Spring 2026 Art History

Location: 302 HH; Phone: (312) 996-3303.

Last generated: Monday, March 09 2026 08:30 AM CDT

NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

AH 100

Introduction to Art and Art History

3 hours. UIC GE Creative Arts course.

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42496LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTR3812BSBReeves, CMeet on campus
26464LCD10:00 AM - 10:50 AMMWF3812BSBAdoff, JMeet on campus
36950LCD11:00 AM - 12:15 PMTR3312BSBReeves, CMeet on campus
22801LCD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTR3352BSBReeves, CMeet on campus

AH 111

World History of Art and the Built Environment II

4 hours. UIC GE Creative Arts course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
13854DIS - AD109:00 AM - 09:50 AMMB102BHArchias, S; Thompson, IMeet on campus
13855DIS - AD210:00 AM - 10:50 AMMB102BHArchias, S; Thompson, IMeet on campus
13856DIS - AD311:00 AM - 11:50 AMMB102BHArchias, S; Chavez, KMeet on campus
13857DIS - AD412:00 PM - 12:50 PMMB102BHArchias, S; Chavez, KMeet on campus
13858DIS - AD509:00 AM - 09:50 AMWB102BHArchias, S; Rushing, SMeet on campus
13859DIS - AD610:00 AM - 10:50 AMWB102BHArchias, S; Rama, DMeet on campus
13860DIS - AD711:00 AM - 11:50 AMWB102BHArchias, S; Rama, DMeet on campus
13861DIS - AD812:00 PM - 12:50 PMWB102BHArchias, S; Rushing, SMeet on campus
13862DIS - AD909:00 AM - 09:50 AMFB102BHArchias, S; Perkovich, AMeet on campus
13863DIS - ADA10:00 AM - 10:50 AMFB102BHArchias, S; Perkovich, AMeet on campus
13864DIS - ADB11:00 AM - 11:50 AMFB102BHArchias, S; Gadbois, HMeet on campus
13865DIS - ADC12:00 PM - 12:50 PMFB102BHArchias, S; Gadbois, HMeet on campus
26684DIS - ADD11:00 AM - 11:50 AMF32272AEHArchias, S; Hossain, HMeet on campus
26685DIS - ADE12:00 PM - 12:50 PMF32272AEHArchias, S; Hossain, HMeet on campus
19877LEC - AL1ARRANGEDArchias, SOnline with deadlines
Online

AH 122

History of Chicago Architecture

3 hours. Field trips required at a nominal fee. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE Past course.

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28592LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMT3122LHGeyer, BMeet on campus

AH 130

Photography in History

3 hours. Field trips required at a nominal fee. Recommended background: Any art history course; any photography studio course. UIC GE Past course.

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39221LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTR3152BSBPutnam, JMeet on campus

AH 160

Trends in International Contemporary Art Since 1960

3 hours. UIC GE Creative Arts course.

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19744LCD12:00 PM - 12:50 PMMWF3192SHMericle, RMeet on campus

AH 180

Intro to Museum & Exhibition

3 hours. Field trips required at a nominal fee. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE Individual and Society course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
39630DIS - AD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMR2092BHJohnson, PMeet on campus
39631LEC - AL12:30 PM - 01:45 PMT2092BHJohnson, PMeet on campus

AH 201

Reading and Writing Art Criticism

3 hours. Recommended background: 3 hours of Art History at the 100-level. UIC GE Creative Arts course.

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31002LCD09:30 AM - 10:45 AMTR3122LHKherdeen, RMeet on campus

AH 205

Roman Art and Archaeology

3 hours. Same as CL 205, and HIST 205. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE Past course.

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13870LCD12:00 PM - 12:50 PMMWF3082BHRos, KMeet on campus

AH 206

Museums and Exhibitions in Motion

3 hours. Prerequisite(s): AH 180.

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37914LEC12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTR32262AEHStewart, LMeet on campus

AH 210

Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology

3 hours. Same as BLST 210 and CL 210. Credit is not given for AH 210 if the student has credit in ARST 210 or CL 210 or BLST 210. Previously listed as ARST 210. Prerequisite(s): Completion of the English Composition requirement; and sophomore standing or above. Recommended background: Credit in AH 100 or AH 110. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE Past course. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Lecture-Discussion.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
30592LEC - AL11:00 AM - 12:15 PMT3812BSBJohnson, PMeet on campus
48917LCD - AS11:00 AM - 12:15 PMR3812BSBJohnson, PMeet on campus

AH 218

Pompeii: Everyday Life in a Roman Town

3 hours. Same as CL 218 and HIST 218. UIC GE Past course.

