Art
Art History &
Design
Five-Year Combined BA/MA in Art History
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Well-qualified Notre Dame students who are interested in earning a combined
under- graduate/graduate degree in Art History will be asked to submit
a formal letter of intention and a letter of support from an Art History
faculty member to the Art History faculty by mid-March of their junior
year. They will be notified of the faculty’s decision by May 1.
Combined-degree majors will fulfill all of the normal requirements for a
BA in Art History as outlined in the most recent undergraduate catalogue,
including the completion of a senior thesis which may or may not serve
as the foundation for an MA thesis. During their senior year, combined-degree
students will also be required to submit a formal application to the graduate
school for admission to the MA program.
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During their senior year, MA applicants
will be required to take a minimum of six credit hours of graduate work
(these will normally be fulfilled by the methodology seminar and a topical
seminar). These six credit hours will also count toward the completion of
a 30-hour MA.
Students who are admitted to the combined BA/MA program will take an additional 24 credit hours of graduate work during a fifth year of study. They will also be required to demonstrate reading competency at the graduate level in a language appropriate to their area of primary concentration. Normally, their 24 hours will be distributed as follows:
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fall semester
(four of the following five):
• Two seminars or courses in Art History
• One seminar or course in a related field (history, literature,
philosophy, etc.)
• One independent study with a member of the Art History faculty
who is designated as their principal advisor and who will oversee
their MA thesis
• A directed museum internship
spring semester
• One graduate seminar or course in Art History
• Six credit hours of research culminating in the submission
of an MA thesis
• Three additional credit hours of thesis research or a continuation
of a directed museum internship. |