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The PhD in Art History program at Rice University trains students for academic research and teaching, curatorial positions, and other careers in the visual arts. Program requirements include two years of coursework and the demonstration of two language proficiencies in addition to English, as well as the successful completion of a graduate research paper, oral and written qualifying exams, a thesis prospectus, and a doctoral thesis. All students entering the PhD program must complete the full curriculum, regardless of the degrees and coursework completed prior to the student鈥檚 admission to Rice鈥檚 doctoral program.

In addition to the traditional degree timeline, the department also offers a Museum Professionals area of specialization, which is designed for students who currently hold professional appointments at local museums. All requirements for the program remain the same; however, graduate students who continue to hold their position at museums have a longer timetable for completing requirements.

The program is overseen by the Graduate Committee in Art History. The committee is comprised of department faculty and supervised by a Director of Graduate Studies (DGS). The DGS is responsible for advising students on coursework and degree requirements, and the department鈥檚 Graduate Program Administrator oversees completion and documentation of program requirements, as well as financial matters concerning graduate students.

All incoming students will be assigned to the DGS for the first semester of enrollment. The DGS will assist in explaining departmental guidelines, choosing courses, and beginning to strategize about areas of study with a view towards dissertation topic and requirements of the job market. First-year students need to identify a potential faculty advisor in their area(s) of study, approach the faculty member for permission, and, with the advisor's agreement, declare a permanent advisor by the end of the first week of classes in the Spring semester of the first year.

Upon completing the PhD degree in the field of Art History, students will be able to:

1. Apply disciplinary methods for the visual interpretation and critique of art to produce scholarship and communicate about art using appropriate disciplinary vocabularies and primary and secondary texts where appropriate.
2. Understand art not as an isolated incident but in relation to the contexts that not only shape art, but are shaped by art, including: history, society, culture, geography, and politics.
3. Understand art as a multicultural issue.
4. Develop and apply understanding of major artistic movements, artists, and art pieces by identifying and situating individual artists and works of art within major movements.