MA Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies (MODA) at Columbia University

The MA in Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies (MODA) prepares students for doctoral study and careers as critics and curators in academia, museums, non-profits and galleries. It is a free-standing programme with full-time and part-time options.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Department of Art History and Archaeology  |  Duration: Not stated  |  Intake: Fall  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Major fields are 20th- and 21st-century architecture and 20th- and 21st-century art history and theory, with subfields such as global contemporary, Latin American, East Asian and photography and new media. In year one students take the Critical Methods Colloquium and the Curatorial Colloquium, and the programme culminates in an independent thesis, which may include an exhibition project.

Career pathways

Academia, museums, non-profits, galleries, art criticism and curating.

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