin and beyond their studies. We offer generous scholarships and awards to make sure the most promising and motivated young minds are able to achieve their goals and make a positive impact on society.
The scholarship opportunities listed below are cumulative with other types of financial aid, and would be renewed annually to student recipients provided GPA requirements and other applicable conditions per scholarship type are maintained.
- SUNY-FUS 2 + 2 Jacques Villaret International Education Award for SUNY Community College Students
- Franklin Honors Program Award
- The Ambassador Wilfried Geens Award
- The Brian Stanford Award in Creative Practices
- The Ann Gardiner Award in Sustainability
- Life-Long Learning Scholarship