BA Art History & Visual Culture and Classical Studies
Entry requirements
A-Level: ABB IB: 32/655 BTEC: DDM
About this course
BA in Art History & Visual Culture and Classical Studies, a joint-honours degree in History of Art and Classics that combines the analysis of artistic works with the study of ancient civilisations. Core topics include Fieldwork. Students examine key texts in translation without needing to study Latin or Greek, though language modules can be chosen optionally. The first year introduces foundational themes through compulsory modules such as Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture, Greek and Roman Narrative, and Greek and Roman Drama, alongside optional choices including Inside the Museum and Visual Media. The second year continues structured learning with compulsory modules like Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning, Greek and Roman Narrative, and Greek and Roman Drama, while allowing students to select from various optional modules covering specialized historical and contemporary topics.
Modules
- Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture
- Greek and Roman Narrative
- Greek and Roman Drama
- Inside the Museum
- Visual Media
- Topics in Art History and Visual Culture I
- Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II
- Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture
- Ancient World: Racecraft
- Roman Death and Commemoration
- Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Tyranny
- Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus
- Text and Context: Roman Laughter
- Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature
- Ancient World: Roman Philosophy
- Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning
- Greek and Roman Narrative
- Greek and Roman Drama
- Debates and Contestations in Art History
- Contemporary Visual Practices
- Photography and Evidence
- Contemporary Art and Curation
- Common Threads: Art, Craft and Activism
- Renaissances North and South: Italy and the Netherlands
- Revolutions! Art and Society in France, 1770-1830
- The Dutch Golden Age
- The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980
- Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres
- Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future
- Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment
- Chinoiserie and Européenerie: Artistic and Vultural Exchanges between China and Europe
- Ancient World: Racecraft
- Roman Death and Commemoration
- Ancient Sources (Written Evidence): Tyranny
- Ancient Sources (Material Evidence): Brave New Rome of Augustus
- Text and Context: Roman Laughter
- Text and Context: Writing Women in Ancient Literature
- Ancient World: Roman Philosophy