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Art History & Visual Culture

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LocationEmail AddressProgram Website
Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts (GCFA), rm. 255dburns@yorku.cayorku.ca/gradstudies/ahvc/

The Graduate Program offers a master’s degree and PhD in Art History & Visual Culture and is designed to meet contemporary Canadian needs in the areas of art and architectural history, art criticism, and the gallery and museum field. The specific fields of study available in the PhD are Canadian art, architectural studies, curatorial and museological studies, and modern and contemporary art.

Students may include a field placement in a museum or arts-related area. The program is bilingual in principle.

Places in the Graduate Program in Art History & Visual Culture are limited so that each student can be individually advised. Students will have an academic advisor who will approve their program and monitor their progress, and a research supervisor to oversee placement projects and the final research paper/thesis.

The MA in Art History & Visual Culture normally requires a minimum of five continuous terms of full-time study. The PhD is designed to be completed within four years of full-time study.

It is possible for students to obtain their Master of Arts degree in combination with a Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies in Visual Culture.

It is also possible for students to obtain their Master of Arts in combination with a Master of Business Administration degree.
Please see the Combined MBA/MFA/MA (Business Administration) section of this Calendar for more information.