Art History - The University of Alabama

Art History from The University of Alabama is a Campus Master Art History degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The joint MA Degree in Art History builds upon the combined resources of Alabama's two premier institutions of higher learning: the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Students enroll on one of the two campuses and take the majority of their courses on that campus, but they also take six hours of art history on the other campus. In the pursuance of the degree, students have access to the library holdings (including in the visual arts) of both campuses. An art history symposium offered each year on alternating campuses provides the students in the program with an opportunity to present a formal paper in an informal setting. A highlight of the annual colloquium is the visit by a renowned art historian who participates by meeting the students and discussing the papers. The MA degree in Art History is an appropriate terminal degree for positions that are open in museums, galleries, libraries, and archives, and in the fields of teaching at the junior college level. Graduates of the program have secured positions in area museums, including the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Montgomery Museum of Arts and the Mobile Arts Museum, and as visual arts curators and teachers of art history in area colleges and universities, including Livingston College, Shelton State College, and Jefferson State College. Students interested in pursuing a teaching career at the University level are encouraged to continue their study of art history in a doctoral program offered by another institution. Graduates of the Joint MA program in Art History have been accepted into the PhD programs of Rochester University, Emory University, Kansas University, and Florida State University. View more details on The University of Alabama . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Art History courses.