Study Schemes

BA  Art History [V350]

Academic Year: 2024/2025Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AH11320

Pleasure, Power, and Profit: Art in the Long Eighteenth Century

AH11520

Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding

Semester 2
AH11420

Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century

AH11720

Representing the Body

Year 1  Options

Choose 40 credits of level 1 modules from Art History, or relevant FASS modules, including from:

Semester 1
AH11820

Photography Begins

Semester 2
AH11220

Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AH20320

Methods and Materials for Art Historians

AH20520

Modernisms: Art in the Early Twentieth Century

Semester 2
AH20620

Postmodernism and Contemporary Art

AH21020

Dissertation Preparation and Professional Practice for Students of Art History

Year 2  Options

Art History students should take their remaining credits form the list of AH2 modules offered by the School of Art.

Semester 1
AH21620

The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400

AH23120

Adaptation: Versions, Revisions and Cultural Renewal

Semester 2
AH20020

The Pre-Raphaelites

AH20120

Enlightenment and Empire: Museums, Knowledge, and Meaning

AH24020

Documentary Photography

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AH30320

Methods and Materials for Art Historians

AH32000

Dissertation

Semester 2
AH32020

Dissertation

Final Year  Options

Art History students should take their remaining credits from the list of AH3 modules offered by the School of Art.

Semester 1
AH30620

The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400

AH33120

Adaptation: Versions, Revisions and Cultural Renewal

Semester 2
AH30020

The Pre-Raphaelites

AH30120

Enlightenment and Empire: Museums, Knowledge, and Meaning

AH32720

Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting and Displaying

AH34020

Documentary Photography

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