These courses address specific regions, periods, and topics in a more detailed manner than the broader surveys. In these and subsequent courses you will engage in more specialized art historical scholarship as you prepare and write research papers. The 500-level proseminars are undergraduate seminars for small groups of students that focus on a specific topic. At least one 500-level proseminar is required for graduation. Students generally take a proseminar as a junior or senior, preferably after previous coursework in that area.
Many students take more than one proseminar.
The 600 Special Topics number is generally assigned to courses offered only once or occasionally. 601-602 is the museum course offered regularly by the museum director. All of these research projects require considerable planning before the work is undertaken. If you are going to write a senior thesis you should begin to discuss your plans during the junior year with the faculty member who will supervise it. Grant deadlines for senior thesis and independent projects are in the fall and winter.