Art History with Creative Writing BA
Art History allows you to see and interpret moments in history through their architecture and material culture.
Courses
In each year of your undergraduate programme, you will study the equivalent of four, 30-credit, courses for your honours degree, plus three non-credit bearing courses for your NCH Diploma.
In your first year
Introduction to Art History
An orientation course guiding students how to approach & understand works of art… Read More
The Art of the Byzantine World
Learn about the architecture and material culture of the Eastern Roman Empire… Read More
The Art of the Islamic World
Study the art of the Near and Middle East from the 7th century to the 17th century… Read More
The Writer’s Craft: Lexicon & Style
Introduces the craft of writing creatively in three principal literary forms… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Critical Reasoning: Formal & Informal
Studied in Michaelmas term, introduces students to formal and informal logic… Read More
Critical Reasoning: Scientific Reasoning
An introduction to key methodological ideas in the natural and social sciences… Read More
LAUNCH: Introductory Capabilities
LAUNCH provides students with an understanding of the world of work… Read More
In your second year
The Industry of Art: Renaissance & Baroque
The development of European Art from 1300 to 1650, focusing on Italy in particular… Read More
European Painting: Chardin to Matisse
A wide-ranging introduction to European painting between 1700 and 1930… Read More
One course from:
The Elegiac Landscape
Survey the evolution of the Elegiac Landscape from 1750 to the present… Read More
The City in Contemporary History
Learn how to talk about the built environment that you move through every day… Read More
Plus:
The Writer’s Voice: Influence & Innovation
Foregrounds two related aspects of central importance to the creative writing process… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Science Literacy: Physics, Cosmology, Biology
Physics, Cosmology, Evolutionary Biology and Neuroscience literacy… Read More
Science Literacy: History of Science
Introduction to several key episodes in the history of science… Read More
LAUNCH: Applied Capabilities
Advanced Capabilities course runs over students’ final two years at the College… Read More
In your third year
Modern Architecture: 1851 to the present
Study key buildings, urban projects and designed landscapes from 1851 to today… Read More
Dissertation
In the final year, each student taking Art History as a Major writes a dissertation… Read More
One course from:
Ceramics from Asia: 618 – 1650
Study widely appreciated glazed ceramics of great sophistication… Read More
Masters of America
American painting from 1780 to 1900 through the work of its leading masters… Read More
Plus:
Final Year Project & Publishing Horizons
Undertaking of a single, sustained, self-directed creative writing project… Read More
The NCH Diploma
Applied Ethics: Ethics in Public & Profession
A series of lectures on major ethical challenges and alternative responses… Read More
Applied Ethics: The Good Life
A series of lectures on major ethical challenges and alternative responses… Read More
LAUNCH: Applied Capabilities
Advanced Capabilities course runs over students’ final two years at the College… Read More