Earn graduate credit as an undergraduate and complete a combined BA and MA degree in 5 years.
Students in the Art History BA program have the opportunity to earn their BA and MA in Art History in 5 years through our combined 4+1 program. Full-time students accepted into this program may take up to 12 graduate credits at the undergraduate tuition rate starting in their junior year of undergraduate study. These credits can be applied to both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Students pursuing this option can express interest in their sophomore year and must have and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA to be eligible. Interested students can reach out to the Chair of the Art History MA program, Jonah Westerman, for more information.
4+1 Accelerated Art History BA/MA Requirements
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
ARH5101/Proseminar: Method and Theory in Art History, 4 credits (double counts as upper-level BA elective)
ARH5325/Master’s Colloquium I: History and Theory of Modern Art, 4 credits (double counts as upper-level BA elective)
Upper-Level ARH elective from list below. (double counts for BA/MA)
Fall Semester
Spring Semester
ARH5326/Masters Colloquium II: Critical Issues in Contemporary Art, 4 credits
ARH5991/Masters Thesis II, 4 credits
ARH5****/Upper-Level Elective, 4 credits
ARH5****/Upper-Level Elective, 4 credits
ARH5****/Upper-Level Elective, 4 credits
ARH5****/Upper-Level Elective, 4 credits
Upper-Level Electives: (One elective must focus on art prior to 1950, 4 credits each)
ARH3056/5056: Metropolis: Architecture and Urbanism in the 20th Century ARH3107/5107: Art and Controversy, 1863 to Present ARH3151/5110: Craft Revivals ARH3215/5215: Photography: The First Century ARH3251/5250:The Russian Avante-Garde ARH3335/5335: Latin American Art in the Age of Globalization ARH3405/5405: Design History and Theory: 1750-present ARH3526/5526:Performance Art: Reality, Representation and Politics in Contemporary Practice ARH3605/5604: Madness and Modernism ARH3710/5711: Artists on Art ARH3815/5815: Mexican Art from the Revolution to NAFTA, ARH4010/5010: The Avant Gardes ARH4035/5035: Museology ARH4460/5460: Field Trips to New York Museums and Galleries ARH4037/5037: Critical Curatorial Studies ARH4225/5225: Theories of Painting ARH4705/5705: Art and History after 1989