<p>I am currently a fourth year undergrad double majoring in Art History and History and minoring in Oceanography (don't ask why, lol). But I am interested in going for my MA or Ph.D. in either Art History, History, Public history, or art history mixed with archaeology. I hope some one can give me some good ideas. I've already been looking in Brown University and UMass Amherst for those fields because they seem like the best choices, but I can use some more opinions and input. ty :)</p>
<p>Your best choices are schools near cities with large/well-known art museums. This includes NYC, D.C., Chicago, Detroit, and LA.</p>
<p>You’re going to need to be a great deal more specific if you want helpful suggestions. Is there a particular subfield or time period in art history that interests you?</p>
<p>It might also be useful to consider what you plan to do with a PhD – academia, curating, conservation, art market, cultural resources management, etc.</p>
<p>My interests in these fields kinda vary so it makes it harder. For history I am interested in medieval and maritime history of the 16th-19th centuries. For archaeology my interests are in roman, medieval, underwater. And as for art history that is the toughest of all because my interests are all over the place. But the biggest interests are in roman, medieval, and 19th century (particularly American photography and seascape paintings). I know these aren’t too specific but at least in some of the areas they cross over all 3 areas. And my art history training at my current school does not prepare or offer courses in any type of egyptian (which is something I’ve always been interested in) or asian art, and no contemporary either. It’s a very small department if you can’t tell already, lol.</p>
<p>And as for future careers I have been the most interested in researching professionally, such as for an archaeology group, or as a research assistant in a museum setting. But I know different degrees can lead me in different directions so at this point I’m keeping my mind open to anything that may get me into the field I’m interested in.</p>
<p>The way to choose an art history program is to choose professors with whom you’d like to work, then apply to the schools at which they teach. How do you know you’d like to work with someone? Ask yourself the following questions: 1) Are they an expert in your field of interest? 2) Do you enjoy reading their scholarship? 3) Schedule an interview with them - do you hit it off? 4) Is their emphasis of interest to you? For example, if the professor writes/studies everything from a feminist perspective, and that is of interest to you, it might be a problem.</p>
<p>While I, personally, wanted to select a school near a major city, it’s possible that the program for you just might not be in an urban area. One school I know of which is in the middle of nowhere organizes annual museum field trips for its students. And the size of the museum isn’t necessarily a consideration, if they have the materials that you can study from.</p>
<p>I know nothing about archaeology, but Bryn Mawr seems to have a program that incorporates art history and archaeology, although each department is autonomous: [Bryn</a> Mawr College: Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art](<a href=“http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/]Bryn”>http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/)</p>
<p>I have never searched for graduate degrees in overlapping fields, but you could try. Most field are so entrenched in their own ways of doing things that you might have to get two graduate degrees if you really want to study both.</p>
<p>I am interested in hearing why you have an oceanography minor.</p>
<p>underwater archeology sounds cool.</p>
<p>as for medieval history… do you have 3 years of latin and/or greek? and a year or two of french and german? because if not, you’ll have to put medieval history on hold while you get all those languages or cross it off your list. the language requirements for medieval history are massive and it’s a highly competitive subfield, so you won’t get in to PhD programs without them.</p>
<p>atlantic/maritime history is still wide open for you, though. for any history program, you’ll need reading fluency in one language mostly under your belt by the time you apply for an MA/PhD program, and you’ll need to secure a second language by the time you’re in the PhD phase. so if you have NO language training, get on it now! french, spanish, or portuguese would be obvious choices.</p>
<p>sounds like a lot of your interests relate to maritime/atlantic stuff. maybe focus in on that. you’re running the risk of being a dabbler. grad students are not dabblers, they’re specialists. they spend their lives learning a lot about one thing (of course this is a generalization, but it holds up for the most part). you’re going from egypt to america to underwater, from early modern to medieval, it’s all over the place. if this is the path you want to go, you need to really sit and think about what you want the rest of your life to be.</p>
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History and oceanography mix well at URI. There’s no better place for it, really, except Texas A&M.</p>