Overview
The Art History program at the University of California, Riverside offers interdisciplinary training across the history of art and architecture from the Middle Ages to the present, with a strong focus on the history of photography, sculpture and architecture.
It concentrates on areas of cross-cultural exchange, cross-disciplinary discourse, and significant internal developments in the early modern and Renaissance period to the present in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
What you will learn
The curriculum is divided into three broad areas of study: pre-modern, early-modern, and modern/contemporary. Students are expected to take courses in a range of historical periods and cultural traditions within and outside their area of specialization.
The program supports interdisciplinary study within the department and in conjunction with other departments, including Comparative Literature, English, Dance, History, Anthropology, Media and Cultural Studies, and Religious Studies.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- The Body in Western Art: Antiquity to Present
- Berlin Metropolis in Literature, Film, Music, and Art
- Illustrations and Illuminations: the Arts of the Book in the Islamic World
- Postmedia Art
- History of Experimental Cinema
- The Gothic Cathedral in its Urban Context
- The Medieval Pilgrimage and the Art of Romanesque France
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
- Students entering without an MA in art history or a closely related field must earn 26 units (quarter credits); 24 units for those entering with an MA.
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Disciplines
Art History View 37 other PhDs in Art History in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants may apply to the program after completing a BA or an MA in art history or a related discipline.
All applicants submit the following:
- Statement of Purpose
- Personal History Statement
- At least three (3) Letters of Recommendation
- Unofficial Transcripts from all postsecondary schools attended
- Graduate Division Supplemental Fellowship Information Form
- Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- A Writing Sample not to exceed 20 pages (one sample of approximately 20 pages, or 2-3 shorter samples totaling approximately 20 pages, references and images excluded)
Tuition Fee
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International
19048 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9524 USD per semester during 48 months. -
National
19048 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9524 USD per semester during 48 months. -
In-State
8980 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4490 USD per semester during 48 months.
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