BAArt History
| Study location | United Kingdom, Colchester Campus |
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| Type | Bachelor courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 3 years |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BA |
| Course code | V314 |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS: 6.0 |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. |
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Overview
Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.
Programme structure
Year 1
Art and Ideas: I(A)
Art and Ideas: I(B)
Culture, Work and Society
Art, Sex and Death
Art Revolutions
Space, Place and Locality
The Enlightenment (optional)
Year 2
Art and Ideas II: More Art, More Ideas – Critique and Historiography in the History of Art
The World in Question: the Social, Political and Psychological Legacies of the Enlightenment (optional)
Picturing the City I (optional)
After Impressionism: European Art From Van Gogh to Klimt (optional)
Becoming Modern: European Art From Futurism to Surrealism (optional)
Art and Power (optional)
Study Trip Abroad (Year 2) (optional)
Final year
Art & Ideas III
Dissertation – Final Year Art History and Theory (optional)
Art, the Law and the Market (optional)
Visualising Bodies (optional)
Picturing the City II (optional)
Photography in History (optional)
The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Film, New Media, Software and the Internet (optional)
Career opportunities
Some of the sectors with jobs well suited for our graduates include: museums and galleries, auction houses, education (e.g., in schools, universities and cultural institutions), marketing and advertising, and new media. Our degree also prepares students to run their own galleries, to work as specialist arts lawyers and PR agents, and for positions in charities, fashion and publishing.
To help our students acquire the particular skills they need to gain employment in the museum and gallery sector—arguably the single-most important area in which our students seek jobs—we offer several modules every year dedicated to the histories, theories and practices of museums, exhibitions and galleries. We also give our students the opportunity to think creatively and proactively about life after university in our curatorial employability module.
Our recent graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of high-profile companies including:
National Portrait Gallery
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sotheby’s New York
Momart Ltd
John Lewis