Master of Arts

M.A. in Art History

Applicants for the M.A. degree must have a background of coursework equivalent to an undergraduate minor in art history at Boston University, i.e., a two-semester survey course and three additional courses in art history. In addition, two years of college work or the equivalent in a modern foreign language should be completed. Applicants with deficient backgrounds may be required to take additional courses prior to admission to the M.A. program. The time limit for the completion of the M.A. requirements under the regulations of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is three years.
The Director of Graduate Studies serves as the initial advisor for all entering M.A. students. M.A. students may choose another faculty advisor at any time.

A total of eight courses are required. Five of these eight courses must be distributed among the following ten areas of concentration; Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and 18th Century, American, Modern, Asian, African, Islamic or other non-Western. The distribution must include at least one Western and one non-Western course, and at least one colloquium and one graduate seminar.
Of the three remaining courses, two may be in areas other than art history with the permission of the Director of Graduate Studies.

For further information please contact:

Alice Tseng
Director of Graduate Studies

725 Commonwealth Ave, 210C
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Telephone: (617) 353-1458
Fax: (617) 353-3243
E-mail: aytseng@bu.edu