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2007-08 Requirements for the M.A. in Art History

Courses Requirements

Candidates for the M.A. degree are required to complete a minimum total of 36 credits (including a master's thesis or paper), divided as follows:

  1. Art H 551, "Historiography of Art History" (3 credits), to be taken during one's first fall semester
  2. 12 credits at the 400-level of which 3 credits must be taken in four of the following five areas of art history:
    • African/Asian
    • Ancient
    • Byzantine/Medieval
    • Renaissance/Baroque
    • Modern/Contemporary
  3. 9 credits of 500-level seminars in art history (551, and 596 may not be used to fulfill this requirement); each seminar in this 9-credit requirement must be taken with a different faculty member.
  4. 6 additional credits in art history at the 400 or 500 level; with the approval of one's advisor and the graduate officer, 3 credits of this requirement may be a course at the 400 or 500 level outside the Department of Art History
  5. 6 credits of Art H 600 for a master’s thesis or 6 credits of Art H 596 for a master’s paper. Art H 596 may only be used by a master’s candidate for a master’s paper; all other individual studies at the master’s level should use Art H 496.

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Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2008



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