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Programme code | 1HART005U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
Siobhan Shilton (French)
Gemma Brace (History of Art) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
Second School/department | Department of French |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups |
History of art, architecture and design (2019) (benchmark statement)
Languages, Cultures and Societies (2023) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 4 years (full time) |
History of Art:
The programme is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of History of Art as it is currently practiced through the progressive acquisition of both subject-specific and transferable skills. Students who complete the programme will be fully able to progress to postgraduate study in both History of Art and other Humanities subjects. They will also have gained experience and skills that will establish a solid foundation for many types of career. The programme is further designed:
French:
This programme is designed to allow students to achieve a command of modern spoken and written French to a high level of fluency and accuracy. It also gives students the opportunity to study aspects of French society, cultural production and linguistic history so as to provide a deeper understanding of the rich diversity of the culture in France and elsewhere in the French-speaking world. Programmes which involve the study of French and another modern language enable students to develop a strong intercultural competence. All programmes foster wider intellectual and experiential horizons thorough the mutual enrichment provided by the two components of the programme. In addition to introducing students to a wide range of areas of knowledge, all the programmes offer a training which develops skills in seeking out, analysing and critically interpreting information. Graduates enter employment in a broad variety of contexts, building on their practical language skills and on the training provided by a degree in the Humanities.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Knowledge and understanding are acquired through: lectures, seminars, tutorials, intensive language classes, directed reading, regular written coursework and practical language work (supported by the facilities of the Multimedia Centre), and a compulsory period of residence in the country to countries where the language is spoken. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Essay writing, formal presentations and examinations test the students' ability to analyse information and present reasoned arguments. Problem solving is assessed on the basis of the ability shown in addressing and responding to direct questions. Research skills are assessed through coursework and dissertations. Language development skills are tested through formative and summative modes of assessment (translations, language essays, oral presentations and aural comprehension exercises). |
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Intellectual skills are developed through group work in seminars, tutorials, oral presentations, essay writing and practical language work. Units are structured in such a way that the skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation of data are developed. Specific units focus on other intellectual skills: problem solving and research techniques. (FREN40015, Dissertation) |
Methods of Assessment | |
Essay writing, formal presentations and examinations test the students' ability to analyse information and present reasoned arguments. Problem solving is assessed on the basis of the ability shown in addressing and responding to direct questions. Research skills are assessed through coursework and dissertations. Language development skills are tested through formative and summative modes of assessment (translations, language essays, oral presentations and aural comprehension exercises). |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Seminars and tutorials are used to develop oral communication by requiring students to engage in class discussions and to give short presentations to initiate discussion, including defending their interpretations in debate with other students and staff. (1, 4, 5, 6) Oral skills are further developed in the language classes. (8, 11) Research and written communication skills are developed through the writing of essays and tutors' feedback on these. (3, 7, 9, 13) Independent learning is required in all language and non-language units. (1, 13, 14) IT skills are developed when researching and producing course work. (5, 12, 15) Students are given guidance on how to manage their time and work independently. (1, 17) Students are given guidance on the use of electronic resources, and are informed of opportunities for C&IT training. (15) |
Methods of Assessment | |
Non-language units are assessed through, written examination, written coursework and oral presentations requiring detailed and informed handling of the primary literature and extensive background reading in support of the argumentation advanced. In language, oral presentations are assessed according to criteria testing the effectiveness and accuracy of delivery and the command of information. Some units require oral class presentations of a satisfactory standard in order to gain CPs. The knowledge base is also tested through traditional unseen written examinations and through dissertations. Research and IT skills are assessed through coursework and dissertations |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Year 1 of the course has been expressly designed to lay the foundations, both in terms of subject-specific knowledge and skills and in terms of more general skills and abilities, which will allow students to fulfil the programme's aims and objectives. Core units in language are geared to help students progress in the consolidation and development of their A-level (or equivalent) language skills. Mandatory non-language units cover some of the main themes and concepts of French culture, familiarising students with the literature and political/social backcloth of France and thereby introducing them to the key areas of study offered in the programme. This will enable students to make informed choices between the optional units available in future years and provide a sound basis for study in Level I. The expectation is that their work will require considerable direction from members of staff at this stage. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
In Year 2, students are expected to be able to demonstrate that, in both mandatory and optional units, they have expanded the range and depth of their knowledge and also their capacity to evaluate their work. The topics explored and source materials consulted will be of greater depth and substance. Students will develop their analytical skills, their ability to structure their work and to expound it effectively with the increased requirement for seminar presentation. Language work will be of a higher level of complexity and students will develop their capacity to work accurately and creatively with French. They will be encouraged in group-work skills through active participation in seminars. They will be acquiring a heightened capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of coursework assignments). |
