Graduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:

Art Historical Knowledge

• Demonstrate advanced specialized knowledge of a specific period or field of art history, including the creative process and related intellectual issues, through a final written thesis.

Research and Analysis

• Research and persuasively analyze/argue an art historical issue and/or theoretical position
• Apply theoretical and methodological approaches to the interpretation of Western art and architecture.
• Conduct independent scholarly research, highlighting a joint understanding of art historical issues and the creative process through a written thesis in the student's chosen area of specialization.

Communication Skills

• Clearly express their ideas through scholarly writing and researched presentations.
• Demonstrate reading proficiency in at least one Western European language.

Professional Readiness

• Apply acquired specialized as well as broader art historical knowledge and research skills in a variety of contexts (scholarly, educational, curatorial, connoisseurial).