Canisius offers a major and a minor in art history. The program includes a wide range of courses in the history of art from antiquity to the present and in the history of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography and film. Majors, minors and non-majors alike acquire an understanding and appreciation of the cultural heritage of their own and other civilizations.
The Canisius Advantage
Electronic imaging technology is a major component of the art history major at Canisius. Students in art history courses learn the most recent interactive multimedia technology as part of their art history training. Courses are conducted with the latest technology, as well as slides, in classrooms that are equipped with access to videos, DVD’s, CD-ROMs and the Internet.
Art History majors graduate with a truly liberal, humanistic education that prepares them for work in any profession where critical thinking, analysis, research and writing skills are used.