The Curatorial Certificate is a sequence of four classes.  It requires 12 credits total, six of which can also be used toward the MA or MFA degree.

Required Classes:

  1. Methodology ARTH 60200 Research Methods (3 credits, not repeatable)
  2. Exhibition Practicum – at least one class (3 credits) chosen from the following:
    1. ARTH 76200 Curatorial Practicum
    2. ARTH 78099 Curatorial Assistantship/Internship (by permission only; includes Met Museum Seminar)
  3. History of Exhibitions, Collecting, and Curatorial Practices   – at least one class (3 credits) chosen from the following:
    1. ARTH 78014 Seminar in Exhibitions and Collecting
    2. ARTH 78014 Curatorial Methods
  4. Elective – one additional class (3 credits) chosen from either category 2) Exhibition Practicum or category 3) History of Exhibitions and Collecting

For students already enrolled in a Hunter MA or MFA program, 6 of the 12 required credits can count toward both degree requirements and toward the certificate.  

Minimum credits required for the MA Art History + Curatorial Certificate = 36

Minimum credits required for the MFA in Studio Art + Curatorial Certificate = 54

Students admitted directly to the certificate program must complete 12 credits.

Eligibility

Any student currently enrolled in the MA in Art History or MFA in Studio Art student at Hunter is eligible to apply.  You must be in good academic standing (maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or above), with no more than one INC grade on-record.

For applications from students outside Hunter, you must have completed an MA in Art History at Hunter or at another institution.

 

Hunter College Professor Wen-shing Chou and MA Art History students studying the work of artist C.C. Wang with artist and collector Arnold Chang, Hunter College Art Galleries’ Leubsdorf Gallery, Sept. 2022