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35880LCD01:00 PM - 01:50 PMMWF3152BSBRos, KMeet on campus
Pompeii: Everyday Life

AH 219

Art and Architecture of East Asia

3 hours. Same as GLAS 219. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE World Cultures course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
42829LCD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTRB62BHBecker, C

AH 233

History of Film II: World War II to the Present

3 hours. Same as ENGL 233 and MOVI 233. To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion/Recitation and one Lecture-Discussion. Recommended background: ENGL 131 or ENGL 132.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
13880DIS - AD101:00 PM - 02:50 PMWB62BHBurson, H; Neptin, BMeet on campus
13881LCD - AS101:00 PM - 02:50 PMMB62BHBurson, H; Neptin, BMeet on campus

AH 236

History of Design II: 1925 to the Present

3 hours. Same as DES 236. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of Art History at the 100-level or consent of the instructor. Recommended background: AH 235 or DES 235. Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
46106DIS - AD12:00 PM - 12:50 PMRLurie, AMeet on campus
46107DIS - AD112:00 PM - 12:50 PMF24302ADSAnban, TMeet on campus
46109DIS - AD211:00 AM - 11:50 AMR24802ADSLurie, AMeet on campus
22809DIS - AD312:00 PM - 12:50 PMR34502ADSAnban, TMeet on campus
47035LEC - AL12:00 PM - 12:50 PMMWC0042LCCMekinda, JMeet on campus

AH 248

Russian Visual and Material Culture

3 hours. Same as RUSS 248. Taught in English. Prerequisite(s): Completion of ENGL 160; or any 100-level RUSS or AH course. UIC GE Creative Arts course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
35938LCDARRANGEDARR2ONLBenson, B; Gadbois, H; Vaingurt, JOnline with deadlines

AH 253

Topics in Art and Architecture of the Renaissance and Baroque

3 hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register for more than one section per term. Recommended background: 3 hours of Art History at the 100-level.

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34170LCD12:30 PM - 01:45 PMTR3812BSBPollak, MMeet on campus
Home: Early Modern Dwelling House and Home: Dwelling in the Early Modern This seminar will explore the architectural design and interior decoration of the house between 1450 and 1750 in western European practice. Although few actual objects survive from the period, the visual record -- in the form of drawings, prints, buildings, and paintings -- offers abundant clues for an exploration of privacy and the role of art in the home.

AH 259

Art in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution

3 hours. Field trip required at a nominal fee. Recommended background: AH 111. UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE Past course.

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43320LCD11:00 AM - 12:15 PMTR3352BSBDubin, NMeet on campus

AH 263

Latin American Colonial Art

3 hours. Same as LALS 263. Prerequisite(s): Three hours of art history at the 100 level, or consent of the instructor. Honors, UIC GE Creative Arts, and UIC GE World Cultures course.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
28600LCD06:00 PM - 07:15 PMMWB62BHOrtega, EMeet on campus

AH 266

Topics in the Global Visual Environment

3 hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register for more than one section per term. Recommended background: 3 hours of Art History at the 100-level.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
40710L102:00 PM - 03:15 PMTR1352ARCKherdeen, RMeet on campus
Global Modern Art/Avant-Gardes Global Modern Art / Global Avant-Gardes Riad Kherdeen A survey of modern art from around the world, beginning from the rise of Euro-American imperialism and ending with the age of decolonization. Artists, movements, and exhibitions from across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia will be covered.

