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The history of the visual arts is one of the broadest based disciplines in the liberal arts education, encompassing the entire history of human activity in visual expression of all cultures from prehistory through the 20th century. The Art History program at Wayne State provides a core training in the monuments of art history, the techniques and methods applied to the analysis of visual expression, the historical cultures which created the works of art and the art historical scholarship that has investigated the creation and meaning of these works. Art History majors may apply their training to research, teaching, exhibition and the coordination or arts management at universities and colleges, museums, art galleries, art organizations and art funding agencies.