Art History and Film Studies BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
In Brighton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Brighton
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Duration
3 Years
Bring your passion for visual culture to life with our Art History and Film Studies BA.
You’ll have access to dedicated media laboratories, film and sound studios, and an in-house DVD library of over 5,000 films and TV programmes.
You learn to analyse and find meaning in images, gaining skills in critical analysis and communication.
You can also expand your experiences and practical skills at Sussex by getting involved with the University’s TV station or by volunteering at one of Brighton’s arts festivals, for example.
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About this course
Recent graduates have gone on to work as:
creative director, Big Al’s Creative Emporium
exhibitions and collections assistant, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
individual giving officer, English National Opera.
You should have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Subjects
- Art History
- Film Studies
- Art
- Cinema
- European Cinema
- Film Analysis
- Shaping Art
- Global Cinema
- Film Theory
- Critical Texts
Course programme
Autumn teaching
- European Cinema B
- Film Analysis
- Stories of Art I: Shaping Art
- Global Cinema A
- Stories of Art II: Making Modernity
Autumn teaching
- Film Theory
- Reading Art History: Critical Texts
- Art and the City
Autumn teaching
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Statues to Saints: The Art of Late Antiquity
- The Film Festival Circuit
- British Cinema A
- British Cinema B
- Chinese Cinema B
- Debates in Screen Documentary A
- Debates in Screen Documentary B
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Pop Life: After Modern Art
- Selling yourself: 18th Century Art and Society
- Victorian Visions: Art, Industry, Modernity
Study abroad (optional)
Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
Placement (optional)A placement is a great way to network and gain practical skills. When you leave Sussex, you’ll benefit from having the experience employers are looking for.
Year 3 at sussex
OptionsAutumn teaching
- A Great and Golden Age:Byzantium 843-1204
- Film and Revolution (A)
- Hollywood Industry and Imaginary
- Inhuman Bondage: the Image of Slavery 1750-1850
- Sex and the City: The Origins of Modernism in Britain 1870-1910
- Sexualities and the Cinema
- The Film Festival Circuit
- The Order of Things: The Museum and its Objects
- Viewing Women
- Adaptation: Filming Fiction
- Album to Algorithm: Photography in Context
- Art and Letters: Visual Culture in its Literary Contexts
- Eastern European Cinemas: myth and memory
- Film Studies Dissertation
- Hollywood Comedian Comedy
- Representing Women
- Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
- The Cinematic City
- The World Encompassed: Art and Empire
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Art History and Film Studies BA (Hons)