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Twin Cities Campus
Art History M.A.Art History
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Art History, University of Minnesota, 338 Heller Hall, 271 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-4500; fax: 612-626-8679)
Email:
arthist@umn.edu
Website: http://www.arthist.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Areas of specialization in the art history master's degree program include: American art and material culture; early modern and Baroque art; East Asian art and archaeology; art and archaeology of ancient Iran, Hellenistic Asia, and the late Roman empire; modern and contemporary art and theory, including film and photography studies as well as 19th- through 21st-century art; pre-Columbian and colonial art of the Americas; and South Asian art and architecture. The master's is the first stage of the linked MA/PhD graduate program in Art History. The department does not offer a terminal master's degree.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
For the M.A. program, a bachelor's degree is required, preferably in art history or a closely related field. Ability and scholarly promise must be demonstrated by a past record of academic excellence.
Special Application Requirements:
For the M.A. program, results from the GRE General Test, at least one substantial research paper preferably in art history, and three letters of recommendation from persons well acquainted with the applicant's research and writing skills are required. In addition, M.A. applicants must provide a detailed statement describing previous experience and academic training as related to the projected course of study and academic goals.
Applicants must submit their test score(s) from the following:
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB).
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan B: Plan B requires
21
major credits and
6
credits outside the major.
The final exam is written.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project:The Plan B capstone project requires two Plan B papers demonstrating the student's mastery of the essential skills of scholarship. One paper is written on a subject in the area of the student's primary concentration. This paper is supervised by the student's academic adviser. The second paper is written on a subject in the area of the student's secondary concentration and is supervised by someone other than the academic adviser. Term papers or seminar reports may serve as the basis for the Plan B papers, or the topic may be the result of independent study. The student and the project supervisor should decide upon a suitable length for an adequate treatment of the chosen topic. The projects will be evaluated and approved by two art history graduate faculty, one of whom is the project supervisor. Both are required to sign the title page of the paper. Upon completion of the Plan B papers, they should be submitted to the graduate studies secretary.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Language Requirement: Reading proficiency in a second language.
A minimum GPA of 3.50
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 1 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
A minimum of 36 course credits (about 12 courses) is required, including at least two 8xxx seminars in art history (in addition to ARTH 8001, and excluding ARTH 8975). A minimum of 21 credits must be comprised of art history in content and be drawn from courses in at least three of the following areas: North American, ancient Mediterranean, ancient western Asia, early modern, East Asian, Islamic, medieval, modern, contemporary, film/photography, Latin American, or South Asian. Of these, three courses must be in an area of primary concentration, two courses in an area of secondary concentration, and one course in a third area. Students concentrating in Western art or art of the Global North must take one course in Eastern art or art of the Global South. Students concentrating in Eastern art or art of the Global South must take one course in Western art or art of the Global North. In addition, students must take 6 credits in courses that do not focus on art history in content. The remaining 9 credits may be either in art history or outside the discipline; these are chosen in consultation with the adviser and the director of graduate studies.
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