The mission of the Marchutz Core Art Program is, above all, to develop the student's capacity to see. The program helps students sharpen their visual perceptions of the world around them, decipher their emotional responses to these perceptions, and through a holistic (studio, historical, and critical) discipline, relate their discoveries to an intensive investigation of the nature and aim of art.

The ACM Master of Arts in Art History (MAAH) focuses on the visual cultures of the Mediterranean from antiquity to the present. It emphasizes first-hand research in various museums, architectural monuments, and archaeological sites in Europe and North Africa.

The mission of the MFA program at ACM is to link contemporary artist concerns to a study of the visible world and to give students a cross-cultural viewpoint through extended study in the museums and galleries of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.

The Mediterranean Core Art Program connects students to the rich histories, narratives, cultures, and artistic movements of the Mediterranean Basin through contemporary practices, interdisciplinary seminars, and hands-on fieldwork across Europe and North Africa.