
| Program name: | Art |
| Study Level: | Undergraduate |
| Program leader: | Gvelesiani Mariam Tina Gudushauri |
| Study language: | Georgian |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Art History and Theory |
| Program capacity: | 240 |
| Program permission: | Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is carried out based on the results of the unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011), passing administrative registration and the order of the university presidents. |
| Program goals: | The aim of the bachelor's program is to promote the study, preservation and presentation of the country's rich cultural heritage by training a qualified art historian with appropriate professional competence and practical skills. The program is based on student-centered, complex, interdisciplinary teaching and is aimed at meeting students’ diverse interests and requirements, developing critical and creative thinking, and forming the skills to achieve success in the field of research of works of art today. In order to achieve the goal, the program includes broad knowledge of the field and considers the requirements of the labor market and the employer ensured by the broad humanitarian profile of the program with the included academic resources and training components. The curriculum of the program envisages the mandatory passing of the practical component by the student, which contributes to the development of the skills of applying theoretical knowledge in practice. As an alternative to a minor specialty, the student is given the opportunity to choose a concentration of subjects in cultural heritage management and to acquire specific knowledge (art marketing and management, principles of auctions and international antique market management, legislation related to cultural heritage, the management of projects in the field of culture, the basics of exhibition work, etc.), conditioning not only employment in the field of cultural heritage, but also the development of managerial skills being in high demand in the country today and making the undergraduate competitive in the labor market. Accordingly, a bachelor can be employed in art galleries, scientific-research institutions (Institute of History and Ethnology, National Center of Manuscripts), museums, the National Agency for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, art auctions, other governmental or non-governmental structures working on issues of preservation, restoration or evaluation of works of art or/ and continue studying at a further level of education (master's degree) with a major (art studies) or a related (cultural heritage management, arts management, cultural studies) specialization. |
| Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes: | |
| Learning outcomes: | Responsibility and autonomy The undergraduate:
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| Date of approval: | 11-15-2007 |
| Approval protocol number: | 13 |
| Date of program update: | 09-11-2026 |
| Update protocol number: | 14/19 |
| Program details: | |
| Teaching Process Characteristics: |
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| COIN1515 | Comparative and International Education | 6 | 1 |
| HIST1230 | Introduction to the History of Georgia | 6 | 1 |
| MUSI0011 | 6 | 1 | |
| LAWB1177 | Thinking and Morality | 6 | 1 |
| POLI2260 | Basics of Political Ideologies | 6 | 1 |
| BUSN4433 | Economy, business, management | 6 | 1 |
| HIST1222 | History of Russian occupation in Georgia | 6 | 1 |
| LAWB1195 | Citizenship in the modern world | 6 | 1 |
| LITR1212 | The great Books | 6 | 1 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 6 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| STEM1009 | Great scientific experiments | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0003 | Experiments that changed the world | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0004 | Game theory | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0007 | Mathematics and Civilizations | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0011 | Computational reasoning | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0012 | Biology and Health of the Human | 6 | 3 |
| MATH1414 | Analytical and Quantitative Reasoning | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0005 | Modern technologies | 6 | 3 |
| STEM0010 | Logic | 6 | 3 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 6 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| LAWB1155 | Debates and Critical Thinking | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0002 | Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0013 | Basics of Cyber Hygiene | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0014 | Hiking - Field Practice | 6 | 2 |
| STEM0018 | AI in Everyday Life | 6 | 2 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 6 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ARTS1110 | History of World Art (General course) | 6 | 1 |
| ENGL1214 | 6 | 1 | |
| HIST1118 | Civilizations and Mankind Development | 6 | 1 |
| KART1515 | Special Course in the Official Language | 6 | 1 |
| ARTS1210 | Decorative Applied Arts - Style and Era | 6 | 2 |
| ARTS1212 | Basics of art analysis of the artefacts | 6 | 2 |
| ARTS1217 | 6 | 2 | |
| ARTS2140 | History of Georgian Art | 6 | 2 |
| ARCH2115 | 6 | 3 | |
| ARTS2131 | 6 | 3 | |
| ARTS2237 | Drawing | 6 | 3 |
| ARTS3130 | Christian Art in the Middle Ages | 6 | 3 |
| ANTH3130 | Basics of Cultural Anthropology | 6 | 4 |
| ARTS3217 | The art of the Far East – China and Japan | 6 | 4 |
| ARTS3220 | Renaissance Art | 6 | 4 |
| ARTS3250 | Georgian Monumental and Lithographic Art | 6 | 4 |
| PHIL2210 | Philosophy of Arts | 6 | 4 |
| ARTS3135 | 6 | 5 | |
| ARTS3230 | Contemporary Georgian Art | 6 | 5 |
| ARTS4117 | Georgian Metallic Sculpture | 6 | 5 |
| ARTS3110 | Islamic Art | 6 | 6 |
| ARTS3253 | 6 | 6 | |
| ARTS4120 | Contemporary Art in Western Europe and the USA | 6 | 6 |
| ARTS4116 | 6 | 7 | |
| ARTS4137 | Intership in arts study | 6 | 7 |
| ARTS4240 | Bachelor’s Thesis in Arts Studies | 12 | 8 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 162 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| ARCT2130 | Basics of Architecture Design | 6 | |
| ARCT2131 | 6 | ||
| ARTS1717 | Judaism in Arts and Jewish Cultural Heritage | 6 | |
| ARTS1718 | 6 | ||
| ARTS2757 | 6 | ||
| ARTS3157 | 6 | ||
| GREK2217 | Old Greek language | 6 | |
| KART3228 | 6 | ||
| LATN2217 | Latin Language | 6 | |
| ORST2525 | 6 | ||
| PHIL2130 | History of Philosophic Thought | 6 | |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 18 | ||
| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| ARTS2221 | 6 | 5 | |
| CULT3235 | 6 | 6 | |
| CULT3137 | Legislative basis of cultural heritage | 6 | 6 |
| ARTS2222 | 6 | 7 | |
| ARTS2227 | 6 | 7 | |
| ARTS4221 | 6 | 8 | |
| ARTS3132 | Arts Marketing and Management | 6 | 8 |
| Total ECTS to be taken: | 42 | ||
| Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
| 97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
| 94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
| 91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
| 87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
| 84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
| 81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
| 77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
| 74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
| 71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
| 67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
| 64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
| 61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
| 51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
| Not passed | ||||
| 41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
| <40 | F | F | Failed | |