BA in Art History - Queens Campus in Queens United States | St. John's University

Get ready for a professional journey in visual arts at St. John's University, a NASAD-accredited institution located in New York City, the world's art capital. Earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art History from St. John's equips you for roles in museums, galleries, artists' foundations, and auction houses through hands-on experience in NYC. The metropolitan area features over 100 museums, making it the ideal location to begin your visual arts career.

An art history degree also creates opportunities in diverse fields beyond the arts. Art historians develop strong research, writing, and collaboration abilities that employers across all industries value.

The program cultivates your ability to appreciate, analyze, and write about art from aesthetic, historical, socio-cultural, and political viewpoints while honing visual, verbal, and critical thinking skills. You'll learn to examine historical to contemporary art theories, including ethical, philosophical, and theological discussions surrounding art collection, presentation, and interpretation. The curriculum includes extensive research projects involving interdisciplinary study of original artworks, primary sources, and historical contexts, helping you develop problem-solving skills through archival, scholarly, forensic, digital, and technological research approaches.