BA Art History and History

Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    3 Years

About the course
Our course promotes awareness of the interactions and differences between history and the visual arts in history and investigates the ways in which the two disciplines can be integrated

‘Histories’ are a challenge and we encourage you to look beyond superficial ideas which offer works of art as merely a way of documenting a kind of ‘truth’


You can learn to understand the ways in which history, ideas and ideologies are manifested in images, and challenge the definitions and perceptions of what documentation and evidence might be

You study the disciplines of history and art history together in order to appreciate the relationships between them with a degree of critical awareness

In so doing, you are offered a unique approach to develop skills which are now vital in a society dominated by the visual image and visual forms of communication


Our Department of History has developed a strong research and teaching profile, with the majority of our research rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2014)


One of the major reasons for choosing Essex is the quality of the education you will receive

We are ranked 6th among art history departments in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014), and you will be taught by our expert staff in your very first year, a rarity in UK art history courses


Study abroad
Your education extends beyond our University campus

We support you extending your education by offering you an additional year at no extra cost

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Art
  • Art History
  • Teaching

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Art and Ideas: I(A)
Art and Ideas: I(B)
Culture, Work and Society
The Making of the Modern World 1776-1989 (optional)
The Enlightenment (optional)
Space, Place and Locality (optional)
Year 2
Making Histories: Concepts, Themes and Sources
Art and Ideas II: More Art, More Ideas - Critique and Historiography in the History of Art
Picturing the City I (optional)
After Impressionism: European Art From Van Gogh to Klimt (optional)
Supernatural and Natural Worlds in Early Modern Europe (optional)
Literature and the Condition of England (optional)
Collect, Curate, Display (optional)
Final year
Independent Research Project (optional)
Study Trip Abroad (Year 2) (optional)
The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Film, New Media, Software and the Internet (optional)
Photography in History (optional)
Inventing the Future: Early Contemporary 1945-1980 (optional)
The Tudors and Stuarts on Film (optional)
Fictions of Empire (optional)
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Close examination of texts written by artists, critics, art historians and philosophers
Subsidised gallery visits to work ‘in situ’ for each course
Gain practical experience in curating, such as handling and installing artworks
Teaching takes the form of lectures and seminar sessions or discussion classes
Assessment
Assessment methods include coursework, for example essays, analysis of source material, exhibition reviews and virtual portfolios, coursework reports, oral presentations
Written examinations are also taken for the majority of modules at the end of each academic year
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Additional information

The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend your third year studying abroad, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course Studying abroad allows you to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised We have exchange partners in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, the Middle East, Hong Kong and Japan Our expert staff We are a dynamic group of art historians who investigate the production and reception of images and built environment, across cultures and media, from the early modern period to the present day Our art history staff’s research interests include activist art, modernist art and totalitarianism, the relationship of art and science, the artistic status of body modification, expressions of societal anxiety in art, as well as architecture and urbanism Our history staff are among world leaders in their field, and our enthusiasm for our subject is infectious Our flexible course is combined with a supportive structure which helps you to pursue the modules best-suited to your interests - we welcome you into our scholarly community, and value your views Our teaching and research concentrates on the period from 1500 to the present and covers a wide geographical area that includes British and European history, as well as Latin America, the USA, China, Russia and Africa Specialist facilities Our Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA) is the most comprehensive Latin American art research resource in the UK and has a state-of-the-art teaching and research space Many of our students gain work and research experience through our collection Our onsite gallery Art Exchange runs an ongoing programme of contemporary art exhibitions, talks by curators and artists, and exhibitions organised by our curatorial students Enjoy regular visits to London...

BA Art History and History

£ 9,250 + VAT