The Master of Arts in Art
Course Requirements for the Master’s Degree: 30 units
Continuous enrollment is required. A maximum of 6 semester units of transfer
credit may be applied toward the degree.
Graduate Time Limit: All requirements
for the degree are to be completed within seven years of the end of the
semester of enrollment in the oldest course applied toward the degree.
See “Graduate Education” in The University Catalog for complete details
on general degree requirements.
Prerequisites for Admission to Conditionally Classified Status:
1. Satisfactory grade point average as specified in “Admission to Master’s Degree Programs” in The University Catalog.
2. Approval by the department and the Office of Graduate Programs.
3. An acceptable baccalaureate (equivalent to CSU, Chico’s bachelor’s in
Art History) from an accredited institution, or an equivalent approved
by the Office of Graduate Programs.
4. Completion of the Miller Analogies Test with a minimum score of 30,
or departmental permission.
5. Submission of two (2) upper-division art history papers and two (2)
letters of recommendation. Complete information on submission dates and
procedures is available from the Art Department’s Graduate Coordinator.
6. Submission of a written statement (minimum of 200 words) concerning
personal intent in or philosophy of art.
Prerequisites for Admission to Classified Status:
In addition to any requirements listed above:
Students must have positive recommendations from the faculty in their area
of emphasis and approval of a majority of the art faculty at the time of
the classification review.
Advancement to Candidacy:
In addition to any requirements listed above:
1. Classified graduate standing and completion at the university of at
least 9 units of the proposed program.
2. Formation of the student’s graduate advisory committee in consultation
with the Graduate Coordinator.
3. Development of the approved program in consultation with the graduate
advisory committee and the Graduate Coordinator.
Requirements for the MA in Art:
Completion of all requirements as established by the department, the graduate
advisory committee, and the Office of Graduate Programs, to include:
1. Completion of an approved program of 30 units of 200/300-level courses
as follows:
Art History Emphasis: 30 units
6 units required:
ART 280 Art Hist: Theory & Res Methods 3.0 FS
ART 399 Master’s Study 1.0-6.0 FS
Prerequisites: Candidate status.
Six units must be selected from each of the three groups.
Group I:
2 courses selected from:
ART 343 Problems in Medieval Art 3.0 FS
ART 345A Prob Renaissance/Mannerist Art 3.0 FS
ART 345B Ital Renais Art 3.0 FS
ART 346 Problems in Baroque/Rococo Art 3.0 FS
ART 352 Problems in Greek Art 3.0 FS
ART 353 Problems in Roman Art 3.0 FS
ART 398 Independent Study 1.0-6.0 FS
Group II:
2 courses selected from:
ART 342A Prob Pre-Columbian Mexican Art 3.0 FS
ART 342B Prob Post-Columbian Mexican Art 3.0 FS
ART 344 Problems in Oriental Art 3.0 FS
ART 347 Problems in American Indian Art 3.0 Inq
This course is the same as ART 247 which may be substituted.
ART 398 Independent Study 1.0-6.0 FS
Group III:
2 courses selected from:
ART 340 Problems in Amer Art History 3.0 FS
ART 341 Problems Intl Art: Contemporary 3.0 FS
ART 351 Aesthetics and the Artist 3.0 FS
ART 371A Prob European Art: 1800-1850 3.0 FS
ART 371B Prob European Art: 1850-1900 3.0 FS
ART 371C Prob European Art: 20th Cent 3.0 FS
ART 398 Independent Study 1.0-6.0 FS
Elective Requirement: 6 units
6 units selected from 200-or 300-level art history or upper-division studio
courses.
2. At least 18 of the units required for the degree in 300-level courses.
3. Not more than 9 semester units of transfer and/or extension credit (correspondence
courses and U.C. extension course work are not acceptable).
4. Not more than a total of 10 units of Independent Study (398) and project
or thesis (399); not more than a total of 6 units of project or thesis
(399).
5. At the time of application, applicants must successfully complete a
written comprehensive qualifying examination which will be evaluated for
content and form.
6. At the end of the graduate student’s program, candidates must demonstrate
the ability to write and communicate clearly through completion and final
approval of a written thesis. An appropriate thesis topic shall be agreed
upon by the student and the members of the student’s graduate committee.
The form of the thesis is determined by regulations described in A Guide
to Graduate Studies: Policies, Procedures, and Format (current edition).
The thesis, evaluated for both form and content, must be approved prior
to the oral examination.
7. In addition to the thesis, all candidates for the MA degree in Art must
also satisfactorily complete an oral examination.
8. Approval by the department and the Graduate Coordinators Committee on
behalf of the university.
Graduate Literacy Requirement:
Writing proficiency is a graduation requirement.
Art majors will normally demonstrate their writing competence through their
completion of ART 280, Seminar in Art History.
Graduate Grading Requirements:
All courses in the major (with the exceptions of Independent Study-398
and Master’s Study-399) must be taken for a letter grade, except those
courses specified by the department as ABC/No Credit (200-level courses),
AB/No Credit (300-level courses), or Credit/No Credit grading only. A maximum
of 10 units combined of ABC/No Credit, AB/No Credit, and Credit/No Credit
grades may be used on the approved program (including 398, 399, and courses
outside the major). While grading standards are determined by individual
programs and instructors, it is also the policy of the university that
unsatisfactory grades may be given when work fails to reflect achievement
of the high standards, including high writing standards, expected of students
pursuing graduate study.
Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in all course work on
the approved master’s degree program as well as in all course work taken
subsequent to admission to conditionally classified status.
Graduate Advising Requirement:
Advising is mandatory each semester for all Art majors.
Consult the Graduate
Coordinator for specifics.
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