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Art
Chair: Marvin Hoshino
Graduate Advisers: M.A. in Art History:
Carol F. Lewine; M.F.A. in Studio Art:
Cynthia Carlson; M.S. in Education:
Lawrence S. Fane
The Master of Arts Program in Art History
is designed to prepare students to meet the
specialized requirements of work in muse-
ums, galleries, publishing, and teaching.
The program deepens students’ insights
into the history of art as a whole and pro-
vides them with opportunities to develop
research skills in specific areas under the
direction of scholars in those fields. Stu-
dents who complete the program are quali-
fied to enter advanced Ph.D. programs.
The Master of Fine Arts Program in
Studio Art is designed to assist serious
artists in the development of their work.
The heart of the program is independent
work in the fine arts in the student’s cho-
sen specialty, complemented by required
courses and electives. Attendance usually
is full time with four semesters required to
complete the program. Admission is selec-
tive, limited to those who have already
demonstrated both a commitment to art
and the promise of further development.
Students are provided with individual stu-
dios and share additional workspace in
wood, printmaking, and metal workshops.
Shared ceramics, computer, and photogra-
phy facilities are also available. The MFA
degree is generally recognized as the
appropriate academic credential for teach-
ing art in college.
The Art Department provides both art
history and studio courses to students
seeking the Master of Science in Education
degree. These students, high school and
potential high school art teachers, should
be considered artist-teachers whose devel-
opment will be aided, as will their teach-
ing, by their artistic growth. Their work in
art history has the twofold value of deepen-
ing their understanding of studio activities
and fitting them for the art historical edu-
cation of high school students.
Faculty
Hoshino, Marvin, Chair, Associate Profes-
sor, M.F.A. 1972, Indiana University:
graphic design
Lewine, Carol F., M.A. in Art History Ad-
viser, Associate Professor, Ph.D. 1970,
Columbia University: early Christian
and Byzantine art, early Medieval art
Carlson, Cynthia J., M.F.A. in Studio Art
Adviser, Professor, M.F.A. 1967, Pratt
Institute: painting, drawing, design
Fane, Lawrence S., M.S. in Education
Adviser, Professor, A.B. 1955, Harvard
University: sculpture, three-dimension-
al design
Andrews, Benny, Professor, B.F.A. 1958,
Art Institute of Chicago: painting,
drawing, design
Birmelin, A. Robert, Professor, M.F.A. 1960,
Yale University: painting, drawing
Chave, Anna C., Professor, Ph.D. 1982,
Yale University: twentieth-century art
Clark, William W., Professor, Ph.D. 1970,
Columbia University: Medieval art,
architecture
Cohen, Arthur M., Professor, M.F.A. 1969,
Indiana University: painting, drawing,
design
Connor, Maureen, Professor, M.F.A., 1973,
Pratt Institute: sculpture
Davis, Ellen N., Associate Professor, Ph.D.
1973, Institute of Fine Arts, New York
University: ancient art
Hofsted, Jolyon G., Professor, Brooklyn
Museum of Art School: ceramics, three-
dimensional design
Kramer, Harry, Professor, M.F.A. 1965,
Yale University: painting, drawing
Lane, Barbara G., Professor, Ph.D. 1970,
University of Pennsylvania: Medieval
art, Northern Renaissance
Lin, Xiaoping, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
1993, Yale University: Chinese painting
Magid, Eleanor A., Associate Professor,
M.F.A. 1984, Brooklyn College: draw-
ing, graphics, photography
Mitchell, Tyrone, Assistant Professor, Art
Students League, New York Studio
School: sculpture
Percival, Brian R., Lecturer, B. Arch. 1961,
University of Pennsylvania: architec-
ture, modern art, Asian art and archi-
tecture
Porter, Liliana, Professor, M.F.A. 1962,
Universidad Iberoamericana: printmak-
ing, drawing
Ruffins, Reynold D., Professor, Certificate
1951, Cooper Union: illustration, design
Saslow, James M., Professor, Ph.D. 1983,
Columbia University: Italian Renais-
sance
Slatkes, Leonard J., Professor, Ph.D. 1962,
University of Utrecht: Northern Renais-
sance, Northern Baroque, history of
graphics
Snider, Jenny R., Associate Professor,
M.F.A. 1966, Yale University: painting,
drawing, design
Sund, Judy, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
1986, Columbia University: nineteenth-
century art
Master of Arts Program 
in Art History
Graduate Adviser: Carol F. Lewine
Requirements for Matriculation
These requirements are in addition to the
general requirements for admission.
1. The applicant must be approved by
the Departmental Committee on Graduate
Study in Art History, which shall have the
authority to accept or reject candidates
subject to the approval of the Office of
Graduate Studies. This Committee may
request an interview with the candidate.
2. A minimum of four courses (normally
12 credits) in Art History beyond the intro-
ductory level is required.  Not all appli-
cants meeting minimum qualifications can
be admitted. In selecting among applicants,
the Committee will consider such factors as
breadth of preparation, level of accomplish-
ment, and the suitability of the applicant’s
special interests to the curriculum.
3. Evidence of a good reading knowl-
edge in one of the following languages:
French, German, Italian, Latin, or Ancient
Greek.
4. A student may be conditionally
admitted with the stipulation that any
deficiencies in preparation be removed in
the first year.
Requirements for the
Master of Arts Degree
These requirements are in addition to the
general requirements for the Master of
Arts degree.
1. Each student selects a faculty adviser
for guidance in working out a course of
study to be approved by the Departmental
Committee on Graduate Study. Programs
will be planned to allow for concentration
in a field of special interest with, at the
same time, a balanced range of study in
other areas.
2. Of the 30 credits required for the
degree, 24 must be in Art History. The
remaining six credits may, as part of the
program, be taken in other departments,
e.g., history, literature. The auditing of
courses in Art History and at the College is
recommended.
3. At least two of the courses in Art His-
tory must be seminars.
4. Students who have no previous stu-
dio work will be required to take, without
credit, one course to be selected with the
guidance of the adviser from among the
department’s studio offerings.
5. Not later than the completion of the
first 15 credits, each student must pass a
reading examination in a second foreign
language to be approved by the adviser.
6. Each candidate for the degree is
required to pass a Qualifying Examination
demonstrating general competence in Art
History, which is administered during the
opening weeks of the first semester. In
case of failure, this examination may be
taken a second time. Students failing twice
may be asked to withdraw.
7. A thesis is required.
Master of Fine Arts Program
Graduate Adviser: Cynthia Carlson
Requirements for Matriculation
These requirements are in addition to the
general requirements for admission to the
Master of Arts Program. Alternatively, the
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from a recog-
nized institution shall be considered as an
acceptable equivalent for the general
requirements of the B.A., subject to the
determination of the Departmental M.F.A.
Committee in concurrence with the Office
of Graduate Studies.
1. In addition to three letters of refer-
ence, each candidate for admission shall
submit a portfolio of work as prescribed by
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