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PhD Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Programme overview

In the fourth semester of the program, students will enroll in 9 credits of ARTARCH 9000 PhD Comprehensive Exam Preparation and will successfully pass comprehensive exams in a major and a minor field. Students who have taken two courses in a minor field area of the Comprehensive Exams may take a third graduate-level course in that field during the fourth semester of study in order to pursue the minor field exemption; if so, they will enroll in 6 credits of ARTARCH 9000 PhD Comprehensive Exam Preparation .

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts & Sciences  |  Duration: Five years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: St. Louis, MO, United States

What you will study

Requires 39 units.

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Application information

Arts & Sciences sets one doctoral application deadline each year, generally in the first week of December.

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