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Program Information

The School of Art & Art History offers graduate programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Minimum requirements for these degrees are available in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog. For complete details of the M.A. and Ph.D. degree requirements, see the Director of Graduate Studies—Art History. Art History students may participate in courses offered by the State University System’s programs in Paris, London, and Florence. Other study-abroad programs may be approved by the director of graduate studies.

For the M.A. degree, the School offers areas of emphasis in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance/Baroque, Modern, and non-Western art history (including African, Asian, and Oceanic). A minimum of 36 credit hours is required:

Course List
Code Title Credits
Required Courses
ARH 5816Methods of Research and Bibliography3
ARH 6971Research for Master's Thesis6
Required Coursework
Coursework6
Select a graduate seminar in each of the following areas12
Ancient
Renaissance/Baroque
Modern/Contemporary
Non-West
Select 9 credits in related areas with the graduate program adviser’s approval9
Total Credits36

Reading proficiency in a foreign language appropriate to the major area of study must be demonstrated before thesis research is begun. Language courses cannot apply toward degree credit. 

For the Ph.D. degree, the School offers the same areas of specialization as for the M.A. degree. Up to 30 credits from the M.A. degree may apply toward the 90 credit Ph.D. degree. A program of 60 credit hours beyond the M.A. degree is required. Core courses will consist of a minimum of 30 hours in art history:

 

  • 18 hours in a primary area (5000-level or above)
  • 9 hours in a secondary area (5000-level or above)
  • 3 hours of theory/methodology of art history (if ARH 5816 Methods of Research and Bibliography (3 cr.) or its equivalent has not been taken as part of the M.A.)
  • An additional 12 hours of outside electives taken in other schools or departments are required in a discipline(s) related to the primary area of study
  • Finally, 27 hours of dissertation research and writing is required.

By the end of the second semester or equivalent full-time study, students should form their supervisory committee that must include a minimum of four Graduate Faculty members; one of whom must agree to serve as primary dissertation adviser and supervisory committee chair. The supervisory committee will also act as the qualifying examination committee. Normally students will take the qualifying examination during the spring term of the third year in residence. The examination is both written and oral. It will cover the major and minor art history areas of emphasis as well as the student’s preliminary formulation of a dissertation topic and provisional statement of the approaches to that topic as expressed in the dissertation prospectus. On successful completion of the qualifying examination, the approval by the supervisory committee of the dissertation prospectus, and fulfilling all other course and language requirements, the student makes formal application for a change of status to Ph.D. candidacy. Normally, a student will be expected to present the completed dissertation and defend it at an oral defense conducted by the supervisory committee by the end of the sixth year in the program. For Ph.D. students, reading knowledge of two research languages other than English must be demonstrated by the end of the second year of course work, or by the end of the first semester in the case of transfer students. Language courses are not applicable toward degree credit.

For more information, please see our website: http://arts.ufl.edu/academics/art-and-art-history.

Degrees Offered with a Major in Art History

  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Master of Arts

Requirements for these degrees are given in the Graduate Degrees section of this catalog.

