Minor in Art History

The Minor in Art History offers a basic introduction to methodologies of art history to students across NTU. Through a study of artworks and monuments from diverse cultural and historical spheres, students acquire a foundational knowledge of artistic cultures and an understanding of their distinctiveness. Students also develop a preliminary facility for looking at artworks and interpreting them in ways that are methodical, purposeful and informed.

Attention is paid to relationships between language and visuality by employing interpretive strategies such as: the consideration of material and form, the role of description and analysis in interpretation, familiarity with precedents and models for interpretation alongside the practice of writing. Seeing, reading and writing are the formative processes in this programme.

This Minor is a complement to SoH degrees and to degree programmes such as Chinese Studies, English, Sociology, Communications, Psychology and History. The Minor offers new stimulating perspectives on the world for Natural Science, Engineering and Business students.


Minor in Art History Curriculum (AY2021 Intake and Before)

 

Current Curriculum

 

Compulsory Cores (6 AUs)

  • DD1003 Introduction to Histories of Art I: Western Art History
  • DD1004 Introduction to Asian Art Histories

ADM students who wish to do a Minor in Art History will take HR1001 and HR2001 in replacement of DD1003 and DD1004 (Already taken as Core for ADM students).

     


    3 Prescribed Electives (9 AUs)

    Students can take 3 electives from any category including inter-major prescribed electives.

    The full list of MPE courses can be found here.