BA History of Art with Spanish (with a year abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: AAB You do not need an A level in History of Art or a language IB: 35 points BTEC: DDD We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus A at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AA at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus A at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) BA (Hons) History of Art with Spanish (with a year abroad) is an undergraduate degree in Modern Languages and History of Art. Core topics include Research Methods. This four-year course includes a year abroad spent studying at a partner university or undertaking a work placement, and concludes with a compulsory BA Dissertation in the final year. The first year introduces fundamentals through compulsory modules such as Transmissions and Connections, Art History Now, The Practices of Art History, and Spanish Language and Cultures: Upper Intermediate. The second year continues with core subjects like Art and Its Institutions and Research Skills for Art History, while offering optional modules covering topics such as Art Law, Surrealism: Art and Liberty, and World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures. The fourth year focuses on advanced language proficiency and independent research alongside optional studies in areas such as Latinos in the USA and Independent Study in Languages and Cultures.
Modules
- Transmissions and Connections
- Art History Now
- The Practices of Art History
- The Materials of Art and Architecture
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Upper Intermediate
- Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Intensive Spanish and Cultures: Beginner
- Understanding Spanish-speaking Cultures and Societies
- Art and Its Institutions
- Research Skills for Art History
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Advanced
- Journeys, Histories, and Methods of Display
- Curating the Dressed Body in Fashion History
- Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Communities in Art History (1800 - the Present)
- Fashion, Sustainability, and Ethics
- Art Law
- What is Pop Art?
- Art in the USA 1942-1975
- Surrealism: Art and Liberty
- Made in Italy
- The Future is Still Female: Art and Feminism since the 1970s
- How to Be a Critic
- The Emergence of Photography
- Camera South Asia
- Indo-British Art, c.1527-1947
- Cut / Bite / Stamp: The Power of the Printed Image in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Painting in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- The English Country House
- Three Rogue Architects
- Images as Knowledge
- Material Encounters in Northern Renaissance Art
- Contemplation, Knowledge and Power: Medieval Maps
- The Arts of Italy and the ‘Global Renaissance’
- Art in Renaissance Florence: Materials, Making, Agency
- From Brick into Stone: Islamic Architecture in Anatolia During the Long Thirteenth Century
- Looting, Acquiring, Gifting: The Islamic Art Market and Museums
- Babylon-Berlin: Ancient Art and Modern Museology
- Art and Iconoclasm: The Power of Images
- The First Cities: Art and Architecture of Ancient Mesopotamia
- Multiple Identities in 21st Century Spain
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- BA Dissertation
- Spanish Language and Cultures: Proficient
- Journeys, Histories and Methods of Display
- Curating the Dressed Body in Fashion History
- Interwoven: Fashion and Clothing Communities in Art History (1800 - the Present)
- Fashion, Sustainability, and Ethics
- Art Law
- What is Pop Art?
- Art in the USA 1942-1975
- Surrealism: Art and Liberty
- Made in Italy
- The Future is Still Female: Art and Feminism since the 1970s
- How to Be a Critic
- The Emergence of Photography
- Camera South Asia
- Indo-British Art, c.1527-1947
- Cut / Bite / Stamp: The Power of the Printed Image in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- Painting in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- The English Country House
- Three Rogue Architects
- Images as Knowledge
- Material Encounters in Northern Renaissance Art
- Contemplation, Knowledge and Power: Medieval Maps
- The Arts of Italy and the Global Renaissance
- Art in Renaissance Florence: Materials, Making, Agency
- From Brick into Stone: Islamic Architecture in Anatolia During the Long Thirteenth Century
- Looting, Acquiring, Gifting: The Islamic Art Market and Museums
- Babylon-Berlin: Ancient Art and Modern Museology
- Art and Iconoclasm: The Power of Images
- The First Cities: Art and Architecture of Ancient Mesopotamia
- World Cinemas: Representing National and Transnational Societies and Cultures
- Latinos in the USA
- Independent Study in Languages and Cultures