Level H/6 - Honours |
In Year 4, students are expected to expand the breadth of their knowledge through the study of optional units that allow them to pursue more closely their particular areas of interest. These units are more directly linked to staff research specialisms. Students are thereby able to benefit from a wide range of expertise at the cutting-edge of research that not only enhances their intellectual development but also serves actively to foster in them a research culture. Students will be expected to develop their ability to gather and assimilate information, synthesise it in an appropriately informed way, and engage in sophisticated evaluation of primary texts. These skills will have been enhanced through the heightened command of the French language acquired during the mandatory period of residence in a French-speaking country. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Acquisition of art historical knowledge and skills through lectures, seminars, tutorials, specially constructed art historical skills units, directed reading and individual formative feedback. Independent research is fostered through a supervised Project at Level I/5 of the programme and a Dissertation at level H/6. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Range of essays (varied lengths). 9,000-word Dissertation. Student presentations. Examinations (both seen and unseen). |
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Skills are acquired, practised and refined through participation in lectures and, in particular, engagement in seminars, written work of various lengths, and individual written and oral feedback from tutors. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Units are assessed through a variety of written coursework, student presentations and unseen examinations which require a demonstration of a combination of these skills. |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Written communication skills are acquired, refined and practiced through the production of essays, projects and a dissertation, and individual written and oral feedback from tutors. Seminars and tutorials are used to develop oral communication by requiring students to engage in class discussions and to make oral presentations. Specially devised skills units at Level C/4 and integrated skills training at Levels I/5 and H/6. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Some units require oral class presentations to a satisfactory standard to gain credit points. IT skills are assessed within the level C skills unit. The ability to locate and access sources is required in all written work. |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
Students are expected to acquire the foundations, in terms of both subject-specific knowledge and skills, on which to develop appropriate expertise in line with the aims and objectives of the programme. They will acquire familiarity with a broad chronological and geographical range of practices in the production, dissemination and reception of visual culture though three survey lecture series, ranging from the medieval period to the present day. The skills unit (Approaching the Object) will introduce students to the specialist terminology and conventions of the discipline, as well as a outlining a broad range of methods pertinent to art historical enquiry (including IT). The Special Topic will introduce students to more specialized, thematically driven approaches to the study of History of Art, whilst the Special Topic Project, backed up with tutor-led guidance, will facilitate the development of skills in independent study and research. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
At Level I students are expected to expand the range and depth of their knowledge in core areas of the discipline, develop their capacity to evaluate material using a variety of critical perspectives and develop their written and oral communication skills. They will also have the opportunity to work as part of a team in Curating the Object. Students will have the opportunity to consolidate what they have learned in year one and to use their knowledge, understanding and skills to evaluate critically and formulate evidence-based arguments. Students will extend their analytical skills and their ability to structure their work and present it fluently. They will be encouraged in group work skills through active participation in seminars and Curating the Object and they are expected to develop their capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of essays and coursework assignments). Through Histories and Theories of Art students will be familiarised with the diversity and richness of art historical writing of the past and present, develop skills in dealing with historiographical and methodological issues, and be introduced to a variety of sub-disciplines that underpins the range of current and past art historical study. The unit will equip students with the conceptual tools they need to develop further their understanding of particular topics and to strengthen their capacity to make connections between the different areas of their studies. The Lecture Response Units will be interactive and students will be expected to develop the ability to contribute in a variety of ways: in their Special Field students will develop their research skills through a focus on primary sources; in their projects they will further develop their independent research abilities. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
At level H students are expected to broaden and deepen their knowledge, and to apply relevant conceptual and methodological approaches to more complex art historical issues. Students will be encouraged to develop greater independence both as learners and in their own critical judgements and to reflect both on the nature of History of Art as a discipline and their own progress as art historians. At the same time, work is more research orientated and requires more independent study based on primary source materials. Working with staff on areas closely linked with their research specialisms, students will be expected to develop further their ability to gather, assimilate and synthesise information from diverse sources, and to engage in sophisticated critical evaluation of art historical and other historical texts. Building on the preparatory work in levels C and I students will undertake an extended, independently conceived and researched Dissertation. Students will be expected to present work which meets the highest standards of art historical scholarship for this level. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
Workload Statement
In common with the rest of the University, units in the Faculty of Arts
adhere to the credit framework which sets out that 20 credits normally
equates to some 200 hours of student input. Some of this time will be spent
in class, with the remainder divided between preparation for classes and
preparation for, and completion of, the assessment tasks. Some of this
activity may occur within the University’s online learning environment,
Blackboard, which you may use to prepare wikis, to interact with other
students, to download tutorials or to receive feedback.
