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Our distinctive curriculum allows you to take advantage of the most up-to-date developments in the field, and combine different approaches to the study of visual media. You study a variety of different films and a number of different genres, periods, and national cinemas.
You have the opportunity to develop your interests in the history of the image and in visual communication skills as well as developing your skills of making and analyzing film.
In the field of art history, you cover a broad history and choose from a variety of specialist options. Engage with artworks that range from Old Master paintings, through the Pre-Raphaelites and Surrealists, to the most up-to-date contemporary art and visual culture. Modules explore a wide variety of media, including architecture, urbanism, photography, and video, as well as painting, drawing, printmaking, performance art, and sculpture. This understanding of visual history allows you to complement and enhance your exploration of different world cinemas as you learn about the history of film, and its formal aesthetics, in a variety of contexts of production and reception.
UK entry requirements
A-levels: ABB
BTEC: DDD
IB: 32 points or three Higher Level certificates with 655.
We are also happy to consider a combination of separate IB Diploma Programmes at both Higher and Standard Levels. Exact offer levels will vary depending on the range of subjects being taken at higher and standard levels, and the course applied for. Please contact the Undergraduate Admissions Office for more information.
Access to HE Diploma: 15 level 3 credits at Distinction and 30 level 3 credits at Merit
We also consider T-levels.
International & EU entry requirements
We accept a wide range of qualifications from applicants studying in the EU and other countries. Get in touch with any questions you may have about the qualifications we accept. Remember to tell us about the qualifications you have already completed or are currently taking.
20 hours per week.
COMPONENT 01: COMPULSORY
Writing and Researching Art History
(15 CREDITS)
COMPONENT 02: COMPULSORY
Art and Ideas: I
COMPONENT 03: COMPULSORY
Approaches to Film and Media
(30 CREDITS)
COMPONENT 04: OPTIONAL
Film option or outside option(s)
COMPONENT 05: COMPULSORY WITH OPTIONS
AR116-4-AU and/or Art History option(s)
Art and Ideas II: More Art, More Ideas - Critique and Historiography in the History of Art
COMPONENT 02: COMPULSORY WITH OPTIONS
Art History option
COMPONENT 03: OPTIONAL
LT206-5-FY or Film option(s)
Film option(s)
COMPONENT 05: OPTIONAL
Art History option(s)
COMPONENT 06: COMPULSORY
Beyond the BA: Skills for the Next Step
(0 CREDITS)
Final Year Dissertation Project
Photography in History
Art History or Film option
Art and Ideas III
If you do not require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK then we will assess your English language proficiency/ability at your interview or audition.
If your first language is not English and you are an international student that requires a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK then you will need IELTS 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.
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