Programme Requirements for 2022/23 Session


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B.A. History and History of Art Full-time

Year: 2
2022/23 Session

The following must be taken

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Group Research 09 23513 20 Semester 2

For students taking 40 credits worth of Art History modules there are no compulsory modules from Art History.

Students taking 60 or 80 credits in Art History must take the following modules: modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Art History in the Field: Overseas Study Trip 10 24005 10 Semester 1
LI Research Techniques in History of Art 10 24008 10 Semester 2

Students taking 40 credits of Art History

Students choose 40 credits of Level I modules provided annually by the department.

Students taking 60 or 80 credits of Art History

Students choose additional Level I modules provided annually by the department to a combined total of 60 or 80 credits.

Depending on the number of credits students opt to take in Art History, optional module choices may be restricted (please refer to the Art History student handbook and module choice information).

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Art, Architecture and Design in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 10 24000 20 Semester 2
LI Art, Race and the British Empire, 1837-1901: Contexts, Approaches, Legacies 09 37040 20 Semester 1
LI Inside the Gallery: Curating an Exhibition 09 34891 20 Semester 1
LI Political Art 09 31897 20 Semester 1
LI Post-War: Art in Britain After the Second World War 10 30805 20 Semester 2
LI Power, Society, Politics: Religious Art in Northern Europe, c. 1400-1600 09 24247 20 Semester 1
LI Real and Ideal: Art and Society in Mid Nineteenth Century France 10 37928 20  
LI Renaissance Art in Italy and the Netherlands c.1400-60 10 24004 20 Semester 2

Students choose from a range of Autumn options which vary from year to year. The following is an indicative list:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Art, Architecture and Design in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna 10 24000 20 Semester 2
LI Autumn Option: The Global Cold War 09 35003 20 Semester 1
LI Autumn Option: Tudor Terrors: inner worlds, hidden worlds, new worlds. 09 34998 20 Semester 1
LI Autumn Option: ‘There is Black in the Union Jack’: An Introduction to Black and South Asian British History 09 30882 20 Semester 1
LI Post-War: Art in Britain After the Second World War 10 30805 20 Semester 2
LI Renaissance Art in Italy and the Netherlands c.1400-60 10 24004 20 Semester 2

With the approval of the programme leader students may also take an approved module or modules offered by the Department of History or a School or Department other than History

Students wishing to take 60 credits in History also choose 20 credits from the following:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI History in Theory & Practice A 09 33715 10 Semester 1
LI History in Theory & Practice B 09 33720 10 Semester 2
LI Research Methods A 09 33726 10 Semester 1
LI Research Methods B 09 33727 10 Semester 2

Students who chose 80 credits in History may take two modules from those just listed above, or may take instead a Spring Option. The following is an indicative list:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Spring Option: American Empire: The United States and the World 09 37108 20 Semester 2
LI Auschwitz in History and Memory 09 28668 20 Semester 2
LI Power, Society, Politics: Religious Art in Northern Europe, c. 1400-1600 09 24247 20 Semester 1
LI Spring Option: Society in the Viking World c.800-c.1100 09 30890 20 Semester 2

With the approval of the programme leader students may also take an approved module or modules offered by a School or Department other than History.

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level I. If successful this will be taken in place of 20 credits of taught modules. The credits to be dropped will be discussed with the programme convenor. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation.
Students undertaking a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Professional Skills 09 36839 20 Semester 1
LI Professional Skills – Freelance 09 37012 20 Semester 1