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Certificate in Art History

The certificate program will enable students to develop a broad knowledge of the history of art, become familiar with the discipline’s methodology, and acquire training in teaching art history. Graduate students will be able to pursue the certificate program either independently or concurrently with an MFA.

Students enrolled in the certificate program must maintain a GPA of no less than 3.0 in all coursework counting towards the certificate. Maximum time allowed to complete all requirements for the certificate is 6 years from the date of admission to the program.

Students enrolled in the certificate program will be required to complete 21 credit hours of graduate level art history coursework. Of these, 6 credit hours will consist of AD 438, Writing about Art and Design, and AD 537, Teaching Practicum. No independent study (AD 507 Readings in Art History) courses will count towards the certificate coursework requirements. Of the 21 art history credit hours required by the certificate program, 9 can count towards requirements of another graduate degree.  A Qualifying Exam is required upon completion of the program.

Selected eligible elective courses:
AD 407 Ancient Art
AD 417 Medieval Art
AD 419 Gothic Art
AD 427A Early Renaissance Art
AD 427B High Renaissance Art
AD 427C Selected Topics in Renaissance Art
AD 437 Eighteenth-Century Art
AD 447 Introduction to Museology
AD 448 Art of Tribal Cultures
AD 457 Women in the Visual Arts
AD 458 African Arts
AD 467 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art
AD 468 Pre-Columbian Art
AD 477 American Art of the Thirties
AD 478 Topics in American Art
AD 488 American Folk Art
AD 497 A-D Problems in Art History
AD 498 Art Criticism
AD 517 Concepts in Art History
AD 527 19th Century European Art
AD 547A  20th Century Art I
AD 547B  20th Century Art II
AD 557A  History, Theory and Criticism of Graphic Design
AD 557B  History, Theory and Criticism of Industrial Design
AD 557C Topics in Design History, Theory and Criticism
CP 410 Topics in the History of Photography
CP 415 Photographic Criticism and Practice
MCMA 531 Critical Research Methods in Media Arts and Culture
MCMA 550 Introduction to the History and Theory of Media Arts
MCMA 551 History of Media Arts and Culture
MCMA 552 Seminar: Topics in the History and Theory of Media Arts

Other graduate courses with significant art history content are subject to approval by the art history faculty.

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