Overview

The three-year Conservation of Art and Cultural Heritage and Conservation Science and Imaging program from Buffalo State SUNY is inter and cross disciplinary with an educational balance between theory and practice. The instruction provides students with a broad background in conservation treatment, imaging, and science in their first year. In the second year, students continue taking imaging and science courses and specialize in objects, paintings, or paper conservation (and its subspecialties, book and photograph conservation).

The third year is a 12-month internship at a museum, library, archive or other cultural heritage institution under the mentorship of a professional conservator, where students further practice the information and knowledge acquired on campus and continue learning in a professional setting.

Educational and Career Objectives

The M.A./M.S. in Conservation of Art and Cultural Heritage, and Conservation Science and Imaging values the multi-disciplinary nature of scientific and imaging analysis with that of conservation theory and practice. The M.A. portion of the dual award is focused on conservation treatment practice and ethics; and, the M.S. is focused on the science (chemistry, physics and materials science) and imaging (optics, industrial photography and computational photography) required for the examination, characterization, documentation and display/storage of cultural materials.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Technology and Conservation of Paintings
Technology and Conservation of Works of Art on Paper
Technology and Conservation of ObJects
Conservation Imaging: Technical Examination and Documentation
Polymers in Art and Conservation
Technical Aspects of Preventative Conservation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-07 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

77 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Buffalo, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 (4.0 scale), or a master’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (4.0 scale).

Three letters of reference.

A letter describing the applicant’s interest in the program.

Applicants who hold a bachelor’s degree but do not meet either of the above criteria may be admitted if they attain a minimum combined quantitative/verbal score of 290 on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), attain an appropriate score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT), or complete 6 credit hours of 500-level coursework at the college as an accepted premajor student with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5.

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Financial Statement (FSA-4) (.pdf)

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

23790 USD / year

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Out-of-State

23790 USD / year

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In-State

11310 USD / year

≈ 11310 USD / year

Living costs

Buffalo

United States

920 - 1560 USD / month

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