Changes to Art History BA (including with a professional placement year)
We’ve listened to feedback and we have updated the curriculum for the academic year 2022/23 for Art History BA and Art History (with a professional placement year) BA.
You can review the changes below. By accepting your offer to study at Sussex, we will infer that you are happy with these changes but if you would like to discuss them please feel free to contact us at studyinmah@sussex.ac.uk.
Course changes
Take a look at how the new modules compare to the old structure of the course in the table below.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 1, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Stories of Art I: Shaping Art (core) |
Stories of Art I: Shaping Art (core) |
Change from 30 to 15 credit module |
|
Art on Site: Place, Identity, Meaning (core) |
Art on Site: Place, Identity, Meaning (core) |
No change |
|
Year 1, Term 1 Elective (core) |
Humanities Skills I (core) |
New core module |
|
|
Year 1, Term 1 Elective (core) |
No change |
Year 1, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Stories of Art II: Making Modernity (core) |
Stories of Art II: Who Is Art For? (core) |
Module title change |
|
Writing Art History (core) |
Writing Art History (core) |
No change |
|
Year 1, Term 2 Elective (core) |
Humanities Skills II (core) |
New core module |
|
|
Year 1, Term 2 Elective (core) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Art & the City (Rome) (option) |
Art & the City (Rome) (option) |
No change |
|
Reading Art History (option) |
Reading Art History (option) |
No change |
| V4118A Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues (Special Period 1 ) (option) |
V4118A Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues (Special Period 1 ) (option) |
No change |
|
Year 2, Term 1 Elective (core) |
Year 2, Term 1 Elective (core) |
No change |
Year 2, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Art & the City (Rome) (option) |
Art & the City (Rome) (option) |
No change |
|
Selling Yourself (option) |
Selling Yourself (option) |
No change |
|
Pop Life: After Modern Art (option) |
Pop Life: After Modern Art (option) |
No change |
|
Victorian Visions: Art, Industry, Modernity (option) |
Victorian Visions: Art, Industry, Modernity (option) |
No change |
|
Year 2, Term 2 Elective (core) |
Year 2, Term 2 Elective (core) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 1
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
Sex and the City: Origins of Modernism (option) |
Sex and the City: Origins of Modernism (option) |
No change |
|
The Golden State: Art in California, 1945-1981 (option) |
The Golden State: Art in California, 1945-1981 (option) |
No change |
|
The Order of Things: The Museum and its Objects (option) |
The Order of Things: The Museum and its Objects (option) |
No change |
|
Mediterranean Fantasies: Revivals and Utopias 1919-1939 (option) |
Mediterranean Fantasies: Revivals and Utopias 1919-1939 (option) |
No change |
Year 3, Semester 2
| Old structure | New structure | Comment |
|---|---|---|
|
From Decorative Arts to Material Culture (option) |
From Decorative Arts to Material Culture (option) |
No change |
|
Commemorative Art: Images, Monuments, