UNDERGRADUATE
COURSES

Please visit the Registrar’s website for real-time information including section times, course capacity, etc.

AH 23 Modern Art
Zirwat Chowdhury
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 30 Arts of Japan
Kristopher Kersey
MW / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to art, architecture, and material culture of Japan, from earliest records to present. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M112B Archaic Greek Art and Archaeology
Sarah Morris
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247
(Same as Classics M153C.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 10 or 51A. Study of development of art and architecture of Greek world from approximately 800 through 490 BC. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 119A Western Islamic Art
Lamia Balafrej
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to Spain, 7th to 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M119D Archaeology and Art of Christian and Islamic Egypt
Katherine Burke
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 78
(Same as Archaeology M112, Islamic Studies M112, and Middle Eastern Studies M112.) Lecture, three hours. Culture of Egypt transformed gradually after Muslim conquest in mid-7th century CE. According to material evidence such as ceramics, textiles, architectural forms, and building techniques, it is functionally impossible to separate pre-Islamic Christian Egypt from early Islamic Egypt. Although population may have become largely Muslim by 10th century, Egypt remained Coptic in many senses even to 14th century and retains sizeable Christian minority to present. Survey of archaeological remains and standing architecture of Egypt from 6th to 19th century, charting changes and continuities in material culture and shifts in human geography and land use. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 130 Selected Topics in Modern Art: Origins of Russian Avant-Garde
Natasha Medvedev
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in modern art (post-1780) that reflect interests of individual regular and visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C131C Contemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s
Anna Khimasia
MW  / 9:00 am – 10:15 am / Renee and David Kaplan Hall 169
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 23. Study of politics of representation at end of century, covering dominant strategies and trends in postmodernist art. Concurrently scheduled with course C231C. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 132 Selected Topics in Contemporary Art: Protest and Contemporary Art
Anna Khimasia
MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary art (post-1945) that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH CM141 Colonial Latin America Art
JoAnna Reyes
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146
(Formerly numbered C141.) (Same as Chicana/o and Central American Studies M187B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Art and architecture of colonial Americas from 16th to 18th century. Concurrently scheduled with course C241. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148G Gardens in Chinese Art and Culture
Hui-shu Lee
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. Overview of practice, theory, and representation of Chinese gardens in their historical, philosophical, artistic, social, and cultural contexts through literary writings, paintings, and aspects of material culture. Concurrently scheduled with course C248G. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C149 Selected Topics in Chinese Art: Lecture 1
Lothar Von Falkenhausen
M / 9:00 am – 11:50 am / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Chinese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C249A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 154D Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art: Lecture 1
Saloni Mathur
TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Haines Hall A2
Lecture, Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Topics in modern and contemporary South Asian art from 1900 to present. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Debating Globalization: Chinese Art in Modern/Contemporary World
Hui-shu Lee
W / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Pieter Bruegel’s Cosmos
Gregory Todd Harwell
R / 12:00 pm – 1:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Seminar 1
Stella Nair
R / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 220
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

Please visit the Registrar’s website for real-time information including section times, course capacity, etc.

AH 25 Museum Studies
Saloni Mathur
TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 31 Art of India and Southeast Asia
Lakshika Senarath Gamage
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 147
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Discussion of selection of monuments and objects from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia using key historical, cultural, and religious concepts. Analysis of each monument or object in detail, with their relationships compared and contrasted. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M119C Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
Katherine Burke
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 78
(Same as Islamic Studies M111 and Middle Eastern Studies M111.) Lecture, three hours. From earliest monuments of Islam in Arabia and Jerusalem to humble remains of small Egyptian port, broad focus on archaeological and standing remains in central Islamic lands (primarily Syria, Egypt, and Iraq), Turkey, Iran, North Africa, and Spain. Profound cultural transformations occurred from birth of Islam in 7th century to early Ottoman period in 16th and 17th centuries, which are traceable in material records. Assessment of effectiveness of tools afforded by historical archaeology to aid understanding of past societies. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M127C Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 19^th Century
Debora Silverman
TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 170
(Same as History M122E.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Climates of taste and climates of opinion. Educational, moral, and religious attitudes; art, thought, and manners of time in historical context. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C131C Contemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s
Miwon Kwon
TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 161
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 23. Study of politics of representation at end of century, covering dominant strategies and trends in postmodernist art. Concurrently scheduled with course C231C. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C139C Inca Art and Architecture
Stella Nair
TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours. Exploration of art, architecture, and urbanism of Incas from their empire’s height in late 15th century to their political and cultural fragmentation during Spanish occupation of Andes (1532 to 1824). Concurrently scheduled with course C239C. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 143 Selected Topics in Latin American Art: Lecture 1
The Staff
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Latin American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 144 Caribbean Art
Beth Rosenblum
MW / 12:30 am – 1:45 am / Dodd Hall 167
Lecture, three hours. Cultural history of Caribbean. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148E Art in Modern China
Hui-shu Lee
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 146
Lecture, three hours. Concentrated look at major schools and masters of Chinese art from turn of 20th century to present, with focus on interaction with foreign cultures and issues of self-identity, assimilation, modernity, tradition, and continuity. Consideration of recent developments in Chinese art in global context. Concurrently scheduled with course C248E. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Desert
Lamia Balafrej
F / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Seminar 2
George Baker
W / 3:30 pm – 5:20 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Seminar 3
Gregory Harwell
T / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Sound Art: Histories and Practices
Jenny Johnson
W / 1:00 pm – 2:50 pm / Dodd Hall 247
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

Please visit the Registrar’s website for real-time information including section times, course capacity, etc.

AH 21 Medieval Art
Sharon Gerstel
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online
Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 22 Renaissance and Baroque Art
Bronwen Wilson
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Online
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading.

M114C Classic Archaeology: Greco-Roman Painting
John K.  Papadapoulos
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Broad Art Center 2100A
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: one course from 10, 20, 51A, 51B, Art History 20, or History 1A. Knowledge of Greek and Latin not required. General introduction to study of Aegean, Greek, and Roman architecture, sculpture, and painting. May be repeated for credit with department consent. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 124 Northern Renaissance Art
Gregory Harwell
MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 22. Painting and sculpture in Northern Renaissance. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C129B Dada, 1915 to 1923
George Baker
TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Dodd Hall 121
Lecture, one hour; (when scheduled). Introduction to modernism and historical avant-garde of early 20th century, tracing in detail emergence of Dada avant-garde in its various geographical locales during and after World War I. Visual art, literature, film, and performance addressed, with special attention to invention of series of avant-garde strategies crucial to Dada: ready-made, chance procedures, mechanical drawing, and photomontage. Concurrently scheduled with course C229B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 132 Select Topics in Contemporary Art: Museum Life of Contemporary Art
Glenn Wharton
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary (post-1945) that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C142B Latin American Art of 20^th Century
Beth Rosenblum
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours, discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Mainstream modern and contemporary art and architecture of selected Latin American countries, including both modernist and postmodernist forms, considered in context of social and political concerns, national and international. Concurrently scheduled with course C242B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148B Art and Material Culture of Early Imperial China, 210 BC to AD 906
Lothar Von Falkenhausen
MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Dodd Hall 247
Lecture, three hours. Palaces and tombs of early imperial dynasties, impact of Buddhist art (cave temples), rise of new media and technologies. Concurrently scheduled with course C248B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Géricault’s Anglophilia
Zirwat Chowdhury
T / 10:00 am – 11:50 am / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through art readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit.  P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar:  Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Genre Painting
Gregory Harwell
R / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Dodd Hall 275
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through art readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit.  P/NP or letter grading.

Please visit the Registrar’s website for real-time information including section times, course capacity, etc. 

AH 27 Art and Architecture of Ancient Americans
Stella Nair
Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. Introduction to art, architecture, and urbanism of Americas (North to South) from earliest settlement until AD 1450. Analysis of variety of media within their historical and cultural context. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 29 Chinese Art
Hui-shu Lee / Lothar Von Falkenhausen
TR / 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to Chinese art, covering all major periods from Neolithic to modern age. Presentation of monuments as well as artifacts in variety of media in their social and historical contexts. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 89C Honors Contracts
Stella Nair
Varies
Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to lower-division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.

AH C115F Medieval Paris
Meredith Cohen
R Varies / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Recorded – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 21. Material culture, art, architecture, and history of city of Paris to circa 1500. Concurrently schedule with course C215F. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 119B Eastern Islamic Art
Lamia Balafrej
Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers through Afghanistan and parts of central Asia; Ottoman Empire. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M119D Archaeology and Art of Christian and Islamic Egypt
Katherine Burke
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Recorded
(Same as Archaeology M112, Islamic Studies M112, and Middle Eastern Studies M112.) Lecture, three hours. Culture of Egypt transformed gradually after Muslim conquest in mid-7th century CE. According to material evidence such as ceramics, textiles, architectural forms, and building techniques, it is functionally impossible to separate pre-Islamic Christian Egypt from early Islamic Egypt. Although population may have become largely Muslim by 10th century, Egypt remained Coptic in many senses even to 14th century and retains sizeable Christian minority to present. Survey of archaeological remains and standing architecture of Egypt from 6th to 19th century, charting changes and continuities in material culture and shifts in human geography and land use. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 121B Italian Renaissance Art of 15^th Century
Bronwen Wilson
MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours. Art and architecture of 15th century. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 127A European Art of 17^th and 18^th Centuries
Zirwat Chowdhury
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: one course from course 20 through 31. Examination of art and visual culture of 17th and 18th centuries in light of political and intellectual developments. Special emphasis on effects of royal courts, colonialism, and revolution. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C131C Contemporary Art, 1980s to 1990s
Megan Metcalf
MW / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Online
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 23. Study of politics of representation at end of century, covering dominant strategies and trends in postmodernist art. Concurrently scheduled with course C231C. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 143 Selected Topics in Latin American Art: Cuban Art
Beth Rosenblum
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online
Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Latin American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C151 Selected Topics in Japanese Art: Modern and Contemporary Arts of Japan, 1850 to Present
Kristopher Kersey
MW / 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Variable topics in Japanese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C251A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Afterlives of Art
Meredith Cohen
F / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading. 

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Albrecht Dürer: Painting, Graphic Arts, and Science
Gregory Harwell
R / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Online – Recorded
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Architecture and Feminism
Stella Nair
W / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Debating Globalism: Chinese Art in Modern/Contemporary World
Hui-shu Lee
M / 9:00 am – 10:50 am / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 195 Museum Studies Internship
Lamia Balafrej
Varies
Tutorial, five hours; fieldwork, four hours. Requisite: course C170A. Limited to junior/senior Art History majors. Internship in supervised setting at participating host museum at UCLA or in greater Los Angeles area. Participation in ongoing museum projects and operations, with specific work to be determined by host institution in consultation with faculty mentor. Curatorial, educational, communications, public relations, and development work may be included, as well as assistance at public programs and related events. Students meet on regular basis with faculty mentor and provide periodic reports of their experience. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract with supervising faculty mentor required. P/NP grading.

AH 197A Individual Studies in Art History
Meredith Cohen
Varies
Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: 3.0 grade-point average in major. Limited to seniors. Individual intensive study for majors, with scheduled meetings to be arranged between faculty member and student. Assigned reading and tangible evidence of mastery of subject matter required. May be repeated for maximum of 8 units. Eight units may be applied toward major. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 198B Honors Research in Art History
G. Baker / S. Mathur / B. Wilson / C. Black / S. Nair
Varies
Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: completion of minimum of four upper-division art history courses with 3.5 departmental grade-point average and overall 3.0 grade-point average. Limited to junior/senior Art History and History/Art History majors. Two-term independent research project under supervision of appropriate faculty member, culminating in departmental honors thesis of approximately 30 pages. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

Please visit the Registrar’s website for real-time information including section times, course capacity, etc. 

AH 21 Medieval Art
Sharon Gerstel
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours; quiz, one hour. Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art and architecture. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 23 Modern Art
George Baker
Varies / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. History of modern art from 1860s to 1960s, from Manet and impressionists to pop art and minimalism. Study of origins and social functions, as well as aesthetic innovations and philosophical dilemmas of modernism. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 89HC Honors Contracts
Sharon Gerstel
Varies / Online
Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to lower-division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.

AH 100 Art Historical Theories and Methodologies
Stella Nair
T / 11:00 am – 1:50 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Requisites: three courses from 20 through 31. Critical examination of history of discipline of art history, with studies of various theoretical, critical, and methodological approaches to visual arts. Letter grading.

AH M111 Minoan Art and Archaeology
John Papadopoulos
TR / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Online – Recorded
(Same as Classics M153A.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 20 or Classics 10 or 51A. Study of development of art and architecture in Minoan Crete from circa 3000 to 1000 BC. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M119C Introduction to Islamic Archaeology
Katherine Burke
MW  / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Recorded
(Same as Islamic Studies M111 and Middle Eastern Studies M111.) Lecture, three hours. From earliest monuments of Islam in Arabia and Jerusalem to humble remains of small Egyptian port, broad focus on archaeological and standing remains in central Islamic lands (primarily Syria, Egypt, and Iraq), Turkey, Iran, North Africa, and Spain. Profound cultural transformations occurred from birth of Islam in 7th century to early Ottoman period in 16th and 17th centuries, which are traceable in material records. Assessment of effectiveness of tools afforded by historical archaeology to aid understanding of past societies. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M127C Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe, 19^th Century
Debora Silverman
TR / 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm / Online
(Same as History M122E.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Climates of taste and climates of opinion. Educational, moral, and religious attitudes; art, thought, and manners of time in historical context. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 132 Selected Topics in Contemporary Art: Film and the Radical Aspiration: Postwar American Art and Cinema, 1943-76
Zachary Rottman
Varies / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Changing topics in contemporary art (post-1945) that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated once for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C136A Selected Topics in African American Art: Visual Cultures of Afro-Americas
Katherine Smith
TR / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online
Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in African American art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C236A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 144 Caribbean Art
Beth Rosenblum
MW / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online
Lecture, three hours. Cultural history of Caribbean. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148A Art and Material Culture, Neolithic to 210 BC
Lothar Von Falkenhausen
TR / 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm / Online
Lecture, three hours. Genesis of Chinese civilization in light of new archaeological finds, including sites and works of art (e.g., ceramics, bronzes, jades). Concurrently scheduled with course C248A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C148E Art in Modern China
Hui-shu Lee
TR / 8:00 am – 9:15 am / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours. Concentrated look at major schools and masters of Chinese art from turn of 20th century to present, with focus on interaction with foreign cultures and issues of self-identity, assimilation, modernity, tradition, and continuity. Consideration of recent developments in Chinese art in global context. Concurrently scheduled with course C248E. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C149 Selected Topics in Chinese Art: Economic Miracle of Late Bronze Age China (circa 1050-221 BC)
Lothar Von Falkenhausen
MW / 9:30 am – 10:45 am / Online
Lecture, three hours. Variable topics in Chinese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C249A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C151 Selected Topics in Japanese Art: Graphic Arts of Japan
Kristopher Kersey
MW / 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm / Online – Recorded
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Variable topics in Japanese art that reflect interests of individual regular and/or visiting faculty members. May be repeated twice for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C251A. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Documentary Photography
George Baker
W / 3:30 pm – 5:20 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Emaki: Scrolls and Stories of Arts in Japan
Kristopher Kersey
T / 5:00 pm – 6:50 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Hans Holbein’s Living Paintings
Gregory Harwell
R / 2:00 pm – 3:50 pm / Online – Recorded
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Monuments and Memorials: Disputed Forms
Saloni Mathur
W / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 188SB  Individual Studies for USIE Facilitators
Miwon Kwon
Varies / Online
Tutorial, to be arranged. Enforced requisite: course 188SA. Enforced corequisite: Honors Collegium 101E. Limited to junior/senior USIE facilitators. Individual study in regularly scheduled meetings with faculty mentor to finalize course syllabus. Individual contract with faculty mentor required. May not be repeated. Letter grading.

AH 189HC Honors Contracts
Beth Rosenblum
Varies / Online
Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to upper-division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.

AH 195 Museum Studies Internship
Lamia Balafrej
Varies / Online
Tutorial, five hours; fieldwork, four hours. Requisite: course C170A. Limited to junior/senior Art History majors. Internship in supervised setting at participating host museum at UCLA or in greater Los Angeles area. Participation in ongoing museum projects and operations, with specific work to be determined by host institution in consultation with faculty mentor. Curatorial, educational, communications, public relations, and development work may be included, as well as assistance at public programs and related events. Students meet on regular basis with faculty mentor and provide periodic reports of their experience. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract with supervising faculty mentor required. P/NP grading.

AH 196 Research Apprenticeship in Art History
Bronwen Wilson
Varies / Online
Tutorial, three hours per week per unit. Limited to juniors/seniors. Entry-level research apprenticeship for upper-division students under guidance of faculty mentor. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 198A Honors Research in Art History
S. Mathur / G. Baker / B. Wilson / S. Nair / C. Black
Varies / Online
Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: completion of minimum of four upper-division art history courses with 3.5 departmental grade-point average and overall 3.0 grade-point average. Limited to junior/senior Art History and History/Art History majors. Two-term independent research project under supervision of appropriate faculty member, culminating in departmental honors thesis of approximately 30 pages. Individual contract required. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 198B).

AH 198B Honors Research in Art History
S. Mathur / B. Wilson / K. Kersey
Varies / Online
Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: completion of minimum of four upper-division art history courses with 3.5 departmental grade-point average and overall 3.0 grade-point average. Limited to junior/senior Art History and History/Art History majors. Two-term independent research project under supervision of appropriate faculty member, culminating in departmental honors thesis of approximately 30 pages. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

Please visit the Registrar’s website for real-time information including section times, course capacity, etc. 

