The Master of Arts in Art History at The Pennsylvania State University equips students with comprehensive knowledge of art history and research methodologies. The program enables students to develop an area of specialization and prepares them for careers in museums, galleries, academia, publishing, arts criticism, and related fields, or for further doctoral study. The curriculum includes coursework, graduate seminars across multiple geographic and chronological areas, training in research methods, a master's paper or thesis, and foreign language proficiency requirements. Students may also pursue topics in museum studies, historiography, iconology, criticism, connoisseurship, and research methods, benefitting from direct mentorship by internationally recognized faculty.