Assessment Statement
Please select the following link for a statement about assessment. This is University of Bristol access only.
https://www.bris.ac.uk/arts/current/under/assessment.html
History of Art
There are six Joint Honours programmes:
History of Art and French / German / Italian / Portuguese / Russian / Spanish – These programmes involve a year spent in the country relevant to the language studied. Students go abroad in their third year, having completed Level I/5, and return to complete Level H/6.
French:
Honours Degree programmes involving French and another subject require mandatorily that one year (Year Three) be spent abroad either entirely or for one half of the year in a French-speaking country. Many students opt to take an assistantship in a French school under a scheme organised by the French government. The French Department has SOCRATES exchange agreements exchanges with universities in, Paris, Cergy-Pontoise, Bordeaux, Aix, La Réunion and Martinique. A number of placements on stages are also taken up; some placements are recurrently available to Bristol students while others are arranged anew each year.The French Department, thanks to its size with 15 full-time teaching staff, is able to offer a rich array of internal pathways for students to follow. All the pathways place an emphasis on the development of language skills and the enhancement of the students' knowledge and expertise in a variety of genres and periods of culture selected from the wide range available. The Department received a 5 in the most recent RAE and it has always encouraged a strong synergy between research and teaching. This has resulted in the creation and development of a vibrant learning environment for students within the Department, as staff continuously upgrade existing teaching materials and introduce fresh optional units. A further source of strength in the learning experience of students comes from the interaction between French and other departments. Single honours students will normally follow Additional units taught outside the French Department. In addition, units have consistently been available as options within other departments as well as French. Thus, Romance Linguistics (FREN 30059) may be taken by students from the Departments of French, Italian Studies or Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Furthermore, almost all the units figuring in the programme may be followed by students of French within the School of Modern Languages. The School offers a wide variety of joint programmes involving the study of any two of the following languages: Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. There are also joint programmes combining French with Latin, Drama, History of Art, Music, Philosophy, Politics, History and Law. Such students serve to enrich the intellectual environment within which teaching and learning take place within the French Department.
