BA
Photography / Art History
[WV63]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2020/2021
Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (20 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
AH11520Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding
Year 1
Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
AR11520Photographic Practice I: Presence/Place
Semester 2
AR11620Photographic Practice II: Identity/Face
Year 1
Options
Art History joint honours students must take at least one of the following:
Semester 1
AH11320Pleasure, Power, and Profit: Art in the Long Eighteenth Century
Semester 2
AH11420Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century
Year 1
Options
Art History joint honours students who do not take both AH11320 and AH11420 can select the remaining 20 credits from the following
Semester 2
AH11220Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums
Part 2 Rules
Year 2
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
AH20520Modernisms: Art in the Early Twentieth Century
Semester 2
AH20620Postmodernism and Contemporary Art
Year 2
Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
AR24320Photographic Practice III: Constructed Images
Semester 2
AR24420Photographic Practice IV: Documentary Storytelling
Year 2
Options
Must take 20 credits
Year 2
Options
Choose 20 credits of AH2 modules on offer:
Semester 1
AH20320Methods and Materials for Art Historians
AH21620The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400
AH23120Adaptation: Versions, Revisions and Cultural Renewal
Semester 2
AH20120Enlightenment and Empire: Museums, Knowledge, and Meaning
AH21020Dissertation Preparation and Professional Practice for Students of Art History
Final Year
Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Semester 1
AR32130Photography 5 - Photo Directed Practice
Semester 2
AR30130Exhibition 1: Graduation Show
Final Year
Options
Choose 60 credits of AH3 modules. Students who wish to register for the Dissertation module must have successfully completed AH21020:
Semester 1
AH30320Methods and Materials for Art Historians
AH30620The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400
AH33120Adaptation: Versions, Revisions and Cultural Renewal
Semester 2
AH30120Enlightenment and Empire: Museums, Knowledge, and Meaning
AH32720Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting and Displaying
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
