Doctoral Program Synopsis (Art History)
Full-time residency requirement: 2 years
Foreign language requirement: 2 foreign languages *
MA Paper/Thesis required: Yes
Minimum number of courses: 5 (15 credits)
Number of courses required outside of the major area/hemisphere: No requirement, but 3 credits out of 15 allowed outside the Department
Minimum number of art history seminars: 4 (12 credits)
Minor area of concentrations required: Yes
Qualifying exams required: Yes; Comprehensive Examination, including written and oral exam
Additional requirements: Dissertation proposal, Round Table presentation, Defense
Dissertation
Number of PhD dissertation readers: 3 (2 required from the Art History Department)
Oral defense required: Yes
Dissertation process: PhD students advance to candidacy following completion of five graduate seminars, two foreign language exams, minor and major area comprehensive exams, and a dissertation proposal. Completion of the degree includes a Round Table presentation of methodology and research in progress, and a defense: a public presentation of the candidate’s dissertation, followed by questions from examiners and members of the audience.
*Courses taken to fulfill the language requirement are not counted toward the required credits for the PhD degree.
Graduate Courses
Seminar areas:*
- ARTH 531 (3/6) Early Medieval Art
- ARTH 533 (3/6) Medieval Art
- ARTH 535 (3/6) Art of the Renaissance
- ARTH 537 (3/6) 17th and 18th-Century Art
- ARTH 539 (3/6) 19th-Century Art
- ARTH 540 (3/6) 20th-Century Art
- ARTH 543 (3/6) Canadian Art
- ARTH 548 (3/6) North American Architecture
- ARTH 551 (3/6) Chinese Art
- ARTH 553 (3/6) Japanese Art
- ARTH 555 (3/6) South & Southeast Asian Art
- ARTH 561 (3/6) Indigenous Arts of the Americas
- ARTH 571 (6) Methodology of Art History
- CCST 500 (3) Seminar in Interdisciplinary Frameworks in Museum and Curatorial Studies
- CCST 501 (3) Seminar in Contemporary Contextual Issues for Museums and Curatorial Practice
- CCST 502 (3) Case Studies in Museum and Gallery Exhibitions
*Not all courses are offered every year.
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