History of Art with Film (BA): 6-year, part-time

Birkbeck, University of London

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    6 Years

Our BA History of Art with Film is for those with a passion for both the visual arts and the study of film; it is also ideal if you are interested in a career in the broad area of arts, media and cultural industries. This course covers a wide range of Western and non-Western art, from the Parthenon to performance art, and film history and theory from film's beginnings to the present day.

You will develop your understanding of works of visual and film culture in their historical context, enhance your skills of visual perception and critical analysis of texts and of still and moving images, and be introduced to the current approaches to the discipline. You will learn to research the cultural and historical contexts in which art and film has been produced and write confidently and analytically about images, films and texts.

While some of our students have studied art history at school or have completed short courses, most have not studied the subject in any depth prior to starting this course. The first-year modules are therefore intended to provide you with academic skills and a good grounding in the discipline. As you progress through the course, you will have opportunities to explore different types of visual culture in more detail. Studying at Birkbeck you are based in the heart of London, close to museums and galleries, while being part of a vibrant and stimulating student community.

This course is also available for full-time evening study over three years and part-time evening study over four years.

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London
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Malet Street, WC1E 7HX

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About this course

Our students develop the ability to think critically and creatively, and to articulate their ideas persuasively. Intellectual rigor, visual sensitivity and informed debate are fundamental to the discipline of history of art, as well as being transferable skills relevant to a range of careers. Graduates can pursue jobs in arts management, conservation and policy; in education, marketing and publishing; in the museums and heritage sectors; and in research and academia.

Jobs gained by some of our BA and MA graduates include:

Head of Learning, Design Museum
Curator, Schools Programmes, Tate Modern
Curatorial Assistant, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Curatorial Officer, National Army Museum
Head of Campaign Management, Science Museum
Curator, Handel House Museum
Head Curator, National Maritime Museum
Director, Foundling Museum
Curator, British Art 1850-1915, Tate Britain
Courses and Events Programmer, National Gallery.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.

We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications, as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.

Standard requirements are a minimum of two A-levels or equivalent.

Awarding Body
University of London

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Subjects

  • Aesthetics
  • British Empire
  • Politics
  • Art History
  • Design
  • Art design
  • Painting
  • Art
  • Cinema
  • International
  • Part Time
  • Architectural

Course programme

COURSE STRUCTURE

The 12 modules required for this programme are structured as broad introductory modules in the first year, more focused thematic and period-based modules in the second year, and a range of specialised seminar modules in the final years. Increasing independence of thought is required as the degree progresses. You also complete a dissertation. You may take two modules in other disciplines as part of the programme, in consultation with your personal tutor.

In Year 1, you take two compulsory modules.

In Year 2, you take two compulsory modules.

In Year 3, you take one history of art option module and one film option module at Level 5.

In Year 4, you choose one option module at Level 6 (or choose another option module at Level 5 from Year 3). You also take the Level 5 Research Portfolio module.

In Year 5, you take one history of art option module and one film option module at Level 6.

In Year 6, you take one film option module at Level 6 and complete your dissertation.

YEAR 1 COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Art History: A Survey
  • Doing Art History
YEAR 2 COMPULSORY MODULES
  • Debates in Art History
  • Introduction to Cinema
YEAR 3 HISTORY OF ART OPTION MODULES
  • Art and Society Between 1900 and the Present
  • Art and Society in the Nineteenth Century
YEAR 3 FILM OPTION MODULES
  • Approaches to Cinema History
YEAR 4 COMPULSORY MODULE
  • Research Portfolio
YEARS 4, 5 AND 6 HISTORY OF ART OPTION MODULES
  • Art and Patronage in Papal Rome c. 1534-1590
  • Art and the Sacred in the Middle Ages
  • Art as Critique: Caricature, Modernity and the Avant-Garde
  • Art of the British Empire
  • Concrete and Flesh: Modern Architecture and the Body
  • Impressionist Paris: Modernity and Difference
  • Modernism in Scandinavian Art and Design
  • Photography Between Art and Document, 1839 to Now
  • Seventeenth-Century Painting in the Netherlands
  • Strategies of Display: Avant-Garde Exhibitions, The White Cube and Beyond
  • The Aesthetics of Politics: Picturing the Victorian State
BA HISTORY OF ART WITH FILM DISSERTATION
  • Dissertation
Option module provision is reviewed each year; the list above gives an indication of the range of subjects offered.

Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.

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