Completing a major or a minor in the History of Art and Architecture provides students with many important transferable skills for the job market and graduate school, such as creative thinking, verbal and written communication, research tactics, problem solving, and multicultural understanding. Our accomplished graduates work in a wide range of fields and have completed master’s and doctoral programs in art history and numerous other subjects, as well as law school and medical school.
HAA’s Chair Mark DeLancey is always happy to discuss career paths with current students and connect them with alumni. The Career Center also offers important resources to support students. For example, Career Center staff can assist students with preparing their resumes, drafting a cover letter for an internship or job, organize informational interviews, practice job or internship interviews, and earn credit for an internship through the University Internship Program.
Graduates of the History of Art and Architecture Program have worked for the following institutions and agencies:
A Long Walk Home, Chicago
Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Art Institute of Chicago
AtravesARTE, Mexico City, Mexico
Brennan School of Business, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
Chicago Gallery News, Chicago
City Winery, Chicago
Columbia College, Chicago
Community Activism Law Alliance, Chicago
Elevate Studios, Chicago
Gallery Michaels, Beverly Hills, California
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California
Grace Communications, Dublin, Ireland
GrowthPlay, Chicago
Japanese Cultural Center, Chicago
Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York
Land Sanitation Use, New York, New York
Les Luminures Gallery, Chicago
Lycée Français, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
National Hellenic Museum, Chicago
National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
Navy Pier, Chicago
Newberry Library, Chicago
New Museum, New York, New York
Notre Dame University
Park West Gallery, Chicago
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Pennsylvania State University
R.S. Johnson Fine Art Gallery, Chicago
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
Smart Museum, University of Chicago
Sundance Film Festival
The Brooklyn Rail
University of Richmond
Van Alen Institute, New York, New York
Vatican Museum
Graduates of the History Art and Architecture Program are currently studying or earned degrees from the following programs:
American University
Boston University
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Christie’s Education, New York and London
Columbia University
Courtauld Institute of Art
DePaul University Law School
Emory University
Graduate Center, City University of New York
Hunter College
Indiana University
New York University
Northwestern University
Pennsylvania State University
Rosalind Franklin University
Rutgers University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York and London
Spertus Institute, Chicago
Stony Brook University
Syracuse University
Temple University
Tufts University
University of British, Columbia
University of Chicago
University of Illinois, Chicago
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan
University of Kentucky
University of Pittsburgh
University of Texas, Austin
Whitney Independent Study Program
Williams College
For more information on various career paths please see this link.
To learn more about the accomplished career paths of our graduates, please see the Career Opportunities link pdf from the DePaul Career Center!