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Located in the heart of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago is a unique and vibrant place to learn. With over 120 years teaching creative students, Columbia graduates are prepared for exciting careers in the visual, performing, media and communication arts. Columbia offers Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees as well as Certificate programs.
Art History provides skills in analyzing and interpreting art in relation to its historical and cultural contexts. Students learn how art acquires and conveys meaning by exploring the interactions among artists, objects, patrons, and society at large across a broad spectrum of media, cultures, and periods. Unlike art history programs at other colleges, the curriculum at Columbia College Chicago emphasizes fields of study outside the traditional canon of western art history. Our students specialize in one of four areas – modern and contemporary art, history of design, history of photography, and global art.
Training in art history prepares students for a wide variety of professional opportunities or for further graduate study. Graduates in Art History typically pursue art-related careers in museums and art galleries, art criticism and publishing, arts management, and cultural advocacy.
Upon successful completion of this program students will:
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