Graduate Program Director: Michele Bogart
Michele.Bogart@stonybrook.edu
Graduate Secretary: Lisa Perez
lisa.a.perez@stonybrook.edu
DEGREE PROGRAMS | ADMISSIONS | MA REQUIREMENTS |
PHD REQUIREMENTS | POLLOCK-KRASNER | RECENT VISITORS| MAPHD HANDBOOK 2012 - 2013
The
Department of Art at Stony Brook University offers a dynamic and
interdisciplinary program of art history, criticism and theory at M.A.
and Ph.D. levels. Ideally located halfway between the art centers of
New York City and the Hamptons, Stony Brook offers a unique opportunity
to study in a quiet and spacious setting while maintaining close
contact with the pulse of the art world.
The
goals of the program include: the development of the critic-historian,
who can combine the various fields of traditional art historical study
with a critical consciousness and awareness of broad intellectual
issues involved in such study; the development of alternative
perspectives on art, popular culture and visual culture; the
development of practicing art critics; the interdisciplinary study of
19th- and 20th-century art; and the study of the history of art
criticism. The Department of Art offers graduate courses ranging from
the arts of non-western and ancient cultures through the art history
and criticism of the present. In addition, students may choose to
pursue one of a number of graduate certificate programs including Art
and Philosophy, Cultural Studies, and Women's Studies. The department
publishes the respected semi-annual journal, Art Criticism and hosts a
distinguished student-run lecture series.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
M.A. in Art History and Criticism
The M.A. in Art History and Criticism is a two year 36 credit degree
program that offers an integrated curriculum of art history, criticism,
and theory with a particular focus on modern and contemporary art and
visual culture. It presents the graduate student a unique opportunity
for innovative study in art criticism and theory, as well as
traditional study in art history. The program culminates in the
preparation of a written thesis. Part-time study is allowed in this
degree program. The M.A. in Art History and Criticism can be
considered appropriate preparation for Ph.D. degrees in art history or
other fields. Other students go on to careers in arts education,
or gallery and museum work.
Ph.D. in Art History and Criticism
Stony Brook’s Ph.D. program in art history and criticism is designed to
encourage students to apply what they have learned at the masters level
towards more intense and individual research. It is organized to
allow students to further their areas of study by concentrating on
major and minor fields defined according to the individual interests of
the student and reflecting the strengths of our faculty. The
emphasis of the program is on integrating research and analysis into a
single curriculum with a particular focus on art criticism and theory
and an interdisciplinary approach to modern and contemporary art and
visual culture. The program culminates in the oral defense of a
substantial written dissertation on an original topic. Students are not
accepted into the Ph.D. program on a part-time basis. This degree
is considered essential for those intending to engage in advanced
academic research, teaching and publishing in the field of art history
and criticism, and may provide a significant advantage to those
entering the professional art world of museums and galleries.
ADMISSIONS
In addition to the requirements of the Graduate School, the following information and prerequisites should be noted:
Admission
for full-time study may be for either the Fall or Spring semester,
though the former is advisable, both for financial awards (at the Ph.D.
level) and for organizing the course of study. Part-time study is
permissible for qualified M.A. candidates only. Admission into the M.A.
and Ph.D. programs is at the discretion of the art history and
criticism faculty with the final approval of the Graduate School.
Anyone with a B.A. may apply for the Ph.D. program.
Admission to the M.A. or Ph.D. program assumes a minimum of a B average in
undergraduate work, meeting the standards of admission to the Graduate
School, and taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test,
as required for all applicants to the Graduate School. The minimum
TOEFL score for admission is 550 (paper) or 213 (computer) OR an IELTS
total score of 6.5. In order to teach, any graduate student whose
native language is not English must score 55 or above on the TSE or
SPEAK test OR obtain a score of 7.0 or better in the speaking component
of the IELTS test. The website for ETS (TOEFL & GRE) is www.ets.org.
It
is recognized that M.A. and Ph.D. applicants may come from a wide
variety of backgrounds that will require individual structuring of
their programs to suit their needs. Applicants will ordinarily
have a bachelor’s degree with an art history major or minor, however
this requirement may be waived at the discretion of the graduate
faculty. Those without a demonstrated background in art history may be
advised to take undergraduate courses in the department prior to
admission to the program. All applicants are encouraged to submit
a sample of written work with their application.
