MA Program in Art History

Admission

The beginning graduate student is expected to hold the B.A. or equivalent degree. The department assumes that any candidate for the M.A. degree in art history will have had undergraduate training in liberal arts, especially in history, cultural studies, literature, and fine arts. The student should have a strong background in art history, typically 18 or more hours of college credit distributed in such a way as to indicate that he or she has the basic foundation for advanced study. If not, deficiencies shall be made up by taking classes that will not count for graduate credit.

It is usually possible for a student who has taken 12 or more hours of undergraduate art history to enroll in some courses for graduate credit while making up the remaining undergraduate hours. Students who have taken less than 12 hours of relevant undergraduate courses are encouraged to register as "special students" or fifth-year undergraduates in order to take the necessary courses. An undergraduate grade point average of 3.3 is required for admission. Only in the most extraordinary circumstances will those with a lower grade point average be admitted.

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