The Art Conservation Department's three-year instructional program is designed to prepare students for careers as professional conservators in museums, libraries, and other institutions, as well as in private practice. First-year students take courses in documentation and examination, conservation science, and in the specialties of paper, paintings, and objects. In the second year, students continue to take examination and documentation as well as conservation science, but they focus primarily on their chosen area of specialization. The program concludes with an internship year at a museum or similar institution selected by the student and faculty advisor. Early the following fall, students return to Buffalo to give presentations about their internship year and to celebrate their graduation with MA and CAS (certificate of advanced studies) degrees.

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