Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Art History

The Graduate (post-baccalaureate) Certificate in Art History will enable students to develop a broad knowledge of the history of art, become familiar with the discipline’s methodology, and acquire skills necessary for teaching art history. It is open to students who have completed a bachelor’s degree. The student must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at SIUC or an individual holding a bachelor’s degree and admitted to the Graduate School (non-declared). Students enrolled in the MFA program offered through the School of Art and Design may enroll concurrently in the certificate program and apply part of their MFA art history coursework towards both degrees. The program requires students to complete 18 credit hours of graduate level art history coursework, including a teaching practicum.

2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of Bachelor's coursework, 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average). An applicant was awarded a Master's degree at an accredited college/university in the United States and has been in residence in the United States continuously prior to application to SIU (not out of the country for more than one calendar year). You have a minimum of 60 graded (A, B, C) hours of recent coursework completed at an accredited college / university in the United States with continuous residence in the United States prior to application at SIU. Pass / Fail, Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory, or Proficiency credit is not acceptable. The English language requirement may be met by submitting: 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, 80 on the internet-based TOEFL, 6