Bachelor of Arts - Art-Art History

Trace the role that art plays across different eras and cultures. Through reading, analyzing images, critical thinking and experiential learning, you’ll learn to contextualize art and the ways it reflects the human experience over time.

The art and art history program recognizes the inherent expressive value of art, its enrichment of the human experience, and the dependence of global culture on visual literacy.

Studying art at Agnes Scott is a unique experience. As an art or art history major or minor, you’ll experience the ways that studio art and art history complement and inform one another. You’ll also distil concepts from many other fields of study—including history, literature, science, anthropology, and social justice. These interdisciplinary concepts will combine to inspire your creative process, whether in studio practice or art-historical scholarship. Not only will you develop technical understanding and hone analytical skills, but you will also learn to think critically, act creatively, and communicate articulately.

Since 1889, Agnes Scott College has empowered students to fulfil their potential through an innovative liberal arts education. We believe in big questions, global perspectives, and leading change. This is a community where the dreamers, the intellectually curious, and the socially engaged fulfil their potential.

Discover why Agnes Scott is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation. This is a home for those who think college should be transformative. Our goal is to open doors for talented students and help them grow as individuals, scholars, professionals and citizens of the world.

Academic Innovation

Our undergraduate experience is defined by SUMMIT, our approach to reinventing the liberal arts education. Every student completes a core curriculum focused on global learning, leadership development, professional success and digital literacy, guided by their own Board of Advisors. Our academic offerings include programs in pre-law and pre-medicine and dual-degree programs in computer science, engineering and nursing.

Our growing number of graduate and post-baccalaureate programs are interdisciplinary, cutting-edge, and designed for professional and academic success. Agnes Scott’s graduate and post-bacc students are driven by curiosity and purpose and are supported by the college’s award-winning faculty.