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Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
Art History Ph.D.Art History
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Art History, 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.
Note: The art history program does not admit students directly to the Ph.D. All art history graduate students begin in the M.A. program and are expected to continue on toward the Ph.D. Areas of specialization in the art history program include: American art and material culture; early modern and Baroque art; 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, South Asian art and architecture, East Asian art and archaeology. The PhD is the second stage of the linked MA/PhD graduate program in Art History. All students, whether they have an master's from a previous institution or not, apply to and gain admission through the master's program.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Note: The program does not admit students directly to the Ph.D. All graduate students in art history begin in the M.A. program and are expected to continue on toward the Ph.D. Graduate students who join the program already having completed a master's degree or graduate-level coursework at another institution may be allowed to transfer credits. See the department website for more information or contact the director of graduate studies.
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
18
credits are required in the major.
12 credits are required outside the major. 24 thesis credits are required.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
Language Requirement: Reading proficiency in two foreign languages.
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 54 course credits (about 18 courses), inclusive of credits earned for the M.A. degree, is required. At least 18 credits (about 6 courses) must be in an area of primary concentration within art history, while a minimum of 9 credits (about 3 courses) must be in an area of secondary concentration in art history. In addition, at least 6 credits (about 2 courses) must be outside the field of art history in the minor or supporting program beyond work done at the M.A. level. These outside courses count towards the minimum of 12 credits required in a minor or supporting field.
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