Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30, or 36 if the optional concentration in Arts Management is pursued
Required Courses:
MA with a Focus on Research
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Course | ||
| 础搁罢贬听5601 | Historiography of Art History 1 | 3 |
| Electives 2 | 12 | |
| Art History Distribution Courses | ||
| In at least three distribution areas, select a total of four courses from the following: | 12 | |
| Earliest to 1400 | ||
础搁罢贬听5510 | Topics in Ancient Art | |
础搁罢贬听5520 | Topics in Medieval Art | |
础搁罢贬听5621 | Archeological Program | |
础搁罢贬听8610 | Seminar in Ancient Art | |
础搁罢贬听8620 | Seminar in Medieval Art | |
础搁罢贬听9183 | Archaeological Program | |
| 1400-1800 | ||
础搁罢贬听5530 | Topics in Renaissance Art | |
础搁罢贬听5540 | Topics in Early Modern Art | |
础搁罢贬听5630 | Topics in Renaissance Art II | |
础搁罢贬听8630 | Problems in Renaissance Art | |
础搁罢贬听8635 | Problems in Northern Renaissance Art | |
础搁罢贬听8640 | Seminar in Global Baroque Art | |
| 1800-Present | ||
础搁罢贬听5097 | Graduate Design: Graduate Design Theory | |
础搁罢贬听5350 | Topics in Arts Administration | |
础搁罢贬听5351 | Introduction to Arts Management Practice: Mission, Values and Community | |
础搁罢贬听5370 | Topics in Contemporary Art | |
础搁罢贬听5403 | History of Modern Crafts and Design | |
础搁罢贬听5405 | History of Photography | |
础搁罢贬听5460 | Topics in Contemporary Art | |
础搁罢贬听5550 | Topics in 19th-Century Art | |
础搁罢贬听5560 | Topics in 20th-Century Art | |
础搁罢贬听5660 | Topics in Modern and Contemporary Art | |
础搁罢贬听5665 | Modern and Contemporary Art in Latin America | |
础搁罢贬听5670 | Topics in Contemporary Art | |
础搁罢贬听8401 | Text + Image: Framing the Modern Illustrated Book | |
础搁罢贬听8402 | Introduction to Critical Thinking and Practice | |
础搁罢贬听8460 | Seminar in Contemporary Art | |
础搁罢贬听8470 | Seminar in Modern Art | |
础搁罢贬听8475 | Seminar in 19th-Century Art | |
础搁罢贬听8480 | Seminar in Early Modern Art | |
础搁罢贬听8500 | Seminar in Arts Management | |
础搁罢贬听8560 | Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Art | |
础搁罢贬听8660 | Seminar in 20th-Century Art | |
础搁罢贬听8665 | Seminar in 21st-Century Art | |
础搁罢贬听8872 | Arts Management Capstone | |
| Transhistorical | ||
础搁罢贬听5408 | The History of Printmaking and Print Culture | |
| Research Course | ||
| 础搁罢贬听9995 | Research for Qualifying Paper | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
- 1
Upon admission to the MA program, students are expected to complete 础搁罢贬听5601 during their first Fall term.
- 2
With approval from the Graduate Director, 6 credits of electives may be taken outside of Art History.
OR MA with Optional Concentration in Arts Management
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| 础搁罢贬听5351 | Introduction to Arts Management Practice: Mission, Values and Community | 3 |
| 础搁罢贬听5601 | Historiography of Art History 1 | 3 |
| Art History Electives | 9 | |
| Open Electives | 12 | |
| Culminating Courses | ||
| 础搁罢贬听8872 | Arts Management Capstone | 3 |
| 础搁罢贬听9585 | Internship Seminar | 3 |
| 础搁罢贬听9586 | Internship Seminar | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
- 1
Upon admission to the MA program, students are expected to complete 础搁罢贬听5601 during their first Fall term.
Language Examination: All MA students must demonstrate a reading knowledge of one foreign language.
Culminating Events:
Qualifying Paper:
For the research-focused master's degree, students enroll in 础搁罢贬听9995. The qualifying paper engages the student in acquiring an understanding of how to conduct research using primary and secondary sources; a knowledge of art history that is rooted in historical, cultural, stylistic and ethical analysis; and the skills to write critical evaluations of artwork in their historical, cultural and stylistic contexts.
Selection of the research project requires the approval of the student鈥檚 primary advisor, who is chosen by the end of a student's first year of study. The primary advisor guides the student in writing the qualifying paper, which is to be 25-30 pages in length. The qualifying paper entails rethinking, elaboration and expansion of a research project already composed for a class, with the addition of concentrated research time and/or a different methodological framework to extend the scope of the paper, producing a product that contains original work. The qualifying paper requires the approval of two readers.
Internship:
The Arts Management concentration requires 6 credits of internship supervised by the Arts Management Concentration Advisor. Three of these credits are taken in the second academic term of study, and three credits are taken in the last academic term concurrent with the required capstone class.