Graduate School Question

mathmom
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:35:39 +0000

I can’t imagine applying for a PhD. in art history without having taken a fair number of art history courses, but I don’t think a major would be absolutely required everywhere. A friend of mine who was an undergrad in art history at Harvard said the best thing she ever did was go somewhere else for grad school. It was not that Harvard was bad, but it definitely had an orientation at the time (connoisseurship) that was quite different from Yale’s where there were a lot of people interested in the social context of art. She got a much better overview of the field. That said, Case’s location might act in her favor and a double major, or a minor in art history, might make it an ideal place to attend.