The Qualifying Examinations are given once each semester, usually by the sixth week. This exam is intended to evaluate your preparation for graduate courses by testing the breadth of your undergraduate knowledge. Students are expected to take the exam in the first semester in residence. If you need to take the exam more than once, it must be passed no later than the third semester. Please sign up for the examination with Daffany.
Languages are as essential as general preparation.
Any graduate course may well involve German, French, or Italian sources, so you must develop a reading proficiency in German and either of the Romance languages, and additional skills in Greek and Latin if you are an archaeology student. You must have passed language exams in German and French or Italian before you can take AHA 490 and begin serious work on your thesis. This examination is a standardized test administered on a University-wide basis several times throughout the year. Our department considers 510 for French and 490 for German to be passing scores. This examination is administered by the Department of Art History and Archaeology once at the beginning of each semester.