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Programme code | 1HART001U |
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Programme type | Single Honours |
Programme director(s) |
Ann Matchette
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Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | History of art, architecture and design (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
The programme is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of History of Art as it is currently practised 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: •To enable students to develop their capabilities as art historians to the highest potential levels in an active, challenging and internationally recognised research environment which facilitates the development of high-order critical, analytical and presentational skills, and provides a context for a research training •To attract students of the highest academic potential from a widening range of educational, social, and ethnic backgrounds •To enable students, through the study of History of Art, to achieve personal fulfilment through their own intellectual growth and acquire the life-long learning skills more fully to understand themselves and the world around them and thus contribute positively to society •To enable students to reflect on the nature of History of Art as a discipline and appreciate its current relevance for a wide range of applications
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 supervised Projects at Levels C and I of the programme and a Dissertation at level H. |
Methods of Assessment | |
Range of essays (varied lengths). 10,000-word Dissertation. Student presentations Examinations (both seen and unseen) |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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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 and integrated skills training at Levels I and H. |
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.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A | |||||
Introduction to Modern Art | HART10217 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B | |||||
Introduction to Medieval Art | HART10215 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List C | |||||
Approaching the Object | HART10007 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List D | |||||
Introduction to Early-Modern Art | HART10216 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
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 | |
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Approaches to Poetry | ENGL10026 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Living Religions East | THRS10065 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Representations: (Re)-Making the World | HUMS10011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The Medieval World | HIST10042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A | |||||
Theorising the Object | HART20035 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Art in Britain (Level I Lecture Response Unit) | HART20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Modern European Art | HART20036 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Collage and its Histories | HART20039 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Art and Empire | HART20038 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
List C | |||||
Curating the Object | HART20029 | 20 | Mandatory | C | TB-2 |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
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 | |||||
Art and War (Level I Special Field) | HART20027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Early Italian Art | HART20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Cold War Culture: Art and Politics since 1945 (Level I Special Field) | HART26001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from list B or E above | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
For students who take optional unit HUMS20002, this replaces all of the Year 2 units in TB1 or TB2, including units that are normally mandatory in this programme. | |||||
Study Abroad/ Erasmus | HUMS20002 | 60 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
You may additionally take MODL20018 in TB1 (and 130 credit points in total) in combination with HUMS20002. | |||||
Foreign Language Skills for Semester Abroad Students | MODL20018 | 10 | Optional | F | TB-1 |
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Modernism and the 'Black Atlantic' | HART30048 | 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 | TB-1 | |
Art and the Natural World | HART30054 | 20 | Optional | A | TB-1 |
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Physical Culture - Visual Culture | HART30036 | 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 | |
The Illustrated Press | HART30055 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Approaches to the Artist (Reflective Art History Unit) | HART30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Religious Art (Reflective Art History Unit) | HART30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Prints | HART30046 | 20 | Optional | D | TB-2 |
List E | |||||
Dissertation | HART31048 | 40 | Mandatory | E | TB-4 |
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from list A above | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
History of Art (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
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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