What You'll Learn
The Visual Arts Graduate Certificate offers a rich exploration of art across cultures, time periods, and media. You’ll gain critical tools to analyze and interpret visual works while deepening your understanding of art’s role in shaping and reflecting society. Through this four-course certificate, you’ll gain:
- Knowledge of essential frameworks and methodologies to understand, critique, and appreciate art.
- An understanding of art in its cultural, political, philosophical, and historical context.
- Insight into focused topic areas, such as art history since World War II, Buddhist and Japanese artistic traditions, religion and the arts, and contemporary Latin American film.
Courses
The Visual Arts Graduate Certificate requires three courses. You may choose any three courses from the visual arts certificate course group using the certificate course search.
Searching and Registering for Courses
Available course options vary by term. You can browse options for fall, spring, or summer in the certificate course search within the DCE Course Search & Registration platform.
Our Community at a Glance
Going back to school doesn’t have to mean putting your life on hold.
We’ve designed our courses and certificates to give you the flexibility to pace your studies to fit your schedule.
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74%
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Earning Your Certificate
To meet the requirements for the certificate, you must:
- Complete the three certificate courses for graduate credit.
- Earn at least a B grade in each course.
- Complete the courses within three years.
Learn more about pursuing a certificate and the process of requesting your certificate.
Cost
Affordability is core to our mission. When compared to our continuing education peers, it’s a fraction of the cost.
| Our Tuition (2025–26 rate) | $3,440 per course |
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| Average Tuition of Peer Institutions | $5,476 per course |
| Average Total Cost | $10,320 |
