ART, ART HISTORY, & VISUAL STUDIES

The Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies has three distinct parts: Visual Arts, Art History, and Visual & Media Studies. But all of our faculty and students - undergraduate and graduate alike - are engaged in international research, interdisciplinary learning, and the study of visual culture across geographic and historical categories, experienced through the perspectives of theory and practice, methodology and criticism, and digital technologies... Also adding to the richness and diversity of our department are students earning an interdisciplinary PhD in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, an M.F.A. in Experimental and Documentary Arts and our M.A. students pursuing a degree in Digital Art History or Computational Media. We provide these students with the necessary tools to understand the global visual and material cultures of the past and present and with the skills to interpret them for the benefit of the broader community... With our 8 majors and 6 minors, we offer..

Primary location: Durham United States