For further information and applications, consult the Graduate School, download an application, apply online, email the Graduate Secretary or write:
Director of Graduate Programs
Department of Art, SUNY at Stony Brook
Staller Center for the Arts
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5400
(631)632-7270
Graduate
teaching assistantships with tuition scholarships and several
academically based fellowships are awarded to successful Ph.D.
applicants on a competitive basis. (The department is unable to provide tuition support or TAships for MA students at this time.)
Applications including statement of
intent, transcripts, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, and a
sample of written work, must be submitted by January 15th to be considered for financial support. Stony Brook University is an equal opportunity educator/employer. AA/EOE.
You can check on the status of your application.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for the M.A. Degree in Art History and Criticism
A. Course Requirements
The student will be required to complete successfully 36 credits of
graduate work, as outlined in the list of courses below. A student must
achieve a 3.0 overall grade point average to receive a degree from
Stony Brook.
1. Required Courses (6 credits)
ARH 540 Methodologies of Art History (3 credits)
ARH 592 Teaching Practicum (3 credits see below)
2. Art History and Criticism Electives (15-21 credits)
ARH 501 Theory and Criticism: From Antiquity through the Renaissance (3 credits)
ARH 502 History of 19th-Century Art Criticism and Theory (3 credits)
ARH 503 History of 20th-Century Art Criticism and Theory (3 credits)
ARH 541 Topics in Ancient Art (3 credits)
ARH 542 Topics in Medieval Art (3 credits)
ARH 543 Topics in Renaissance Art (3 credits)
ARH 544 Topics in Early Modern Art (3 credits)
ARH 545 Topics in 19th-Century Art (3 credits)
ARH 546 Topics in 20th-Century Art (3 credits)
ARH 547 Topics in Global, Colonial and Diasporic Art (3 credits)
ARH 548 Museum Studies Seminar (3 credits)
ARH 549 Topics in American Visual Culture (3 credits)
ARH 550 Inquiries into Art Criticism and Theory (3 credits)
ARH 551 Topics in Performance (3 credits)
ARH 552 Topics in Contemporary Art (3 credits)
ARH 554 Topics in Visual Culture (3 credits)
ARH 570 Issues in Architectural History and Criticism (3 credits)
ARH 591 Practicum in the Writing of Art Criticism (3 credits)
3. Humanities and Social Sciences Electives (3-9 credits)
Two or three courses in the humanities and/or social sciences, to be chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor and with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies. These courses may be in literary studies or criticism, history, musicology, dramaturgy, sociology, anthropology, etc., but cannot be in studio art.
4. Other (0-12 credits)
Students can take optional thesis credits, for example ARH 598 Thesis (3-6 credits), as well as up to 3 credits in Directed Readings, Internship, or a Studio seminar.
B. Comprehensive Examination
This test of basic competency is designed to assess the student’s knowledge of individual artists and works of art, and of particular periods and dates in the history of art. It will include slide identifications and definitions of terms relevant to the history of art and art criticism. The student must take this examination before the end of the third semester of study in order to continue in the program. An extension will be allowed to part-time student
C. Foreign Language
A reading knowledge of French or German must be acquired before graduation. Students planning to advance to doctoral work will be encouraged to master both of these languages.
D. Teaching Requirement
All graduate students will be expected to assist in teaching a minimum of one semester, usually during their second year of residency. The course in which the student will assist shall ordinarily be an introductory-level undergraduate course. Competency in teaching will be judged through teacher evaluation questionnaires and classroom visits by the course’s faculty supervisor.
E. Thesis
At the beginning of the third semester, the student, together with his or her directing committee, which shall consist of the student’s advisor and one or two other faculty members, will jointly agree on a thesis topic. The student must at that time submit a prospectus outlining the nature and aims of the thesis. The thesis shall be a significant original work in the form of one or more essays relevant to the examination of art history, criticism, and theory.
Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree in Art History and Criticism
A. Course Requirements
The student will be required to complete successfully 60 credits of
graduate work, as outlined in the list of categories and courses below.
A student must achieve a 3.0 overall grade point average to receive a
degree from Stony Brook.
1. Required Courses (6-9 credits)
ARH 540 Methodologies in Art History (3 credits)
ARH 602 Practicum in Teaching (3-6 credits)
2. ARH Electives (24 - 36 credits)
Students
are required to take at least one course from each of the following
three categories: Art History; Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture;
and Art Criticism and Theory.
Art History
ARH 541 Topics in Ancient Art (3 credits)
ARH 542 Topics in Medieval Art (3 credits)
ARH 543 Topics in Renaissance Art (3 credits)
ARH 544 Topics in Early Modern Art (3 credits)
ARH 547 Topics in Global, Colonial and Diasporic Art (3 credits)
ARH 549 Topics in American Visual Culture (3 credits)
ARH 690 Directed Readings (3 credits)
Modern and Contemporary Visual Culture
ARH 544 Topics in Early Modern Art (3 credits)
ARH 545 Topics in 19th Century Art (3 credits)
ARH 546 Topics in 20th Century Art (3 credits)
ARH 547 Topics in Global, Colonial and Diasporic Art (3 credits)
ARH 549 Topics in American Visual Culture (3 credits)
ARH 551 Topics in Performance (3 credits)
ARH 552 Topics in Contemporary Art (3 credits)
ARH 554 Topics in Visual Culture (3 credits)
ARH 690 Directed Readings (3 credits)
ARS 580 Visual Arts Seminar (3 credits)
Criticism and Theory
ARH 501 Theory and Criticism: From Antiquity through the Renaissance (3 credits)
ARH 502 History of 19th Century Art Criticism and Theory (3 credits)
ARH 503 History of 20th Century Art Criticism and Theory (3 credits)
ARH 550 Inquiry in Art Criticism and Theory (3 credits)
ARH 551 Topics in Performance (3 credits)
ARH 552 Topics in Contemporary Art (3 credits)
ARH 554 Topics in Visual Culture (3 credits)
ARH 570 Issues in Architectural History and Criticism (3 credits)
ARH 591 Practicum in the Writing of Art Criticism (3 credits)
ARH 690 Directed Readings (3 credits)
3. Humanities and Social Science Electives (6 - 12 credits)
These courses may be in history, comparative studies, musicology, sociology, anthropology, etc, but cannot be in studio art.
4. Other (0 - 12 credits)
If students are admitted without a prior MA and they decide to take write the thesis instead of the qualifying paper they have the option of taking up to 6 MA thesis credits. A PhD student can also take 3 credits for an Internship, or 3 credits for a graduate Studio seminar. Students can also take up to 6 credits of Directed Readings in preparation for the Qualifying Exams. Once the exams are completed and the student is advanced to doctoral candidacy they register in the following:
ARH 699 Dissertation Research on Campus
ARH 700 Dissertation Research off Campus - Domestic
ARH 701 Dissertation Research off Campus - International
Credits for thesis preparation and research may be used to complete the total of 60 credits for the Ph.D.
B. Teaching Requirement
All Ph.D. students are expected to assist in teaching a minimum of two semesters. The first course in which the student will assist will ordinarily be an introductory level undergraduate course. An advanced doctoral student may also be assigned to assist in an upper-level undergraduate course. Competency in teaching is judged through teacher evaluation questionnaires and classroom visits by the course’s supervising faculty member.
C. Comprehensive Examination
Information about the required comprehensive examination is found above under degree requirements for the M.A. Degree in Art History and Criticism. All Ph.D. students who enter the program without a master’s degree in art history must take this examination before the end of the third semester of study in order to continue in the program. Ph.D. students who enter the program with an M.A. degree in art history will be exempted from taking the comprehensive examination.
