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Programme code | 1HART006U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
Steffan Davies (German)
Peter Dent (History of Art) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of History of Art (Historical Studies) |
Second School/department | Department of German |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups | 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:
German:
The programme aim is to deliver, within a programme which also includes work undertaken in a non-language department, a command of modern spoken and written German to a high level of fluency and accuracy, and also to provide the opportunity of studying the rich cultural, linguistic, political and social history of the German-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the present day. The programme combines the traditional and the innovative, students gain an interest in and knowledge and understanding of the Germanic world, past and present, including its language, literature, broader culture, institutions and politics. Through the ages the language, culture and political and economic weight of the German-speaking world have made a lasting impact on civilisation in Europe and beyond, and today it remains a powerhouse at the centre of the European Union. Learning the German language is the key to understanding this fascinating society and its complex development. The programme aims to promote the self-development of the individual learner and thereby to offer society the resource of intellectually trained individuals, capable of both independent and collective work, with both subject-specific and transferable skills. Graduates enter employment in a wide range of contexts, building on the skills and values of an education 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 or countries where the language is spoken. |
Methods of Assessment | |
A range of essay writing skills (short and extended essays), providing summative and formative assessment. Project work. Special subjects to allow students to address areas in-depth and the option of a dissertation. Examinations and coursework assessment in all three years spent in Bristol. Language is formally assessed through coursework, translations, essays, oral presentations and aural comprehension. |
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Intellectual skills are developed through seminars, tutorials, oral presentations and essay writing. Units are structured in such a way that the skills of analysis, synthesis and evaluation of literature are developed. History and linguistics units develop similar skills in that specific field. Language, problem solving and research are honed in the year abroad assignment. The option of Independent Study is also available in the final year. |
Methods of Assessment | |
A variety of assessment methods are used as per individual unit aims and objectives. Essay writing and examinations test the students' ability to analyse information and present reasoned arguments. Research skills are assessed by means of extended written coursework and dissertation. Language is formally assessed by translations, essays of various types, oral presentations and aural comprehension, including interpreting. |
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 introductory talks/presentations to initiate discussion. These oral skill are further developed in the language classes. The ability to think and work independently is stimulated by dissertation, essay and project tasks. |
Methods of Assessment | |
All units are assessed through written coursework and extended essays. These require a detailed and expansive handling of literature and extensive reading in support of their conclusions. The knowledge base is also tested through traditional unseen written examinations, through project work and Dissertation. |
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 programme has been expressly designed to lay the foundations which will allow students to fulfil the programme aims and objectives. A core unit in language is geared to lead the student in the development of their language skills. The year introduces and includes preliminary work on some of the main themes and key concepts of German literature, history and linguistics to provide a familiarity with these disciplines. It enables students to understand the cultural heritage, historical development and modern contours of the German-speaking world. The expectation is that their work may require considerable direction from members of staff at this stage, and the Year 1 units are designed with this in mind. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
In Year 2 students are expected to be able to demonstrate that they have expanded the range and depth of their knowledge in various areas of the discipline and their capacity to evaluate their work through the wide range of options available beyond the core language unit. The themes and language readings will be of greater depth and substance. Students will develop their analytical skills, their ability to structure their work and present it fluently. They will be encouraged in group work skills through active participation in seminars. They will be developing a capacity for self-directed learning (for example, through the researching and writing of essays and projects). Spoken and written language skills will be reinforced and enhanced. In Year 3, students will develop their command of spoken and written German during the mandatory period of residence abroad when they either follow a formal programme on instruction at and academic institution in a German-speaking country. Their linguistic critical, research and presentational skills will also be enhanced through the writing of dissertations in German during the year. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
Students are expected to have expanded the breadth of their knowledge through the study of optional units; the units are more closely linked to staff research interests developing the conceptual and methodological approaches used with more depth and complexity. Students will be expected to develop further their ability to gather and assimilate information, to synthesise these in an appropriate way, to engage in sophisticated evaluation of language texts. These skills will be perfected in the writing of longer and more demanding essays, already introduced during their study abroad. There will be an emphasis on independent learning, self-directed study and research skills. |
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/5 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 on a group project. 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 the Group Project 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.
German
The School of Modern Languages also offers a single honours German degree and joint programmes in German and Czech, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.The Department has special links under the SOCRATES scheme with the Universities of Hannover, Heidelberg, Mainz, Marburg, Germersheim, Leipzig and Graz.
