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The Master of Arts in Art program offers two concentrations: art history, and visual art. The program is housed in the Department of Art and Design, which is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

Art history is designed for persons interested in professional, academic, museum studies, or arts management careers and prepares students for doctoral study. It offers a broad-based study of the history of visual expression and opportunities for advanced research projects. Art historians analyze and articulate the meaning and form of human experience as embodied in works of art. The field encompasses the world of art and architecture as it exists today and has been understood visually and verbally in the past.

Program Requirements

All students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA. Only twelve hours at the 5000 level may count toward the degree; all remaining hours must be 7000-level. Grades of “incomplete” are discouraged, and students with one or more “incompletes” may be restricted in the number of hours they may take in a subsequent semester. An Advancement to Candidacy Examination or Critique is required. Students are also expected to participate regularly in special seminars and workshops and to attend lectures and gallery openings organized by the department.

Art History (ARHA)

The art history concentration requires 30 graduate credit hours, including 5300 Studies in the History of Art; 9 additional 5000-level art history lecture hours; 3 hours each in Renaissance and Baroque, 18th- and 19th-century, and 20th-century art; 6 approved elective hours; and a thesis with oral defense.

The thesis topic must be selected before completing 21 hours and must be approved by the thesis advisor and program coordinator before it is submitted to the Graduate School dean. The thesis must demonstrate the candidate’s capacity for high-level, independent research. In addition, it must conform to the deadlines, requirements, and standards of the Department of Art and Graduate School. Thesis regulations are available from the program coordinator. Students who intend to complete degree requirements during the summer must anticipate professional absences for at least part of the summer.