exhibition and museum studies curriculum

The full-time, four-semester MA program requires students to complete 48 units.

As a part of the curriculum, all first-year MA students must attend the Graduate Lecture Series, which brings noted artists and critics to campus for lectures, discussions, and critiques.

Curriculum Requirements:

Research and Writing Colloquia 3
Global Perspectives of Modernity 3
Culture Industry and Media Matters 3
Critical Histories of EMS 3
Electives in Art History, Critical Studies, or Topics Seminars 9
Cognates (other electives) 9
Graduate Lecture Series 0
Thesis I 6
Thesis II 6
Practicum 6
Total 48

Sample Schedule

Semester 1

Global Perspectives of Modernity 3
Critical Histories of EMS 3
Cognate (other electives) 3
Electives in Art History, Critical Studies, or Topics Seminars 3
Graduate Lecture Series 0

Semester 2

Research and Writing Colloquia 3
Culture Industry and Media Matters 3
Cognates (other electives) 3
Electives in Art History, Critical Studies, or Topics Seminars 3
Graduate Lecture Series 0
Summer Practicum 6

Semester 3

Thesis I 3
Thesis II 3
Electives in Art History, Critical Studies, or Topics Seminars 3

Semester 4

Thesis I 3
Thesis II 3
Cognate (other electives) 3
Total 48