This degree is offered by the College of Design, which has a unique multidisciplinary structure, blending creative practitioners with experts from various fields. The College is dedicated to visual culture and the built, natural, and social environments through the principles of civic responsibility, environmental sustainability and international understanding. Academic school/college: College of Design. This Bachelor of Arts program in Art History offers a study of the history, theory, and cultural context of visual arts, within a multidisciplinary environment that emphasizes civic responsibility, sustainability, and international understanding.

Career options in museums and galleries, arts administration, art criticism, arts journalism, cultural heritage, education, research, and related fields. The multidisciplinary approach may also open pathways in areas intersecting with design and environmental studies.

The University of Oregon is a leading public research university with high levels of student research involvement and Oregon's only member of the exclusive Association of American Universities. It offers an unbeatable quality of life in Eugene, a top 50 "college town" on the West Coast. The program is within the College of Design, known for its multidisciplinary structure.