D. M.A. Qualifying Paper
The M.A. qualifying paper is a paper completed in a graduate level course, and emended by the student in light of the suggestions or corrections of the faculty member to whom the paper was submitted. After the paper is revised, it will be read by another faculty member chosen by the student and the first reader (the advisor). The second reader will approve or disapprove the paper. If the second reader disapproves, the graduate program director will select a third reader to judge the paper, and the opinion of the two readers will determine the approval or disapproval of the paper. This requirement is waived for Ph.D. students who enter the program with an M.A. degree in art history. Students may also opt to complete a full Master’s thesis and receive the MA degree prior to continuing on in the Ph.D. program
E. Foreign Language Requirement
A reading knowledge of German and French is required for advancement to candidacy. In consultation with the candidate’s advisor, the student may petition the Director of Graduate Studies to replace one of these two languages with a different language more suitable for the student’s projected area of research. Mastery of a third language may also be recommended if it is deemed necessary for the student’s research.
F. Qualifying (Preliminary) Examination
The Qualifying Examination should be taken no later than the end of the third year of coursework (second year for those entering with a prior master’s degree) and prior to the beginning of dissertation research. It will be a written exam covering a major and minor, chosen from the following fields:
Contemporary Art and Criticism
Photography and the Moving Image
Modern European Art and Criticism
American Art and Material Culture
Early Modern Art and Visual Culture
Global. Colonial and Diasporic Art
Medieval and Renaissance Art
Ancient Civilizations
The content of the exam will vary according to the student’s interests and their choice of major and minor fields, but exam preparation should ideally begin during the student’s second year of coursework. The student will be expected to select two faculty members to serve as major and minor advisors, and to seek guidance from them on appropriate focus and bibliography in preparation for the exams. The Qualifying Exam committee consists of three members of the department faculty (including major and minor advisors), and is appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School upon the recommendation of the Graduate Studies Director. The format of the exam shall be five questions for the major, from which the student shall choose three; and three questions for the minor, from which the student shall choose two to answer. Responses are in essay form.
G. Advancement to Candidacy
To be advanced to Ph.D. candidacy, the student must have:
1. Completed at least 54 graduate credits and all other degree requirements (see A-F listed above), other than the dissertation and dissertation research credits.
2. Submitted and defended a proposal outlining the nature and aims of the dissertation. The proposal must be approved by a faculty dissertation committee and by the Director of Graduate Studies (see below). When all of these requirements have been completed satisfactorily, the Director of Graduate Studies will submit a request to the Dean of the Graduate School to advance the candidate to candidacy.
H. Dissertation
No later than the beginning of the seventh semester, (fifth semester for those entering with a prior master’s degree), but preferably by the beginning of the sixth semester, the student will prepare a written prospectus, outlining the scope, method, and aims of the dissertation. The student will submit the proposal to the dissertation advisor and two other members of the department who will serve as readers, one of whom (but not the advisor) will serve as Chair of the dissertation defense. After the student’s advisor has conferred with the other departmental committee members and the departmental committee has approved the proposal, the advisor will submit the proposal and names of the committee members to the Director of Graduate Studies for approval. (The student may be advanced to candidacy at this point.) At least six months before the dissertation defense, the Graduate Studies Director, in consultation with student and the student’s dissertation committee, will name a reader from outside the department who has specialized in related areas. The Graduate Director must then request the Graduate School for approval of the committee.
At least ten weeks before the Graduate School’s deadline for submitting the completed dissertation, the student will submit to the readers what is intended to be the final draft of the dissertation. No more than four weeks after that, if the readers have agreed that the dissertation is ready to be defended, the dissertation committee chairperson will schedule the defense, an oral examination open to interested faculty and graduate students. The date of the defense must be approved by the Graduate School. All four readers on the dissertation committee must recommend acceptance of the dissertation before it can be approved by the Graduate School.
I. Time Limit
All requirements for the Ph.D. degree must be completed within seven years after completing 24 hours of graduate courses in the department. In rare instances, the dean of the Graduate School will entertain a petition to extend this time limit, provided it bears the endorsement of the department chairperson.
