The art history program offers a B.A. and M.A. degree that emphasize research, analysis,
criticism, and theory. Graduates from our program have followed a variety of paths
including arts-related careers, professions in planning and preserving the built environment,
government and nonprofit work, and graduate school.
Learn more about the professional skills you will build in our art history degree
programs and how you can use your degree as the foundation for a successful future.
- Visual literacy
- Research skills
- Advanced skills in writing
- Attention to language
- Cultural awareness
- Logical and analytical observation
- Diverse of knowledge across many topics
- Capacity to form cogent arguments
- Collaboration/teamwork
- Critical thinking/analytical reasoning
- Decision making and ethical judgment
- Art/Architectural Conservator
- Curator
- Collections Manager
- Museum Educator
- Art Director
- Grants Writer/Manager
- Cultural Heritage Manager
- Historial Preservationist
- Editor/Publisher
- Teacher
- Art Historian
- Architectural Historian
- Arts and Estate Appraiser
- Arts/nonprofit Manager
- Antiques Dealer
- Appraiser
- Art Auction Professional
- Art Investment Advisor
- Museums
- Galleries
- Nonprofits
- Auction houses
- Industry
- Architectural firms
- Higher education*
*Note that some of these positions require an advanced degree.
- Historic Columbia
- EdVenture Children's Museum
- South Carolina State Museum
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Art Institute of Chicago
Learn how alumni use degrees with outcome data from Gamecock GradStats, a service of the University of South Carolina Career Center.