AH 22 Renaissance and Baroque Art
Bronwen Wilson
R – Not Scheduled / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Survey of Renaissance and baroque art. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 25 Museum Studies
Saloni Mathur
Not Scheduled / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; museum field trips. General introduction to study of museums in their social and historical contexts. Examination of debates about museum’s role in society through case studies and analysis of exhibitions in range of museums including art, history, and ethnographic museums. P/NP or letter grading.

AH M110D Art and Death in Ancient Egypt
Kathlyn Cooney
T / 10:00 am – 12:50 pm / Online
(Same as Ancient Near East M166.) Lecture, four hours. Ways of death, burial, funerary ritual, and afterlife beliefs in ancient Egypt, as well as in ancient Near East and Nubia, with focus on ancient visual materials–both objects and architecture–from Predynastic to Roman periods. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C115D Gothic Art and Architecture
Meredith Cohen
W – Not Scheduled / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. Art and architecture of Europe in 13th century. Concurrently scheduled with course C215D. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 119A Western Islamic Art
Lamia Balafrej
Not Scheduled  / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. From Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to Spain, 7th to 16th century. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 124 Northern Renaissance Art
Gregory Harwell
Not Scheduled  / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 22. Painting and sculpture in Northern Renaissance. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C128B History of Photography, 1910 to Present
George Baker
Not Scheduled  / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. History of photography in 20th century, with special attention to photography’s entrance into project of avant-garde and its role in formation of postmodern aesthetic. Concurrently scheduled with course C228B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH C131B Contemporary Art, 1960s to 1970s
Zachary Rottman
Not Scheduled  / Online – Asynchronous
Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 23. Study of ambitions and contexts of pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, feminist art, performance, land art, and more. Concurrently scheduled with course C231B. P/NP or letter grading.

AH CM141 Colonial Latin America Art
Charlene Villaseñor Black
M – Varies / 11:00 am – 12:15 pm / Online – Recorded – Asynchronous
(Formerly numbered C141.) (Same as Chicana/o and Central American Studies M187B.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Art and architecture of colonial Americas from 16th to 18th century. Concurrently scheduled with course C241. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Art and Technology
Lamia Balafrej
R / 11:00 am – 12:50 pm / Online
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 185 Undergraduate Seminar: Poussin in Arcadia
Gregory Harwell
R / 1:00 pm – 2:50 pm / Online – Recorded
Seminar, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Selected aspects of art history explored through readings, discussion, research papers, and oral presentations. May be repeated twice for credit. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 189HC Honors Contracts
Charlene Villaseñor Black
Varies / Online
Tutorial, three hours. Limited to students in College Honors Program. Designed as adjunct to upper-division lecture course. Individual study with lecture course instructor to explore topics in greater depth through supplemental readings, papers, or other activities. May be repeated for maximum of 4 units. Individual honors contract required. Honors content noted on transcript. Letter grading.

AH 195 Museum Studies Internship
Lamia Balafrej
Varies / Online
Tutorial, five hours; fieldwork, four hours. Requisite: course C170A. Limited to junior/senior Art History majors. Internship in supervised setting at participating host museum at UCLA or in greater Los Angeles area. Participation in ongoing museum projects and operations, with specific work to be determined by host institution in consultation with faculty mentor. Curatorial, educational, communications, public relations, and development work may be included, as well as assistance at public programs and related events. Students meet on regular basis with faculty mentor and provide periodic reports of their experience. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract with supervising faculty mentor required. P/NP grading.

AH 197A Individual Studies in Art History
Glenn Wharton
Varies / Online
Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: 3.0 grade-point average in major. Limited to seniors. Individual intensive study for majors, with scheduled meetings to be arranged between faculty member and student. Assigned reading and tangible evidence of mastery of subject matter required. May be repeated for maximum of 8 units. Eight units may be applied toward major. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.

AH 198A Honors Research in Art History
K. Kersey / S. Mathur / B. Wilson / Z. Chowdhury / L. Von Falkenhausen
Varies / Online
Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: completion of minimum of four upper-division art history courses with 3.5 departmental grade-point average and overall 3.0 grade-point average. Limited to junior/senior Art History and History/Art History majors. Two-term independent research project under supervision of appropriate faculty member, culminating in departmental honors thesis of approximately 30 pages. Individual contract required. In Progress grading (credit to be given only on completion of course 198B).