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Degree Requirements

Students must meet all university requirements for a master’s degree.

Required Courses (15 Hours)

  • ART 6615 Contemporary American Ideas and Cultures (3)
  • ART 8805 Art and Society (3)
  • ART 8810 Studies in Art (3)
  • ART 8820 Art Seminar (3)
  • ART 8990 Graduate Thesis (3)

Non-Western Art Selective (3 Hours)

Select one of the following:

  • ART 6521 Art and Cultures of the South Pacific (3)
  • ART 6523 Pre-Columbian Art and Cultures (3)
  • ART 6525 Native American Art and Societies (3)
  • ART 6527 African Art and Cultures (3)
  • ART 6530 Asian Art and Thought (3)

Art Selectives (14 Hours)

Select 14 hours from courses in one of the following areas with advisor’s approval:

  • Art History
  • Painting/Drawing
  • Photography
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture
  • Digital Imaging

Total - 32 Hours

 Admission to Candidacy 
Application for candidacy should be made after nine hours of graduate studio or graduate art history courses have been completed. To qualify for degree candidacy, a student must: 
 

  • complete nine hours of graduate studio or graduate art history courses with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and 
     
  • complete an approved thesis proposal.

More detailed candidacy information is available through the student’s advisor.