Department of Art History was founded in 1965. It was first named as the Department of Archaeology and Art History. Later in 1988 two main branches were divided and named as Art History and protohistoric Anatolian Archaeology. Finally in 1997 the discipline of Art History became a department in its own right. Department of Art History provides a four years undergraduate program.The main goal of the Department is to promote a well-built vision of art within a history of art framework i.e. education, that is enriched with a broad cultural learning and knowledge. The prospective students are considered as conscious individuals, who believe in the universality of the cultural heritage and show awareness to the conservation and preservation of it. They also have a sense of social justice contribute in raising-awareness to these issues as well as participating in the educational, cultural and moral responsibilities valued by the society.Our curriculum provides interdisciplinary issues on art, art history, and art theory. It also covers methods and tools of art historical research, current topics in social theory as applied to art historical writings, and providing students courses on technical skills like drawing as well. Visual material and comparative examples from different periods and genres are part of the education. The related topics are then studied chronologically, stylistically and from an art sociological point of view. The main geographical settings in studying art history are from Anatolia, Asia and Europe. The prospective students become acquainted with the current research techniques and methods to be used for instance in documenting art historical materials, comprising historical evidence and the like. Our teaching language is Turkish.