The University of Arizona offers degrees in Art History at the Undergraduate and Graduate levels and a Certificate Program in Museum Studies.


The Art History faculty offers a broad range of specialties as well as diverse methodological and theoretical approaches. Students are encouraged to develop advanced research skills and originality of thought as well as a thorough knowledge of the history of art.

Areas of concentration include:

  • African/African Diaspora/African American
  • American
  • Early Modern Europe
  • History of Photography
  • Latin American
  • Medieval
  • Modern and Contemporary
  • Native American
  • Pre-Columbian

The University of Arizona offers significant interdisciplinary resources, including: Africana Studies; American Indian Studies; Classics; Group for Early Modern Studies; Latin American Studies; Near Eastern Studies; Reformation and Renaissance Studies; and Women's Studies.


Students may take advantage of important institutional resources on campus, such as: The Center for Creative Photography; The University of Arizona Museum of Art; the Arizona State Museum; and, the University Library system.

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