Would colleges count a college Art History Class in GPA for admissions?

I think most reported average GPAs are based on a 4.0 scale, which means unweighted. That said, most probably look at both, because weighted and unweighted offer different kinds of information. If your school doesn’t do weighted GPAs, they your UW GPA will be compared to other UW GPAs. For schools that ask you to use their own calculations, then everyone is compared on that scale.