Students choosing the concentration in Art and Culture focus on the analysis, history, and creation of visual media and culture, including art, film, theater, and more.

Requirements for the Concentration in Art and Culture

The Concentration in Art and Culture prepares students for a range of careers or further graduate study, including media work, museum work, teaching, public relations, the non-profit sector, public history and the arts.

Students selecting this concentration complete five courses in the Arts and Culture concentration. Among those five courses, they must choose two of the following:

• MFA 510: Praxis: Visual Arts
• FA 528: Photography Workshop
• FA 540: Drawing/Painting Workshop
• PHI 535: Aesthetics
• WS 520: Feminist Theory: Visual Culture

The remaining three courses may be selected from any coursework listed as Arts and Culture (AC).

All M.A. in Humanities program candidates are required to complete the following:

HUM 510 Methods and Materials of Humanities Research



Plus one of the two thesis options available for M.A. Humanities students. 

The successful M.A. candidate will complete 10 courses while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Graduate course credit will be awarded only for earned grades of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better.