History of Art
http://www.bris.ac.uk/arthistory/
or Email - art-history@bristol.ac.uk
French
Mandatory Unit French Language is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A | |||||
French Language | FREN10029 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Introduction to Modern Art | HART10217 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B | |||||
French Cultures in Context Not available in this year | FREN10030 | 20 | Mandatory | ||
Introduction to Medieval Art | HART10215 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List E - Take FREN10010 and one 20 CP History of Art unit | |||||
Landscape (Level C Special Topic) | HART10208 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Artist (Level C Special Topic) | HART10209 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The City (Level C Special Topic) | HART10210 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Early-Modern Art | HART10216 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Reading Literary and Visual Cultures in French | FREN10010 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Mandatory Unit French Language is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Students must take at least 40CP of French or Modern Language units and at least 40 CP of History of Art units | |||||
List A | |||||
French Language 2 | FREN20001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Theorising the Object | HART20035 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 20CP from either list B or list D | |||||
French Drama | FREN20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Francophone African Literature | FREN20043 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The French Language: Structures and Varieties | FREN20044 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Art in Britain (Level I Lecture Response Unit) | HART20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Baroque Art | HART20032 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Modern Art in the USA 1900-1939 (Lecture Response Unit) | HART20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sculpture and the Body (Level I Lecture Response Unit) | HART20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20CP from this list | |||||
French Drama | FREN20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Francophone African Literature | FREN20043 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Francophone Belgian Culture: From Symbolism to bande dessinée | FREN20064 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Comic and Grotesque in Pre-Modern Culture | FREN20060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Curating the Object | HART20029 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
List D - Choose 20CP from either list D or list B | |||||
French Fiction: from Realism to the 21st Century | FREN20048 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to French Cinema | FREN20056 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Comic and Grotesque in Pre-Modern Culture | FREN20060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
France in Ferment 1870-1940 | FREN20063 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Race and Place | HART20031 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
How to Live Well: The Art of the Netherlands 1500-1700 | HART20030 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Paris 1857-1897 | FREN20041 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
French Fiction: from Realism to the 21st Century | FREN20048 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
France 1940-44: Occupation and Resistance | FREN20037 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Art and Music | HART20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Art and War (Level I Special Field) | HART20027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Early Italian Art | HART20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Paris | HART20028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units; OR choose an additional 20 CP as follows: any 20 CP from lists B or C; any French or Modern Languages unit from list D; any 20 CP from list E | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Mandatory Year Abroad is must pass. For further information and a definition of must pass units please see the Glossary of Terms
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Year Abroad TB-1 | MODL20014 | 60 | Mandatory | AYEAR | |
Year Abroad TB-2 | MODL20015 | 60 | Mandatory | AYEAR | |
120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Students must take at least 40CP of French or Modern Language units and at least 40 CP of History of Art units | |||||
List A - Take 40 CP from list, including the mandatory language unit | |||||
Modernism and the 'Black Atlantic' | HART30048 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Art in Russia and the Soviet Union (Lecture Response Unit) | HART30025 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Art of the Northern Renaissance (Level H Lecture Response Unit) | HART30043 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Art and Fashion | HART30051 | 20 | Optional | A | TB-1 |
French Language 3 | FREN30001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
List B - Take 20 CP from this list, unless you are taking the HART31048 in list E | |||||
Dissertation | HART31047 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-4 |
Les Miserables: Readings and Receptions | FREN30030 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Censor's Scissors, 1750-1830 | FREN30112 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Communism in Europe | MODL30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Italian City: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures | MODL30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20 CP from list C or from list F | |||||
Approaches to the Artist (Reflective Art History Unit) | HART30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Vision | HART30040 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Prints | HART30046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
French for Business and Enterprise | FREN30047 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Around Cubism | FREN30096 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Intellectuals and the Media in France | FREN30108 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Me, Myself, and I: The Essais of Michel de Montaigne | FREN30114 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Propaganda, Politics, and the Islamic Other: Literary Responses to the Crusades | FREN30117 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Translating in a Professional Context | MODL30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Catalan Language (follow-on) | MODL30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Czech Language (follow-on) | MODL30012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Follow-on Portuguese | MODL30037 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Multi- and Plurilingualism: Language Policies across Europe and Beyond | MODL30038 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
German Expressionism | HART30035 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Artistic Exchange in the Mediterranean | HART30029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Art and Internationalism (Level H Special Subject) | HART30042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Audio-Visual Culture | HART30053 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Alchemy of Influence: Imitation, Translation, and Creativity | FREN30131 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Francophone Women Directors: Documentary Filmmaking | FREN30111 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Liaison Interpreting | MODL30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives | MODL30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Cultural heritage of Historic Towns and Cities in Europe and Beyond | MODL30027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose one unit from this list | |||||
Dissertation | HART31047 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-4 |
Dissertation | HART31048 | 40 | Optional | E | TB-4 |
MODL30005 is mandatory for Single Honours Students | |||||
Independent Study 1 | MODL30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Gender, Sexuality and Cinema | MODL30018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Pan-Africanism: ideas and archives | MODL30026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Theoretical Approaches to Language Teaching | MODL30036 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F - Choose 20 CP from list F or from list C | |||||
OPEN Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units; OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-E above. However, you may not take both HART31047 and HART31048; you may not take two History of Art units from the list C, or two History of Arts units from list D overall | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
History of Art and French (BA) | 120 |
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For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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