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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; arthist@umn.edu; www.arthist.umn.edu).
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General
Information section of this catalog for Graduate School requirements that apply
to all major fields.
Curriculum—Areas of specialization: American art and architecture; Baroque art and architecture; early modern art; East Asian art and Bronze Age archaeology; Greek and Roman art and archaeology; Islamic art and architecture; late Gothic and northern Renaissance art; modern art and theory, including film and photography studies as well as 19th- through 21st-century art; Latin American art and architecture, and South Asian art and architecture.
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. For the Ph.D. program, an M.A. degree in art history or in a field closely related to the chosen area of specialization is required, as well as coursework or other experience indicating substantial background in art historical methods and knowledge.
Special Application Requirements—For the M.A. program, results from the GRE General Test, at least one substantial research paper 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.
For the Ph.D. program, results from the GRE General Test, an M.A. thesis or a minimum of two substantial M.A. papers in art history, and three letters of recommendation from persons well acquainted with the applicant's research and writing skills are required. In addition, Ph.D. applicants must provide a statement describing previous experience and academic training as related to the projected course of study and academic goals. Ph.D. candidates are urged to contact the director of graduate studies before applying.
Applications for the Ph.D. program (if not previously enrolled in the department) and M.A. program are reviewed in December for admission in the fall. For both of these, the application form, statement of purpose, official transcripts, and official GRE scores must reach the Graduate School by late November (contact the Department of Art History for the precise date). Three letters of recommendation and research paper(s) must reach the department by the same deadline. Internal Ph.D. applicants should contact the department for details and deadlines. All applications for financial aid are due on the same date as the applications for admission.
Key to test abbreviations (GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, MELAB).
 For an online application or for more information about Graduate School admissions, see the General Information section in this catalog, or visit the Graduate School Web site.
College
of Liberal Arts Office of Information Technology Visual Resources Center—The CLA-OIT Visual Resources Center (VRC) is located in 460 Heller Hall. The VRC works with the many departments and centers within CLA to digitize their materials and make them available via an online database
(www.dcl.umn.edu). The center also manages art history's approximately 250,000 slides, 100,000 photo archives, and 400 films, with content ranging from the prehistoric to the contemporary, in architecture, sculpture, painting, and other media, from all areas of the world.
Courses—Refer to Art History (ARTH) in the course section of this catalog or in Twin
Cities Courses on the University Catalog Web site for courses pertaining to the program.
Use of 4xxx Courses—Inclusion of 4xxx art history courses on the Degree Program Form is subject to adviser and director of graduate studies approval. Students from other majors may include such courses subject to their own program's approval.
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M.A. Plan B Degree Requirements | | 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 art historical in content and drawn from courses in at least three of the following areas: American, ancient, early modern, East Asian, Islamic, medieval, modern and contemporary, Latin American, 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 focusing on Asian/Islamic art must take at least one course in Western art. Students focusing on Western art must take at least one course in Asian/Islamic art. In addition, students must take 6 credits in courses that are not art historical in content. The remaining 9 credits may be either in art history or outside the discipline; this is decided in consultation with the adviser and the director of graduate studies. Two Plan B papers are required, the first of which should be completed by the end of the first year of full-time study.
Language Requirements—Students must attain reading proficiency in a second language directly related to their course of study.
Final Exam—The final exam is written. See the department's Graduate Student Handbook (PDF) for details.
Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—For an M.A. degree, a minimum of 11 graduate credits in art history is required for a minor.
| Ph.D. Degree Requirements | A minimum of 54 course credits (about 18 courses) 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; a minimum of 12 credits in a minor or supporting field is required.
Language Requirements—Students must attain reading proficiency in at least two foreign languages. Contact the director of graduate studies for details.
Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—A doctoral minor requires a minimum of 12 credits in art history. | Faculty | | For latest graduate faculty listings, see <www.grad.umn.edu/faculty_rosters/faculty.html>. Key to membership categories (abbreviations after faculty names).
Professor
W. John Archer, ASM
Catherine B. Asher, SM
Frederick M. Asher, SM
*Frederick A. Cooper, SM
Gail Lee Dubrow, ASM
Sheila J. McNally, SM
Steven F. Ostrow, SM
*Robert J. Poor, SM
Leon G. Satkowski, ASM
Gabriel P. Weisberg, SM
Associate Professor
Jane M. Blocker, SM
Michael Gaudio, SM
Robert B. Silberman, SM
Ketherine M. Solomonson, ASM
*John W. Steyaert, SM
Assistant Professor
Angélica Afanador-Pujol, SM
Ritu Bhatt, AM
Jennifer Marshall, SM
Other
Lyndel I. King, Weisman Art Museum, AM
Diane Mullin, Weisman Art Museum, AM
* Not accepting new students.
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