Art History, Ph.D.

Program Overview

The Ph.D. program in Art History requires 51 credits of coursework, including 24 credits in art history courses, a doctoral minor or certificate, and a dissertation. Students must fulfill temporal and geographic breadth requirements and take a minimum of 15 seminar credits. Graduates pursue careers in academia, museums, galleries, and other art-related fields.

Program Outline

Outline:

• The Ph.D. program in Art History requires 51 credits of coursework.
• Mode of Instruction: Face to Face
• Students must take 24 credits of ART HIST courses.
• All students must take ART HIST 701, Practicum in Art History: Bibliography, Historiography, Methods.
• 6 credits that fulfill the temporal/chronological breadth requirement (3 credits each in at least two of four temporal areas):
• Ancient to Medieval
• Early Modern (Circa 1400-Circa 1800)
• Modern (Circa 1800-Circa 1945)
• Contemporary (Post 1945)
• 6 credits that fulfill geographic breadth requirements (3 credits each in at least two of five geographic areas):
• Cross-Cultural/Diaspora
• Africa/Middle East
• Asia
• Europe
• The Americas
• A minimum of 15 of the 24 credits above must be seminars (three courses typically at the 800 level or above but this includes ART HIST 701 and ART HIST/ASIAN 621).
• All students must complete a doctoral minor or graduate/professional certificate.
• Students typically take ART HIST 799 to prepare for preliminary exams and usually enroll in enough credits to maintain full-time status.
• To achieve the required 51 credits for the Ph.D. degree, students are required to take ART HIST 990 to prepare the dissertation.

Careers:

Graduates of the department teach at the postsecondary level or pursue careers in museum and curatorial professions, private galleries and auction houses, library or archival work, architecture and historical preservation, and conservation.