B.A. History and History and Philosophy of Art (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.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

• Making History: Theory and Practice

• Introduction to Contemporary Art

• Introduction to the History of Art

• Later Medieval Europe

• Cinema and Society, 1930 - 1960

• Introduction to the History of Science

• A Global History of Empires: 1850-1960

• War and Diplomacy in Europe c1850-2000

• Vikings: the European Project, 750-1066

• Modern British History (Part Two)

• The Renaissance in the British Isles, 1400-1600

• 1450 - 1600: The Age of Reformation

• Britain and the Second World War: The Home Front

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

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

• Visual Arts Writing

• Reading the Image

• Photographic History & Aesthetics 1: Realism in Theory and Practice

• Art & Film

• Abstraction & Construction in the 20th Century

• Costume and Fashion

• Armies at War 1914-1918

• Modern German History, 1918-1990

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

• Costume and Fashion

• Transatlantic Dialogues: British and American Art c. 1900-1970

• Reading the Image

• Independent Project

• Arts Internship

• Classicism and Baroque

• Visual Arts Writing

• Art and Film

• Abstraction And Construction in 20th Century Art

• Beauty in Theory Culture & Contemporary Art

• HA554 - From Warhol to Whiteread: Postmodernity & Visual Art Practice