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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 Ave S, 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.
The University of Minnesota's doctoral program in art history trains scholars who go on to careers in universities, colleges, museums, and other arts institutions throughout the nation and the world. The faculty’s unique range of expertise allow us to offer specialized training that only a few other institutions worldwide are able to match. Our current faculty and institutional strengths support specialization in the art and visual/material culture of the following overlapping fields: American; contemporary; early modern Europe and the Atlantic world; East Asia; film/photography; Islamic; modern Europe; and South Asia.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
In addition to transcripts and test scores, applicants must submit a writing sample, statement of objectives (personal statement) outlining their current and future research interests, and three letters of recommendation. Please refer to the program website and contact the DGS Art History director of graduate studies for further information: https://cla.umn.edu/art-history/graduate/apply.
International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
Key to test
abbreviations
(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
42
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: See other program requirements below:
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.
At least 6 8xxx-level ARTH credits are required, in addition to ARTH 8001. ARTH 8xxx-level seminars must be taken from at least 2 different faculty members.
A maximum of 2 directed study or directed research courses can be applied to degree requirements.
Language requirement: Reading proficiency in two modern foreign research languages. Additional modern or ancient languages may be required by the student's advisor depending on field.
Required Course (3 credits)
Take the following course:
ARTH 8001 - Art Historiography: Theory and Methods
(3.0 cr)
Major Coursework (30 credits)
Select at least 18 credits from one of the following to satisfy the primary area requirement; 9 credits from another to satisfy the secondary area of interest; and 3 credits from a third area to meet the Global Perspectives requirement. All courses must be selected in consultation with the advisor.
Contemporary
ARTH 5411 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5413 - Alternative Media: Video, Performance, Digital Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5417 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5466 - Contemporary Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8440 - Seminar: Contemporary Art
(3.0 cr)
Early Modern Europe and the Atlantic World
ARTH 5302 - The Image Multiplied: Prints in Early Modern Europe
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5313 - Spanish Baroque Masters: Tradition and Experimentation in Golden Age Spain
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5335 - Baroque Rome: Art and Politics in the Papal Capital
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5336 - Transformations in 17th Century Art: Caravaggio, Velazquez, and Bernini
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8320 - Seminar: Issues in Early Modern Visual Culture
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8340 - Seminar: Baroque Art
(3.0 cr)
East Asia
ARTH 5765 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5766 - Chinese Painting
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5769 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8720 - Seminar:East Asian Art
(3.0 cr)
Film/Photography
ARTH 5655 - African-American Cinema
[AH, DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8920 - Seminar: Film History and Criticism
(3.0 cr)
Islamic
ARTH 5781 - Age of Empire: The Mughals, Safavids, and Ottomans
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5783 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 5785 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8710 - Seminar: Islamic Art
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8783 - Art, Diplomacy, and Empire
(3.0 cr)
Modern Europe
ARTH 5422 - Off the Wall: History of Graphic Arts in Europe and America in the Modern Age
(3.0 cr)
ARTH 8400 - Seminar: Issues in 19th-Century Art
(3.0 cr)
American
ARTH 8520 - Seminar: American Art and Material Culture
(3.0 cr)
Electives (9 credits)
Select 9 elective credits from the following, at least 3 of which must be ARTH credits, in consultation with the advisor. Other courses may be applied to this requirement with advisor and director of graduate studies approval. ARTH 5930 cannot be applied to the Electives requirement.
ARTH 5xxx
ARTH 8xxx
Outside Coursework (12 credits)
Select 12 credits in consultation with the advisor and the director of graduate studies, at least 6 credits of which are not art historical in content.
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3313/ArtH 5313 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3335/Rels 3162/Hist 3706/ |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Afro 3655/ArtH 3655/ArtH 5655 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 5781/RelS 5781 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 5783/ArtH 8783 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3422/ArtH 5422 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | AmSt 8520/ArtH 8520 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3777/ArtH5777/RelS 5777 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3778/ArtH 5778 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -24.0 [max 100.0] |
Grading Basis: | No Grade |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |