Regulations on Course Requirements of the Professional Art History Program
(last amended November 5, 2003)

1. The objectives of this program are to promote understanding of the history of the visual arts, to provide students with knowledge and basic academic training in Asian and Western art history, and to prepare them either for careers relating to art appreciation, media, appraisal, and exhibitions or for further academic research.

2. Students from any College within this University may elect to attend a class in this program; students in inter-university programs may also do so in line with this Universityˇ¦s regulations.

3. Students who complete credits in accord with these requirements shall have the annotation, ˇ§Has completed XX credits of the professional art history program,ˇ¨ inserted into their grade transcripts and be issued with a professional certificate.

4. Students may elect to take individual courses in this program, but to obtain a professional certificate they must meet the following requirements:
(1) They must have completed at least 10 courses;
(2) They must have completed four or more basic courses;
(3) They must have completed two or more advanced courses;
(4) No more than three course exemptions are permitted; each course exemption requires the permission of the Instituteˇ¦s Course Committee.

5. These regulations shall go into effect upon
approval of the Instructional Affairs Meeting; the same applies for amendments.

Appendix: Professional courses in Art History are as follows:

Table 1: Basic Course
Name of Course Registration no. Credits Notes
Chinese Art History ZA119 2 Open as General Course
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligrapty ZA111 2 Ditto
History of Western Art I ZA117 2 Ditto
History of Western Art II ZA118 2 Ditto
Art and Material Culture in China AR001 2  
Historical Sites and Fine Art AR002 2  
Buddhist Art AR003 2  
Japanese Art History AR004 2  
History of Contemporary Western Art AR005 2  
History of Christian Art AR006 2  
Renaissance Art AR007 2  
Western Aesthetic Theories AR008 2  
Tainwanese Art AR013 2  

Table 2: Advanced Courses
Name of Course Registration no. Credits Notes
Art and Society AR009 2  
Art Nouveau AR010 2  
Literati Painting AR011 2  
Introduction to Visual Culture AR012 2  
Art and Gender AR014 2  
Comparative Research in Chinese and Japanese Art AR015 2  
Museum Studies AR611 3 Graduate Institute of Art Studies course
Introduction to Film Studies EL233 3 Dept. of English
Film Analysis and Interpretation FR505 3 Dept. of French Language and Literature

 

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Chinese Art History

Pei-jung WU

C2-211

 

History of Western Art II

Fang-cheng WU

A113

 
14:00~14:50      
15:00~15:50  

Art and Gender

Shao-chien TSENG

C2-206

 

Buddhist Art

Pei-jung WU

C2-211

 
16:00~16:50      
17:00~17:50

History of Christian Art

Fang-cheng WU

C2-211

 

Literati Painting

Fang-mei CHOU

C2-206

Western Aesthetic Theories

Ming-ming LEE

C2-206

 
18:00~18:50