BA History of Art and Archaeology and...
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Bachelor's degree
In City of London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
Introduction
The BA History of Art and Archaeology is an unrivalled opportunity to study the visual arts, architecture and material culture of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. In the first year, students are introduced to the art and archaeology of different regions. They also receive theoretical and methodological training to prepare them for the study of Asian and African art. In subsequent years students broaden and deepen their knowledge and have the chance to specialise in particular regions or themes. An emphasis is placed on training students’ visual memory through the study of images. Students are also provided with a critical introduction to the creative and cultural industries.
On this two-subject programme, the study of the History of Art and Archaeology is combined with another subject. See the ‘Combinations’ tab for the list of subjects that can be taken. Some two-subject programmes are completed in three years while others take four years and include a year abroad.
The Department of the History of Art and Archaeology contains some of the world’s leading experts in Asian and African art history and archaeology, whose ground-breaking research informs and is informed by their teaching. Students benefit from the unparalleled knowledge and enthusiasm of staff. As members of the School of Arts, they profit from the insights of scholars and students studying the Music, Film and Media of Asia, Africa and the Middle East in historical and contemporary contexts. They can also select from courses in other departments, taking advantage of SOAS’s unrivalled expertise in the languages, history, religions and cultures of Asia and Africa..
A degree from the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology provides students with expertise in the History of Art and/or Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
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Subjects
- Project
- Global
- Works
- IT
- Archaeology
- Art History
- Art
- Recording
- History
- Cultures
- Archaeology units
- Independent
- Great work
- Architecture
- Visual Arts
- Material culture of Asia
Course programme
The structure of modules reflects the importance given to conceptual and methodological clarity, and to independent interests of students. Particular importance is given to the training of the student’s visual memory through the study of slide images. Special emphasis is given to the exploration of arts and artefacts as evidence in historical, religious and cultural studies of societies and cultures.
Please note that a 15 credits module corresponds to a 0.5 unit (taught over one term) and a 30 credits module corresponds to a full unit (taught over both terms).
Year 1:Two-subject students are expected to take two survey modules (15 credits each), along with the courses on Theory in Art History and Archaeology (15 credits) and Great works: Recordings, Objects, Films (15 credits) and two modules from their other subject.
- Theory in Art History and Archaeology (core)
- Great works: Recordings, Objects, Films (compulsory)
- Two of the following:
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of Africa
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of East Asia
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of the Near and Middle East
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of South and South East Asia
- Two modules from other subject
Students can pursue modules of their interest, building towards a cumulative knowledge of their chosen subject/region. Two-subject degree students take 120 credits modules in total, of which 60 credits modules must be from this department.
- Two Art/Archaeology modules
- Two modules from other subject
The choice of modules is presumed to build upon those of the previous year. A variety of module combinations is possible: Two-subject degree students normally take one 30 credits module (or two equivalent 15 credits modules) from the department’s options, along with the Independent Study Project.
- One Art/Archaeology module (30 credits)(or two equivalent 15 credits modules)
- Independent Study Project
- Two modules from other subject
- Theory in Art History and Archaeology
- Great Works: art, films, literature, music
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of Africa
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of East Asia
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of South and Southeast Asia
- Themes in the Art and Archaeology of the Near and Middle East
- African Art III: the Art and Architecture of North Eastern Africa
- Africans in the Americas: Identities and Representation
- Approaches to Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa
- Art and Archaeology of Ancient China
- Art and Archaeology of Medieval China
- Art and Architecture of Medieval Islamic Turkey: the Seljuks and their Neighbours
- Art and Architecture of Tibet
- Art and Culture in Imperial China
- Art and Culture in Modern China
- Art and empire in India 1300-1800
- Art and Material Culture of the Islamic World: 7th to 14th Centuries
- Arts and Society in Africa
- Arts, Culture and Commodification: Themes in the Global Creative and Cultural Industries
- Arts of SouthEast Asia
- Arts of the Buddha in Southeast Asia
- Art, Performance and The Body in Africa
- Buddhist Arts of Korea
- Chinese Art and Modernity
- Chinese Contemporary Art
- Collecting and Collections
- Comparative Avant-Gardes: Global Perspectives in Modern Art
- Contemporary Korean Arts in East Asia
- Critical Readings in Arts and Cultures
- Curating Global Arts
- Early Indian Art
- Exploring Visual Expressions of the Mandala
- Gandharan Art and its Heritage
- Gender, Art and Visual Culture: Explorations in the Representation of Southeast Asia
- Global Cultures of Chinese Ceramics
- Hindu Art in Medieval India
- House and Tomb in the Muslim World
- Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (1)
- Imag(in)ing Buddhas in South Asia (2)
- Islamic Art and Architecture of Medieval Iran and Central Asia (10th-13th centuries)
- Islamic Art Theories and Aesthetics
- Islamic Urbanism: Medina to Dubai
- Japanese Art
- Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic Art
- Mosque and Palace in the Muslim World
- Mughal Arts: Sound, Text, and Image
- Museums and Museology
- Music and travel on the Silk Road
- Ottoman Art and Architecture (14th-17th centuries)
- Painting in Africa
- Paintings of Korea
- Representing China in Museums
- Royal Arts of Korea
- Southeast Asia in the Modern Imagination: Art, Visuality, Exchange
- The `Historical` Buddha: Explorations in Southeast Asian Arts
- Visual Culture of Early-Modern Japan
- Traditional Art and Modern South Asia
- Undoing Asia: Artistic Perspectives from the 20th and 21th Centuries
- Visual Arts of Africa and The Atlantic World: History, Creativity and Agency
- War and Peace in the Eastern Mediterranean: Art and Architecure of Medieval Syria and Palestine
- Independent Study Project in Archaeology
- Independent study project in History of Art
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