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30 credits of compulsory Art History & Visual Culture modules 60 credits of compulsory Film Studies modules and 30 credits of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules

Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall you must

a select either AHV1012 30 credits or AHV1005 AND AHV1009 15 credits each selecting 30 credits in total

Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
AHV1011 Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture 30
EAF1501 Major Debates in Film Theory 30
EAF1506 Interrogating Screens 30
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
AHV S1 CH opt 2022 [See note a above]
AHV1012 Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture 30
AHV1005 Inside the Museum 15
AHV1009 Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II 15

30 credits of compulsory Art History & Visual Culture modules 30 credits of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules and 60 credits of optional Film Studies modules

Subject to selecting 120 credits overall in the stage you must

b select 0-30 credits from this list of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules including HUM2000 and HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace; we recommend selecting at least one module from AHV2002 and AHV2007

c select 30-60 credits from this list of optional Film Studies modules including HUM2000 and HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace

Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
AHV2015 Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning 30
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
AHV S2 CH opt 2022 [See note b above]
AHV2011 Global Art and Empire 1850-1950 15
AHV2016 Contemporary Art and Curation 15
AHV2017 Art and Climate Change 15
AHV2018 Comics Studies Histories Methodologies Genres 30
AHV2019 Common Threads Art Craft and Activism 15
AHV2208 Ideal Cities? Urban Cultures of Renaissance Italy 15
AHV2007 Contemporary Visual Practices 15
AHV2009 The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980 30
AHV2012 Revolutions Art and Society in France 1770-1848 30
AHV2013 Photography and Evidence 15
AHV2020 Deconstructing the Dutch Golden Age Nationalism Exceptionalism and Decline 15
MLF2066 Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment 15
THE2214 Building God's House The Origins of Church Architecture 30
EAS2089 Creative Industries Their Past Our Future 30
AHV2002 Debates and Contestations in Art History 15
FTVS S2 CH opt 2022 [See note c above]
AHV2013 Photography and Evidence 15
AHV2017 Art and Climate Change 15
EAF2502 Shots in the Dark 30
EAF2508 Cinescapes Time Space and Identity 30
EAF2510 Adaptation Text Image Culture 30
EAF2511 Television Times Trends and Technologies 30
EAF2512 European Cinemas Art Industry Entertainment 30
HUM HUM2000-HUM2001
HUM2000 Humanities in the Workplace 30
HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace 15
HUM HUM2004-HUM2005
HUM2004 Making a Career in Publishing 15
HUM2005 Tales of Freedom Necessity and Providence 15
Typically any placement will take place in Year 3 If you are not taking a placement please see the Final Year modules for 3
30 credits of compulsory dissertation 90 credits of optional modules including 30-60 credits of Art History & Visual Culture modules and 30-60 credits of Film Studies modules

Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall you must

d select either AHV3000 or EAF3514 or EAF3516 you cannot choose more than one module from this group

e if selecting EAF3514 or EAF3516 select 30-60 credits from this list of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules

f if selecting AHV3000 select 30-60 credits from this list of optional Film Studies modules

Compulsory modules
Code Module Credits
AHV3000 Art History and Visual Culture Dissertation [See note d above] 30
Optional modules
Code Module Credits
AHV SF CH opt 2022 [See note e above]
AHV3003 The Face 15
AHV3005 Queer Visual Practices 15
AHV3008 Performance Art 15
EAF3515 Something to See War and Visual Media 30
EAS3245 The 21st Century Museum 30
EAS3421 Picturing the Global City Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century 30
AHV3002 Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy 15
AHV3007 Global Modernisms 15
AHV3011 Pornography Bodies Sex and Representation 15
AHV3012 Installation Art 15
AHV3013 Art Industry and the Modern 1840-1900 15
AHV3016 Conceptual Art 15
MLG3036 Dictatorships on Display History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria 15
THE3214 Building God's House The Origins of Church Architecture 30
FTVS SF CH opt 2022 [See note f above]
AHV3003 The Face 15
EAF3106 Female Screens Representation Agency and Authorship 30
EAF3501 American Independent Film 30
EAF3508 Beyond Sex and the City Becoming a Woman in Western Cinema 30
EAF3513 British Screens 30
EAF3514 Film Studies Dissertation 30
EAF3515 Something to See War and Visual Media 30
EAF3516 Creative Film Dissertation 30
EAF3518 Queering British Film and Television 30
EAF3519 Cinema in the Anthropocene 30
EAS3420 Staging Space Dramatic Geography and Audience Experience 30
EAS3421 Picturing the Global City Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century 30
AHVC SF HUMS opt 2022
HUM3015 The Place of Meaning Gardens in Britain and China 15
HUM3002 Aliens Abroad Science Fiction in Global Literature 15
HUM3003A Hacking the Humanities How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects 15
HUM3016 Book Publishing Principles of Book Commissioning Editing and Design 30
HUM3003 Hacking the Humanities How to Plan and Run Successful Digital Projects 30
HUM3004 Transforming the Tablet Digital Approaches to Ancient Text and Artefact 15

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You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it