B.A. Art History and German (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Possible modules may include:

• Introduction to Contemporary Art
• Introduction to Contemporary Art
• Perspectives on the History of Photography
• Perspectives on the History of Photography
• Learning German 3 (Post A Level)
• Intensive Beginners German
• Learning German 2 (Post-GCSE German)
• German Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
• Introduction to German Literature (in translation)
• Post-1989 German Cinema
• Varieties of German Writing
• Images of Germany, 1945-1990

Possible modules may include:

• Beauty in Theory, Culture and Contemporary Art
• Transatlantic Dialogues: British and Modern Art c.1900-1970
• From Warhol to Whiteread: Postmodernity & Visual Art Practice
• Classicism and Baroque
• Costume and Fashion
• Visual Arts Writing
• Reading the Image
• Photographic History & Aesthetics 1: Realism in Theory and Practice
• Art & Film
• Abstraction & Construction in the 20th Century
• Learning German 4
• Advanced Intermediate German
• The German Novelle
• Languages in the Classroom
• Women's Writing in German
• German Extended Essay
• Medien und Öffentlichkeit
• Wien-Berlin: Tales of Two Cities
• German Expressionism 1910-1925
• Applied Language Skills-Writing in German in the Public & Professional
• Learning Danish 2A
• Learning Danish 2B

You have the opportunity to spend a year studying or working in Germany or Austria, where you can improve your language skills and experience German art forms and culture first-hand. With the option of a dissertation in the final year, you may choose to focus on both Art History and German by writing about art forms observed during the year abroad.

Possible modules may include:

• Learning German 5
• Transatlantic Dialogues: British and American Art c. 1900-1970
• Classicism and Baroque
• Reading the Image
• Visual Arts Writing
• Independent Project
• Arts Internship
• Costume and Fashion
• Photographic History & Aesthetics 1: Realism in Theory and Practice
• From Warhol to Whiteread: Postmodernity & Visual Art Practice
• Art and Film
• Abstraction And Construction in 20th Century Art
• Beauty in Theory Culture & Contemporary Art
• German Dissertation
• The German Novelle
• German Extended Essay
• Women's Writing in German
• Languages in the Classroom
• German Expressionism 1910 - 1925
• Wien-Berlin. Tales of Two Cities
• Medien und Öffentlichkeit
• Applied Language Skills-Writing in German in the Public & Professional