Art history is a highly stimulating, competitive, and rewarding field.
It offers a variety of opportunities for qualified and assertive individuals including teaching art history at the college level, working as a museum curator, being employed in gallery management, and serving in arts administration. Obtaining an M.A. or a Ph.D. is then necessary for most positions requiring a background in art history. Adventist colleges and universities hire graduates in art history to teach courses in art history. In art history, those having expertise in Far Eastern Art, African Art, Medieval Art, or Photography are most desirable in the college-level teaching job market. Social Sciences 3.