History of Art
http://www.bris.ac.uk/arthistory/
or Email - art-history@bristol.ac.uk
German
Mandatory Unit German 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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Introduction to German Studies (Post A-Level) | GERM10013 | 40 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
German Language 1 (Post A-level) | GERM10009 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Instead of the above German language units, ab initio students take: | |||||
German Language 1 (ab initio) | GERM19003 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Introduction to German Studies | GERM10023 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Plus | |||||
Approaching the Object | HART10007 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Choose two units from the following: | |||||
Introduction to Medieval Art | HART10215 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Introduction to Early-Modern Art | HART10216 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Modern Art | HART10217 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
Mandatory Unit German 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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German Language 2 (Post A-Level) | GERM20001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Instead of the above, students who took German ab initio GERM19003 in their first year should take this unit | |||||
German Language post ab initio | GERM20032 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Students must choose at least one but no more than three units from the following list: | |||||
Divided Germany | GERM22037 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Franz Kafka | GERM22033 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Aspects of Modern Sociolinguistics | GERM22029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Spotlights on Anglo-German Relations: Literature, Media, Film | GERM20031 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
'Talking to Tyrants' Politics, Thought and Drama in 1780s Germany | GERM20030 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
From Caligari to Hitler: German Film 1919-1945 | GERM20033 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Plus | |||||
Histories and Theories of Art | HART22223 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
One of the following: | |||||
Curating the Object | HART20029 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Special Field Project | HART22225 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
If students take Curating the Object they take one Lecture Response unit from the following list, if they take HART22225 (Special Field Project) they take one Special Field unit from the following list: | |||||
Lecture Response Units: | |||||
Architecture and Urbanism | HART20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Modern Art in the USA 1900-1939 (Lecture Response Unit) | HART20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Art in Britain (Level I Lecture Response Unit) | HART20024 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sculpture and the Body (Level I Lecture Response Unit) | HART20026 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Modern Women Artists | HART20018 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Special Field units: | |||||
Art and Music | HART20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Early Italian Art | HART20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Art and War (Level I Special Field) | HART20027 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Cold War Culture: Art and Politics since 1945 (Level I Special Field) | HART26001 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Paris | HART20028 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Students may choose up to two units from the following list: | |||||
Political Systems of Modern Europe | MODL20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Introduction to Linguistics | MODL23013 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Woman and Nation | MODL23017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Gender in Post-Socialist Central and Eastern Europe | MODL20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Students may choose up to one unit from the following list: | |||||
Catalan Language (Elementary) | MODL23014 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Czech Language (Elementary) | MODL23015 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
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 | TB-2,AYEAR | |
120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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German Language 3 | GERM30001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-4 | |
Students must choose at least one but no more than three units from the following: | |||||
Representing the Holocaust | GERM32054 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Linguistic Variation and Change in German | GERM30060 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
After The Wall: Remembering the GDR | GERM32060 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
The German Sonnet | GERM32063 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Plus | |||||
Dissertation | HART31047 | 20 | Mandatory | B | TB-4 |
Students also take 40 credit points from History of Art Special Subject, Lecture Response or Reflective Art History unit, Students MUST take 20 credits from Lecture Response Units but the other 20 credits can be from either of the list below: | |||||
History of Art Special Subject Units | |||||
Caravaggio | HART30033 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Physical Culture - Visual Culture | HART30036 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Art and Internationalism (Level H Special Subject) | HART30042 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Prints | HART30046 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
History of Art Lecture Response Units | |||||
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 | |
Modernism and the 'Black Atlantic' | HART30048 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Reflective Art History Units | |||||
Approaches to the Artist (Reflective Art History Unit) | HART30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Religious Art (Reflective Art History Unit) | HART30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Vision | HART30040 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Students may take the following unit in place of any History of Art (HART) optional unit: | |||||
Students may choose up to two unit from the following list: | |||||
Communism in Europe | MODL30001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Ancients and moderns: cultures of humanism in Renaissance Europe | MODL30002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Independent Study 1 | MODL30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Translating in a Professional Context | MODL30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Sociolinguistic Anthropology: Language, Culture, and Society | MODL30016 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Gender, Sexuality and Cinema | MODL30018 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Reimagining Odysseus | MODL30019 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Italian City: Medieval and Early Modern Cultures | MODL30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Histories of Translation | MODL30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
This unit is only available to students studying Programmes of French German or Spanish: | |||||
Liaison Interpreting | MODL30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
Students may choose MODL30011 if they took MODL23014 in their second year of study and students may choose MODL30012 if they took MODL23015 in their second year of study: | |||||
Catalan Language (follow-on) | MODL30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Czech Language (follow-on) | MODL30012 | 20 | Optional | TB-4 | |
History of Art and German (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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