Program Overview

Art History Master's Degree

Overview

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Art History is a graduate program that enhances your understanding of art and its place within society through research. You'll develop an enhanced understanding of past and contemporary visual art forms, in-depth knowledge of art history methodologies, and advanced skills in art history research. Graduates critically analyze and apply different theories and methods in their investigation of artworks, images from visual culture, or other related materials.

Program Details

• Program Type: Master of Arts (M.A.)
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 2-3 years
• Credit Hours: 30

Requirements

• Tuition & Aid: [Information about tuition and aid is available upon request.]
• How to Apply: [Application process information is available upon request.]

Why Earn a Master's Degree in Art History?

Faculty provide supervision and mentorship in the following areas for graduate study:

• Visual and material culture of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East and the art and architecture of South Asia
• Visual and material culture in the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas from the 16th to the 21st Century
• Historiography, methodology, and theory of art and visual and material culture since 1900

Within these areas, students work with an array of faculty whose interests and expertise intersect on issues such as colonialism, postcolonialism, geography, ritual and spatial analysis, race, gender, and sexuality.

Marketable Skills

• Advanced scholarly writing
• Primary and secondary source analysis
• Critical thinking
• Research design
• Research implementation

Art History Master's Degree Highlights

• Seminars offered by faculty members are interdisciplinary and share methods and approaches found in history, religious studies, literature, geography, gender studies, anthropology, and/or digital humanities, among others, while giving primacy to artistic production.
• The program offers exposure to distinguished scholars who are invited by faculty to provide guest lectures and/or lead discussions/workshops in their courses. These visits are conducted in a variety of modalities.
• In conjunction with the M.A. degree, students may choose to pursue a Graduate Academic Certificate in Art Museum Education, in which they engage in coursework and experiential learning to prepare for a career in a museum and/or cultural management.
• Faculty members explore, contextualize, and challenge legacies of colonialism and other hegemonic frameworks that have shaped the study of art.
• UNT is in close proximity to the African American Museum of Dallas, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Meadows Museum, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
• Our faculty members have been Fulbright scholars and received fellowships from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Newberry Library, and the Terra Foundation for American Art, among others.

Career Outlook

With a graduate-level Art History degree, you can pursue a career as a(n):

• Art researcher
• Gallery worker
• Museum professional
• Teacher at the university level
• Writer or editor for an art publication

Art History Master's Degree Courses You Could Take

• Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean Art (3 hrs)
• Seminar in Asian Art (3 hrs)
• Seminar in American Art (3 hrs)
• Seminar in 18th-Century Art (3 hrs)
• Seminar in Islamic and/or Middle Eastern Cultures (3 hrs)
• Topics in Art History (3 hrs)

Department Information

• Department: Department of Art History
• College: College of Visual Arts and Design
• Location: Art Building, Room 230

Additional Information

• [Information about the university, its location, and its resources is available upon request.]