POLLOCK-KRASNER HOUSE AND STUDY CENTER
Located
in East Hampton the PK House is another important resource for our
students. The house, studio, and grounds - where both Jackson Pollock
and Lee Krasner created some of their most famous work - were given to
the Stony Brook Foundation by the estate of Lee Krasner after her death
in 1984. Under the directorship of Helen Harrison, the site was
designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994. Our annual fall
departmental gathering and "armchair chat" held at the house has
featured such speakers as Dore Ashton, Alice Aycock, Arthur Danto,
Clement Greenberg, Glenn Lowry, Robert Rosenblum, Nan Rosenthal,
Shelley Rice, and Richard Shiff. The Center also hosts a year-long
series of lectures, seminars, exhibitions, and other activities. The
Study Center comprises extensive reference materials and archives,
including books, photographs, oral histories, and journals available
for research.
GUEST LECTURERS
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Vito Acconci
Emily Apter
Laurie Anderson
Alain Badiou
Étienne Balibar
Geoffrey Batchen
Claire Bishop
Judith Butler
Eduardo Cadava
Peter Campus
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Thomas Crow
R. Luke DuBois
Okwui Enwezor
Coco Fusco
Alexander Galloway
Paul Gilroy
Judith Halberstam
Michael Hardt
Jürgen Habermas (visiting professor)
N. Katherine Hayles
Michael Ann Holly
Andreas Huyssen
Chrissie Illes
Alfredo Jaar
Brandon Joseph
Julia Kristeva (visiting professor)
W.J.T. Mitchell
José E. Muñoz
Nick Mirzoeff
Melissa Ragona
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Saskia Sassen
Kiki Smith
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Jackie Stacie
Alluequere Rosanne Stone
Robert Storr
Marita Sturken
Marcia Tucker
Krzysztof Wodiczko
RECENT GRADUATE SEMINARS
Deleuze and Contemporary Aesthetics (Zabet Patterson)
Less Is More: Minimalism And The Expanded Field (Andrew Uroskie)
Topics in American Visual Culture: Arts of Commercial Culture (Michele Bogart)
The Printed Image in Early Modern Europe 1400-1800 (Joseph Monteyne)
19th century Art Criticism and Theory (James Rubin)
The Visual Culture of Knowledge: Early Modern Art and Science 1400-1800 (Joseph Monteyne)
Installation and Environment: Rethinking Site-Specificity (Andrew Uroskie)
The Cognitive Side Of Performance - Improvisation (John Lutterbie)
The Ecstasy of Violence: Pain and Pleasure in Early Modern Visual Culture (Joseph Monteyne)
Speech and Psychoanalysis in Marcel Proust (Julia Kristeva)
Secular art and the Market: the minor genres in Europe 16th-18th century (Joseph Monteyne)
Theorizing Artists (Hugh Silverman)
Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art (Barbara Frank and Shoki Goodarzi)
Levinas's Aesthetics: Untie, Erode, Obliterate (Megan Craig)
The Grotesque: Persistence of a Cultural Form (Joseph Monteyne)
Cultural Studies' Visual Turn (Ray Guins and Zabet Patterson)
Paul Cézanne From Impressionism To Phenomenology (James Rubin)
Criticism, Theory, Practice: From Artes Mechanicae to Artes Liberales (Anita Moskowitz)
Postmodernisms (Hugh Silverman)
Art and Technology since the '60s (Zabet Patterson)
Film, Video and Durational Media in 20th Century Art (Andrew Uroskie)
Public Art and the Politics of Space (Michele Bogart)
Performance and the Phenomenology of Space (John Lutterbie)
Affect, Memory and Trauma (Ann Kaplan)
Being-with-Others: Heidegger, Levinas, Nancy (Hugh Silverman)
Phenomenology of Art (Ed Casey)
Theories of Contemporary Music (Judy Lochhead)
Bergson and Deleuze: Time and Difference (Ed Casey)
Luce Irigaray (Mary Rawlinson)
Levinas and Lacan (Ed Casey)
Adorno's Aesthetics (Eduardo Mendieta)
Theorizing Artists (Hugh Silverman and Donald Kuspit)
Phenomenology's Affair: Painting and the Saturated World (Megan Craig)
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Julia Kristeva Lecture, 2009
Graduate Colloquium, 2009
Sonic Residues, 2008
This is for Real: War and the Contemporary Audience
co-curated by MA Alex Couri, 2004
Annual Armchair Chat at Pollock-Krasner House, 2004
Jackson Pollock's Studio at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center
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