BA Archaeology, Anthropology and Art History (Part time)

This course combines archaeological, anthropological and art historical approaches to art. The programme allows you to study a wide range of material, from prehistory to the present, and also equips you to study diverse cultures and societies. In combination with general introductions to archaeology, anthropology and material culture studies, you will be given the opportunity to develop your own interests in particular areas. You might be interested in exploring pre-Columbian architecture in the Andes, or learning about Buddhist and Hindu temple architecture in India. If you would rather focus on ritual and performance, then it will be possible to learn how objects displayed in European museums were originally used in shamanistic performances or divination rituals in Native Amazonia or African societies.

The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts on campus houses a wonderful collection of artworks from Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas and some of our teaching focuses on why and how these objects were collected. You will learn that the process of collecting and classifying objects has been intimately connected with the process of colonisation. There are also opportunities to do practical work such as digging on an archaeological site in Peru or closer to home with field work in Norfolk.

The Course Structure
The part-time course can be taken over a period of either five or seven years. It is taught alongside the full time course so that students have the benefit of studying in larger groups alongside the full time students. The course combines teaching in small seminar groups with larger lecture modules, giving great flexibility and allowing you to put together a customised programme of study which reflects your interests. A spine of core modules running through all years is designed to develop an understanding of the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology and art history. The first level is designed to lay the foundations of key skills in these three subject areas. You will take introductory seminars in archaeology and anthropology and our lecture series will give you knowledge of processes of making and ways of viewing and thinking about art. A range of optional modules in year two allows you to develop your interests within the context of your degree. Therefore, if you are interested in archaeology or anthropology you may gear your degree to achieving your aims by taking modules in these areas. A core lecture series in your final year addresses the issues raised by the study of world art. This wide-ranging review is complemented by modules of special study and a dissertation which introduce you to advanced levels of academic enquiry and research.

Assessment
Key skills, issues and ideas are introduced in lectures given by all members of faculty, including art historians, anthropologists and archaeologists. More specialist study is undertaken in small group seminars. These are chosen from a range offered within the School and across the University. You will also spend time studying and researching in the library or carrying out practical work or projects. In most subject areas, you are assessed at the end of each year on the basis of coursework and, in some cases, project and examination results. In your final year, you will write a dissertation on a topic of your choice and with the advice of tutors. There is no final examination. Your final degree result is determined by the marks you receive in levels two and three.

Course Organiser:Dr. Ferdinand De Jong

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Entry Requirements A Level: AAB including at least one humanities essay-based subject International Baccalaureate: 33 points including at least one Higher Level humanities essay-based subject Scottish Highers: At least one Advanced Higher preferred in addition to Highers Scottish Advanced Highers: AAB including at least one humanities essay-based subject Irish Leaving Certificate: AAAABB including at least one humanities essay-based subject Access Course: Please contact the university for further information HND: Please contact the university for further information European Baccalaureate: 80% including at least one humanities essay-based subject Entry Requirement

Students who apply for part-time courses, generally do so with a wide variety of qualifications and experience. For the majority of candidates the most important factors in assessing the application will be past and future achievement in examinations, academic interest in the subject being applied for, personal interest and extra-curricular activities and the confidential reference. We consider applicants as individuals and accept students from a very wide range of educational backgrounds and spend time considering your application in order to reach an informed decision relating your application. Please note, there may be additional subject entry requirements specific to individual degree courses. We encourage applicants to contact the university if they are unsure about the relevance of their qualifications.

Students for whom English is a Foreign language

We welcome applications from students from all academic backgrounds. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading). Recognised English Language qualifications include:

• IELTS: 6.5 overall (minimum 6.0 in Reading and Writing with no less than 5.5 in any component)
• TOEFL: Internet-based score of 88 overall (minimum 20 in Reading and Speaking components, 19 in Writing component and 17 in Listening components.
• PTE: 62 overall (minimum 55 in Reading and Writing components with no less than 51 in any component).

If you do not meet the University's entry requirements, our INTO Language Learning Centre offers a range of university preparation courses to help you develop the high level of academic and English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study.

Special Entry Requirements

Students who have been away from mainstream education for a significant period of time may be required to submit a short essay to help in assessing suitability for the course.

GCSE Offer

Students are required to have GCSE Mathematics and GCSE English Language at Grade C or above.

Our teaching received a 96% satisfaction rate in both the 2012 National Student Survey and the 2013 Guardian University Guide league table.

Our students are able to study a wider range of artistic cultures, periods and forms than in any other art history department in the UK. The School is particularly renowned for its broad approach to art, encompassing ancient, medieval, Renaissance, baroque, modern and contemporary European art, American art, African art, Asian art and Pacific art. Staff, students and researchers in the School are interested in the history of art, as well as archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage, and museum studies.We engage with all forms of visual and material creativity from oil painting, sculpture and drawing through to architecture, photography, video and installation art. We teach small groups of students in a friendly, supportive and open environment, supported by great facilities. This is why the Guardian University Guide consistently ranks us among the top departments in the UK for student satisfaction with teaching and feedback, for staff-student ratio and for the quality of student resources.

The School has a long-standing international reputation for excellence; ranked 1st in the UK for world-leading research in the latest Research Assessment Exercise, we are one of the most important and highly-rated History of Art departments in the UK. Our graduates go on to high profile posts in such prestigious institutions as the British Museum, V&A, Tate and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as well as leading History of Art departments, publishers and the commercial art world.

The School of Art History and World Art Studies is based in Norman Foster’s world-famous Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, an icon of modern design, which contains an astounding art collection with major internationally-renowned works by artists such as Francis Bacon, Edgar Degas, Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso. Students work in close proximity to this collection, “perhaps the greatest resource of its type on any British campus” according to the Times Good University Guide.

• 95% of our History of Art graduates (and 88% of the School’s BA graduates overall) go on to work and/or postgraduate study within 6 months of graduating. We are therefore the highest-rated department in England (and joint first in the UK) for History of Art graduate prospects
• 100% of our History of Art graduates (and 97% of the School’s BA graduates overall) said they thought staff had made the subject interesting. This figure was matched by just one other History of Art department in England
• Almost 90% of the School’s BA graduates said that they had received the advice and support they needed to do well in their studies, a figure exceeded by just two other History of Art departments in the UK. This is probably because – as the survey reveals – our students get more lectures, seminars, tutorials and general contact time with academic staff than students at many other leading History of Art departments in the UK
• 96% of our History of Art graduates said they had been provided with the IT resources they needed for their studies, a figure matched by just one other History of Art department in the UK
• Finally, 94% of the School’s BA graduates overall said they were highly satisfied with the quality of their degree course, continuing our tradition of providing a first-class university education in History of Art as well as Archaeology, Anthropology, and Museum and Gallery Studies.

Fees and Funding University Fees and Financial Support: UK/EU Students

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University Fees and Financial Support: International Students

The University will be charging International students £11,700.00 for all full time School of World Art Studies and Museology undergraduate programmes which start in 2012.

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