University of Illinois - Chicago

DEGREE OFFERED
M.A. in Art History, PhD. in Art History

AREAS OF STUDY
Pre-Columbian, Native American, Asian, African, African Diaspora, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th-Century European, Modern, American, Urbanism, Theory and Criticism

FACULTY IN ART HISTORY†PROGRAM
Professors
Ellen T. Baird
Ph.D., Art History, University of New Mexico
Pre-Columbian, later Latin American, Art and Architecture

Robert Bruegmann
Ph.D., Art History, University of Pennsylvania
Modern and Contemporary Architecture

Peter Hales
Ph.D., American Studies, Universiy of Texas at Austin
Photography, American Urbanism

Victor Margolin
Ph.D., Design History, Union Graduate School
Industrial and Graphic Design, Modern

Martha Pollak
Ph.D., History, Theory and Criticism of Art, Architecture and Urban Form, MIT
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture

David Sokol, Emeritus†
Ph.D., American Civilization, New York University
American Art, Museology

Associate Professors
Donald Ehresmann, Emeritus
Ph.D., Art History, New York University
Medieval Art and Architecture

Hannah Higgins
Ph.D., Art History, University of Chicago
Modern and Contemporary Art

Virginia Miller
Ph.D., Art History, University of Texas, Austin
Pre-Columbian, Native American, African Art and Architecture

Robert Munman
Ph.D., Art History, Harvard University
Renaissance and Baroque Art

Assistant Professor
Deborah Fausch
Ph.D. Architecture, Princeton University
Modern Architecture

Woodman Taylor
PhD., Art History, University of Chicago
Southeast Asian Art, Islamic Art

Krista Thompson
Ph.D., African Diaspora Art and Cultural Studies, Emory University
African and African Diaspora Art

Adjunct Professors

Sander Gilman (UIC Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Medicine)
Ph.D., Tulane University
Jewish Studies, Gender Studies, Psychoanalysis, Cultural Studies

Clark Hulse (Dean Graduate College)
Ph.D., The Claremont Graduate University
Visual Theory, Literature and the Visual Arts

Judith Russi Kirshner (Dean, College of Architecture and the Arts)
M.A., Art History, Bryn Mawr College
Contemporary Art and Art Theory, Criticism and Writing

Sidney Robinson (School of Architecture)
Ph.D., Architecture, University of Michigan
Prairie School, Modern Architecture

Jennifer Tobin (Department of Classics and Mediterranean Studies)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Classical Archaeology, Roman Architecture

STUDENT INFORMATION
General
Applicants: About 30 each year
Openings: About 12 per year
Enrollment: 45 for entire program
Tuition In-state $1391 (0 hrs.) - $4035 (12 hrs. and over) per semester; Out-of-state $1391(0 hrs.) - $8562 (12 hrs. and over)†per semester
Financial Aid: Teaching assistantships (7 annually), university fellowships, tuition wavers
Recent Graduates: 20 M.A.

Requirements
Entrance: B.A. from accredited college, GPA of 4.0 for final 40 hours
M.A.: Minimumn 40 semester hours, 4.0 GPA, 1 foreign language, comprehensive examination, either thesis or qualifying papers

Present Employment of Graduates
M.A.: Architect, Art Appraiser, Chicago Art Exposition (Director), State Preservation Officer, Museum Research Assistant