Why choose art history at North Central College?
You’ll be well on your way toward becoming one of the nation’s serious art scholars. This research-focused major fully prepares you for the graduate study you’ll need if you wish to pursue a career in museum curatorship, gallery management or teaching and research. You’ll focus on critical reading and interpretive skills while conducting graduate-level research—before you graduate. You’ll explore all the disciplines that inform art history, such as classical civilization and anthropology, religion and philosophy, and you’ll make the most of our proximity to the world-class art and architecture in downtown Chicago.
You can also:
- Tour Chicago’s architectural marvels with Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, who's also a North Central professor.
- Intern with local museums, studios, auction houses and galleries.
- Enroll in Chicago Term to explore everything from museums to cemeteries to soup kitchens.
