Artist Raphael Morghen from the Spencer Museum of Art Collection
 

Graduate


The graduate program of the Kress Foundation Department of Art History awards the M.A. and the Ph.D degrees. Requirements for these degrees have been established by the Department as well as by the Graduate School. This Graduate Student Handbook consolidates information disseminated by many sources in an effort to help the art history graduate student understand the rules and regulations pertinent to the degrees offered.

If a question is not answered here, or if clarification or further explanation is needed, please see a graduate advisor, the department chair, or your Ph.D. advisor. This handbook is designed for the student who has been accepted into the program and provides information in such areas as the requirements for the M.A., requirements for the Ph.D., comprehensive exam and dissertation procedures, graduate school time limits, financial aid, travel funds, procedures for evaluating graduate student performance, and student grievance procedures.


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