AH 399

Collaborative Research

1 TO 4 hours. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): AH 303 and AH 301; and consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
42317CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
40221CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
3 hours
42347CNFARRANGEDFinegold, A
44706CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
43317CNFARRANGEDOrtega, E
3 hours
42569CNFARRANGEDStimson, B

AH 460

Topics in Modern and Contemporary Art

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of modern art and architecture or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
39439LCD10:00 AM - 12:30 PMF52022AEHStimson, BMeet on campus
3 hours POSTCOLONIAL THEORY POSTCOLONIAL THEORY Blake Stimson Beginning with Zohran Mamdanis father Mahmood, this course will focus on a group of postcolonial thinkers working out of African, South Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern contexts who have made careers out of challenging the aging surrealist doxa most recently labeled decoloniality. We will also consider the roots of postcolonial theory in mid-20th century anticolonial thought, Marxism and existentialism, as well as its manifestation in arts globalization and the governments, art fairs, transnational dealers and auction houses championing it. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
39440LCD10:00 AM - 12:30 PMF52022AEHStimson, BMeet on campus
4 hours POSTCOLONIAL THEORY POSTCOLONIAL THEORY Blake Stimson Beginning with Zohran Mamdanis father Mahmood, this course will focus on a group of postcolonial thinkers working out of African, South Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern contexts who have made careers out of challenging the aging surrealist doxa most recently labeled decoloniality. We will also consider the roots of postcolonial theory in mid-20th century anticolonial thought, Marxism and existentialism, as well as its manifestation in arts globalization and the governments, art fairs, transnational dealers and auction houses championing it. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

AH 463

Topics in North American Art and Architecture

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of North American art and architecture or consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
28611LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMM32272AEHLopez Garcia, MMeet on campus
3 hours Visual Culture of Labor Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
28737LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMM32272AEHLopez Garcia, MMeet on campus
4 hours Visual Culture of Labor Section information text: The Visual Culture of Labor in the Americas This graduate seminar investigates the aesthetic forms and embodied practices of labor across the Americas from the mid-20th century to the present. The course examines how work, workers, and labor relations are represented, mediated, and experienced through the lens of diverse media, including photography, film, performance, public art, and digital platforms. We explore the role of the visible as both a mechanism that reinforces labor inequality, precarity, and dispossession, and as an active instrument for challenging these systems by reimagining the social value of labor. The readings in this course employ an intersectional approach, as we examine the intersection of gender, class, race, and ethnicity within local and transnational labor circuits. The course highlights workers self-representational practices as strategies of resistance, asserting the humanity and dignity of workers in the face of systemic marginalization. Ultimately, the course focuses on the visual as a critical space for understanding the complexity of the politics of visibility and the shifting conditions of contemporary forms of labor. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

AH 465

Arts of the Black Atlantic

3 OR 4 hours. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44152LCD09:00 AM - 11:30 AMT32042AEHMensah, LMeet on campus
3 hours African American Art in Museum Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
44165LCD09:00 AM - 11:30 AMT32042AEHMensah, LMeet on campus
4 hours African American Art in Museum Section information text: Modern & Contemporary African American Art in Museum Exhibitions: A History Prof. Lucy Mensah This seminar provides an extensive, historical overview of the cross-impact of African American visual art and museum exhibition practices. Historiographical approaches to the study of museum exhibitions vary in research method, theoretical perspectives, and subject matter. Grounded in case study analysis, this courses lectures and discussions will examine how African American art, as a constantly evolving cultural form with distinct visual idioms, initiated major shifts in exhibition theory and praxis. Critical to this examination will be methodologies borrowed from both Art History and Visual Cultural Studies that help periodize and explain key shifts in African American artmaking and its conflicting aesthetic and thematic principles. Fundamentally, students will explore how African American art has called attention to the ideological nature of the gallery space, the legacy of ethnography and the art/artefact dichotomy in the display of world cultures, and the visual logic innate in exhibition-making that privileges universality/ transparency over specificity/untranslatability. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

AH 466

Material Worlds: Topics in Material Culture Studies

3 OR 4 hours. Same as ANTH 466 and CL 466. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

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38525LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMR52022AEHHarmansah,
3 hours Material Worlds: Topics in Material Culture Studies Omur Harmansah Examines current theories of material culture, drawn from art history, archaeology and anthropology to reflect on technologies of production and social life of things. Case studies will be drawn from ancient, medieval and modern historical context. Course Information: Same as ANTH 466 and CL 466. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago.
38526LCD03:30 PM - 06:00 PMR52022AEHHarmansah,
4 hours Material Worlds: Topics in Material Culture Studies Omur Harmansah Examines current theories of material culture, drawn from art history, archaeology and anthropology to reflect on technologies of production and social life of things. Case studies will be drawn from ancient, medieval and modern historical context. Course Information: Same as ANTH 466 and CL 466. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Restricted to Graduate - Chicago or Graduate Non-Degree Chicago.