School of Art and Art History Departmental Courses

Course List by Depts
Code Title Credits
ARE 6049History of Teaching Art3
ARE 6148Curriculum in Teaching Art3
ARE 6246CPrinciples of Teaching Art3
ARE 6247CTeaching Art: The Study of Practice3
ARE 6386Teaching Art in Higher Education3
ARE 6641Issues in Art Education3
ARE 6746Methods of Research in Art Education3
ARE 6905Individual Study1-5
ARE 6910Capstone Project3
ARE 6933Special Topics in Art Education1-3
ARE 6944Internship in Teaching Art3
ARE 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15
ARE 6973Individual Project1-10
ARH 5420Art in the Age of Revolution3
ARH 5527Arts of Central Africa3
ARH 5528Art of West Africa3
ARH 5529Clothing and Textiles in Africa3
ARH 5655Indigenous American Art3
ARH 5667Colonial Andean Art3
ARH 5816Methods of Research and Bibliography3
ARH 5877Gender, Representation, and the Visual Arts: 1600-19003
ARH 5905Individual Study1-6
ARH 6141Greek Art Seminar3
ARH 6292Medieval Art Seminar3
ARH 6394Renaissance Art Seminar3
ARH 6422Beginnings of Modernism. Realism to Post-Impressionism 1848-18903
ARH 6477Eighteenth-Century European Art Seminar3
ARH 6481Contemporary Art Seminar3
ARH 6496Modern Art Seminar3
ARH 6596Chinese Art Seminar3
ARH 6597African Art Seminar3
ARH 6654Pre-Columbian Art Seminar3
ARH 6666Colonial Latin American Art Seminar3
ARH 6696American Art Seminar3
ARH 6797Museum Education3
ARH 6836Exhibitions Seminar3
ARH 6895Collections Management Seminar3
ARH 6900Independent Study in Museology1-6
ARH 6910Supervised Research1-5
ARH 6911Advanced Study3-4
ARH 6914Independent Study in Ancient Art History3-4
ARH 6915Independent Study in Medieval Art History3-4
ARH 6916Independent Study in Renaissance and Baroque Art History3-4
ARH 6917Independent Study in Modern Art History3-4
ARH 6918Independent Study in Non-Western Art History3-4
ARH 6930Special Topics in Museology3
ARH 6931Seminar in Curatorial Studies3
ARH 6938Seminar in Museum Studies3
ARH 6941Supervised Internship1-6
ARH 6946Museum Practicum1-6
ARH 6948Gallery Practicum1-6
ARH 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15
ARH 7979Advanced Research1-12
ARH 7980Research for Doctoral Dissertation1-15
ART 5674CDigital Fabrication3
ART 5905CDirected Study1-5
ART 5930CSpecial Topics3
ART 6410CPrintmaking Seminar: Mastering Process and Content3
ART 6411CPrintmaking Seminar: Transformation and Change3
ART 6412CPrintmaking Seminar: Ideation, Studies, and Completed Works3
ART 6413CPrintmaking Seminar: Interdisciplinary Studio3
ART 6671CAdvanced Experiments in Digital Art3
ART 6672Hypermedia3
ART 6673CVideo Art3
ART 6675CDigital Art and Animation3
ART 6691Digital Art Studio4
ART 6794CVessel Aesthetic 13
ART 6795CVessel Aesthetic 23
ART 6797CCeramic Sculpture 23
ART 6835CResearch in Methods and Materials of the Artist3-4
ART 6849CReactive Environments3
ART 6897Professional Practices for the Visual Artist3
ART 6910CSupervised Research1-5
ART 6925CArt + Technology Workshop3
ART 6926CAdvanced Study I2-4
ART 6927CAdvanced Study II2-4
ART 6928CAdvanced Study III2-4
ART 6929CAdvanced Study IV2-4
ART 6933Area Methods: Rotating Topics1-4
ART 6971Research for Master's Thesis1-15
ART 6973CIndividual Project1-10
DIG 5930Special Topics3
DIG 6746CGraduate Seminar in Sensors and Electronics3
GRA 6930Seminar: Rotating Topics3
GRA 6931CResearch and Practice3
GRA 6944Practicum1-6
GRA 6973Project in Lieu of Thesis1-9
IDC 6505CProgramming for Artists3

College of the Arts Courses

Course List by College
Code Title Credits
HUM 5357Creativity and Health: Foundations of the Arts in Medicine3
HUM 5595Arts in Medicine in Practice3
HUM 6308Arts and Compassion3
HUM 6350The Art of Self-Care3
HUM 6352Art and Design in the Environment of Care3
HUM 6353Arts in Medicine Professional Seminar3
HUM 6354Arts in Medicine Advanced Professional Seminar3
HUM 6355Arts in Medicine Summer Intensive3
HUM 6358Arts in Medicine Capstone Proposal2
HUM 6359Arts in Medicine Capstone3
HUM 6365Collaborating Across Disciplines: The Arts Therapies3
HUM 6375The Arts and Human Development3
HUM 6596Arts in Medicine Capstone4
HUM 6597Research and Evaluation in Arts in Medicine3
HUM 6886Coding and Narrative Analysis in Arts in Health2
HUM 6930Special Topics in Fine Arts1-3
HUM 6942Arts in Medicine Graduate Practicum3
HUM 6944Arts in Action: Consulting Project in Performing Arts Management3
THE 6933Arts and Public Health Professional Seminar3

Art History (PHD)

SLO 1     Knowledge        
Identifies, describes, and explains the historiography, methodology, and theory of art

SLO 2     Skills     
Selects area of specialization and identifies scholarly resources for original advanced art historical research

SLO 3     Professional Behavior   
Produces written scholarly research that conforms to academic publishing conventions

SLO 4     Skill       
Verbally describes thesis research, relevant historiography, and theory

Art history (MA)

SLO 1     Knowledge        
Recalls and describes historiography, methodology, and theory of art

SLO 2     Skills     
Identifies a thesis project that contributes to the state of the field

SLO 3     Professional Behavior   
Produces written scholarly research that synthesizes the primary and secondary source materials

SLO 4     Skills     
Student is engaging primary and secondary resource materials

SLO 5     Professional Behavior   
Student verbally communicates the claims of the thesis

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