BA History of Art

SOAS, University of London
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Bachelor's degree

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  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Programme Code: V350 BA/HAr
Mode of Attendance: Full-time
Introduction
This programme 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 years two and three 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.
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 modules 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. Our graduates work in arts, culture and heritage roles, including in galleries, museums, archives, conservation, publishing and arts administration. The large portfolio of transferable skills they acquire enables them to forge careers in a range of other fields across the world. Many graduates decide to pursue postgraduate study in the History of Art and Archaeology or a related discipline.

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • IT
  • Archaeology
  • Art History
  • Art
  • Global
  • History
  • History of art
  • Journalism
  • Communication Skills
  • Research skills
  • Written and oral communication skills
  • Visual awareness
  • Museums
  • Conservation organisations
  • Commercial galleries

Course programme

Learn a language as part of this programme

Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Please note that a 15 credit module corresponds to a 0.5 unit (taught over one term) and a 30 credit module corresponds to a full unit (taught over both terms).

The structure and contents of modules reflect the importance given to conceptual and methodological clarity, and to the independent interests of students. Particular importance is given to the training of student’s visual memory through the study of visual images.

One purpose of the introductory year is to provide a basis for the student's selection of modules in the second and third years. In the first year, students must take six 15 credit compulsory Art and Archaeology modules, including four 15 credit modules introducing the arts of Asia and Africa, and a 15 credit core module introducing theoretical issues about how and why art and archaeology are studied and discussed. In addition, students must take a 30 credit fourth ‘open option’ module in another department.

In the first year, students are normally required to take modules to the value of 120 credits as follows:

  • Theory in Art History and Archaeology (core)
  • Great Works: Recordings, Objects, Films
  • 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
  • A 30 credit fourth ‘open option’ module (or two equivalent 15 credit modules) from another department.

Students who wish to take the BA History of Art and Archaeology must in their second and third years accumulate at least 120 credits from the modules designated as having
 archaeological content, selected from the list of second and third year modules below (modules listed under the heading 'Years 2 and 3 Modules with Archaeological Content').

Any student who passes at least 120 credits from modules designated as having archaeological content will automatically be placed in the History of Art and Archaeology programme, while those who do not will be placed in the History of Art programme.

The selection of modules in the third year is normally intended to develop the chosen specialisations of the second year. In addition, all third year students are encouraged to write a 10,000 word Independent Study Project essay (on a subject of their choice) which counts as 30 credits.

Year 1
  • 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 the Near and Middle East
  • Themes in the Art and Archaeology of South and Southeast Asia
Years 2 and 3
  • Africans in the Americas: Identities and Representation
  • Approaches to Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa
  • 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 of SouthEast Asia
  • Art, Performance and The Body in Africa
  • 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
  • Exploring Visual Expressions of the Mandala
  • 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
  • Islamic Art Theories and Aesthetics
  • Japanese Art
  • Mosaics, Manuscripts, and Wall Painting in Islamic Art
  • Museums and Museology
  • Mughal Arts: Sound, Text, and Image
  • Music and travel on the Silk Road
  • Paintings of Korea
  • Representing China in Museums
  • 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
Years 2 and 3 Modules with Archaeological Content
  • African Art III: the Art and Architecture of North Eastern Africa
  • Art and Archaeology of Medieval China
  • Art and Archaeology of Ancient China
  • Art and Architecture of Medieval Islamic Turkey: the Seljuks and their Neighbours
  • Art and Architecture of Tibet
  • Arts, Culture and Commodification: Themes in the Global Creative and Cultural Industries
  • Early Indian Art
  • Gandharan Art and its Heritage
  • 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 Urbanism: Medina to Dubai
  • Mosque and Palace in the Muslim World
  • Ottoman Art and Architecture (14th-17th centuries)
  • Painting in Africa
  • Royal Arts of Korea
  • War and Peace in the Eastern Mediterranean: Art and Architecure of Medieval Syria and Palestine
Year 3
  • Independent study project in History of Art
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