The Department of Art History teaches students to recognize, speak, and write, analytically and creatively, about art from cultures around the world. It is committed to forging links of knowledge and understanding within a diverse student body, with the greater Hartford community, and with parts of the international art world. The department fosters students? understanding of how art is produced and interpreted, how different cultures develop modes of understanding, and how knowledge of art history can be used in the real world settings of exhibitions, collections, and education.

With these qualities and skills, graduates pursue a variety of careers, including teaching, museum work, archeology, gallery direction, interior designer, art conservation, and supervision of visual resource collections. They are also welcome in most business settings and are prepared to enter graduate school in disciplines as diverse as environmental studies or law.