Art History

Description

Our undergraduate BA Art History offers you flexible pathways of study, as well as the option of an additional year studying abroad. Recently transformed to take advantage of the most up-to-date developments in the field, our course covers the whole history of art, enabling you to choose from a variety of specialist options. You engage with art works that range from Old Master paintings, through the Pre-Raphaelites and Surrealists, to the most up-to-date contemporary art and visual culture. Modules explore a wide variety of media, including architecture, urbanism, photography and video, as well as painting, drawing, printmaking, performance art and sculpture. We have also embedded clear pathways to careers in curating and museumship throughout the course should you wish to take them, with modules in every year dedicated to the histories, theories and practices of museums, exhibitions and galleries.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
• GBP 11950 Year (Non-EEA)

• English

Course Content

The special characteristics of our courses are flexibility and choice. In your first year, you usually take four or five modules that include pre-requisite(s) for your course but, in many cases, mean you can try subjects you have not come across before. If you are taking a humanities or social science, then you have the greatest choice, as most of our first-year modules do not assume any specialist knowledge.

Year 1
Art and Ideas
The Pre-Raphaelites: Revolutions in Art and Life
Dada and Surrealism between the Wars: Bad Dreams
Ways of Seeing
Collect, Curate, Display: A Short History of the Museum
Year 2
The Renaissance in Tuscany
More Art, More Ideas - Critique and Historiography in the History of Art
Picturing Paris: The Capital of the Nineteenth Century
After Impressionism: European Art from Van Gogh to Klimt
The Art of Exhibition: Salon, Biennal, Blockbuster (Available from October 2015)
Becoming Modern: European Art from Futurism to Surrealism
Art in Latin America I
Journeys Through Time and Space: Architecture & Urbanism
Year 3
Art and Culture 1945 - Present: Modern Art was a CIA Weapon
Art in Latin America II: Modern and Contemporary
History of Photography (NRG)
The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Film, New Media, Software
The Reinvention of Man and the World: Art and Architecture in High Renaissance Italy
Art and Ideas III: Aesthetics After-Kant
A third year dissertation project is also available as an option.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

A-levels: ABB-BBB GCSE English: C
BTEC National Diploma: DDM in Fine Art
IB: 32-30 points (we consider IB certificates at the Higher level on a case-by-case basis)
Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 6 level three credits at distinction and the remainder at merit (or above) or achievement of the Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 45 level three credits at merit (or above).
English language requirements for applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each component (or equivalent). Different requirements apply for second year entry.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

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• Access Bursary

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• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

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Funding

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