Master of Arts [M.A] [Art History (Concentration in Historical Studies)] From Virginia Commonwealth University

The M.A. curriculum concentrations provide students with a general background in the research methods and teachings of art history in preparation for careers in museums, collections care or arts organizations. It also prepares students for the more rigorous research demands of the Ph.D., which is the required degree for academic and curatorial careers.

Student learning outcomes:

• Students apply critical and analytical concepts, frameworks and methods.
• Students contextualize scholarship in relationship to existing art historical/museological knowledge, discourse and/or debate.
• Students write effectively for audiences of scholarly and non-specialist readers.
• Students speak effectively to scholarly and non-specialist audiences.
• Students demonstrate ability to translate art historical scholarship written in a language or languages relevant to their research.
• Students conduct scholarly inquiry that makes a scholarly professional contribution.