AH 483

Internship

1 TO 4 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. May be repeated. Field work required. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
42500PRARRANGEDArchias, S
46055PRARRANGEDBecker, C
42275PRARRANGEDDubin, N
42353PRARRANGEDFinegold, A
42455PRARRANGEDStimson, B

AH 490

Honors Thesis

3 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Prerequisite(s): Open only to seniors. Instructor Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
22836CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
22844CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
22850CNFARRANGEDDubin, N
22838CNFARRANGEDFinegold, A
22842CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
22843CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
22837CNFARRANGEDStimson, B
22847CNFARRANGEDStimson, B
22835CNFARRANGEDVaingurt, J

AH 492

Readings in Art and Architecture History

1 TO 4 hours. 1 to 3 undergraduate hours. 2 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours for undergraduate students or 12 hours for graduate students. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing and 3 hours of Art History above the 100 level and consent of the instructor. Enrollment priority will be given to majors and graduate students in Art History. Instructor Approval Required

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22853CNFARRANGED
34193CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
22854CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
22855CNFARRANGEDDubin, N
34194CNFARRANGEDFinegold, A
22859CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
22858CNFARRANGEDHiggins, H
19855CNFARRANGEDOrtega, E
22851CNFARRANGEDPollak, M
34195CNFARRANGEDStimson, B
22860CNFARRANGEDVaingurt, J

AH 512

Art History Teaching Seminar

1 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated as often as the student is a TA, but only a maximum of 2 hours will apply to the degree. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in the art history program and appointment as a teaching assistant in the Department of Art History. Departmental Approval Required

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13897LCD01:00 PM - 03:00 PMF52022AEHArchias, SMeet on campus

AH 562

Issues in the Art of the Americas

4 hours.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
48920LCD03:00 PM - 05:30 PMM32272AEHOrtega, EMeet on campus
Locating Empire Locating Empire: Landscape Representation and Empire Building Emmanuel Ortega This course considers the myriad ways in which the land is articulated. A main goal is to approach landscape as a verb. More precisely, the articulation of landscape to describe the process of empire will allow us to understand the active role this concept has played in the history of art.

AH 590

MA Paper Research

0 TO 4 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 4 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to Art History major(s). Restricted to Master of Arts.

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19871CNFARRANGEDBecker, C

AH 592

Preliminary Examination Research

0 TO 16 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite(s): Open only to Ph.D. degree students. Only by consent of the Director of Graduate Studies and after all other coursework has been completed. Restricted to Art History major(s). Restricted to Doctor of Philosophy.

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48534CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
44776CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
Departmental Approval Required
27193CNFARRANGEDDubin, N
48525CNFARRANGEDFinegold, A
44721CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
44831CNFARRANGEDOrtega, E
Departmental Approval Required
44754CNFARRANGEDStimson, B
Departmental Approval Required

AH 596

Readings in Art and Architecture

1 TO 4 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
22862CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
26486CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
22872CNFARRANGEDDubin, N
34205CNFARRANGEDFinegold, A
22868CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
35440CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
22863CNFARRANGEDLee, L
34203CNFARRANGEDOrtega, E
22870CNFARRANGEDPollak, M
22866CNFARRANGEDStimson, B

AH 598

Master's Thesis Research

0 TO 8 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
34730CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
Departmental Approval Required
45992CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
Departmental Approval Required
19873CNFARRANGEDDubin, N
45990CNFARRANGEDARR2ONLFinegold, A
Departmental Approval Required
46053CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
Departmental Approval Required
49404CNFARRANGEDKherdeen, R
Departmental Approval Required
45967CNFARRANGEDOrtega, E
Departmental Approval Required
48485CNFARRANGEDStimson, B
Departmental Approval Required

AH 599

Ph.D. Dissertation Research

0 TO 16 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor and satisfactory completion of the preliminary examination.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
44683CNFARRANGEDArchias, S
46932CNFARRANGEDBecker, C
19875CNFARRANGEDDubin, N
46917CNFARRANGEDFinegold, A
44711CNFARRANGEDHarmansah,
49414CNFARRANGEDHiggins, H
44682CNFARRANGEDLee, L
44793CNFARRANGEDOrtega, E
48540CNFARRANGEDPollak, M
Departmental Approval Required
44712CNFARRANGEDStimson, B