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History of Collecting and Display Certificate at University of Southern California

University of Southern California, United States

Programme overview

A programme devoted to the history of collecting and display of works of art and related materials across a broad chronological and geographical range, addressing the presentation, circulation and consumption of art and the gap between museum and academic practice.

Faculty: Department of Art History  |  Department: Art History  |  Duration: 13 units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

AHIS 501 Problems in the History and Theory of Collecting and Display (4 units), AHIS 504 Museum Research Assistantship (1 unit) and two of AHIS 502 Markets, Value and the Institutions of Art, AHIS 503 Categories and Collections and AHIS 550 Art, Business and the Law (8 units).

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Entry requirements

Open to USC PhD students in art history, and to qualified students from other USC departments with written permission from their home department and the Department of Art History.

Duration: 13 units

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