Art History Information

This section of your packet contains the following items:

1) Honors in Art History

This handout provides important information for art history majors who plan to apply for Honors in Art History. The program spans the three semesters prior to graduation. Students especially need to be aware of deadlines, which begin in early March of their junior year.

2) Policy on Study Abroad

This policy, approved in the spring of 2002, ensures that courses taken

through the study abroad programs of other institutions are as academically

rigorous and comprehensive as a comparable course offered at or through Davidson College. The policy is as follows:

Art majors may receive up to two credits towards their major for courses

taken abroad. Students will need to submit documentation of work done to

the department assistant, Sharnetta Clark-Gordon, by September 10^th for the previous spring

or summer semesterπs courses, or February 10^th for the fall semesterπs.

Documentation includes the syllabus, class notes, any papers written, projects

undertaken, tests and the final examination. For a studio class, all two-

dimensional work and documentation of three-dimensional work should be

submitted. The material will be evaluated by a committee of either studio or

art history faculty, as appropriate, in order to determine whether the work

meets department standards. If in the facultyπs opinion the case is borderline,

the student will be asked to pass a test to verify her or his competency in the

subject matter of the course in question.

REMINDER: The department does not assign credit for graduation. That is

the Registrarπs responsibility.

3) Course Review for Credit Form

This is a copy of the form that is to be submitted with the materials from any course taken at or through another educational institution. Please be sure to complete a different form for each course and attach it to the materials when submitting them for review. At the completion of the review the department will notify you and the Registrarπs Office of the outcome, and you will be asked to pick up your submitted course materials.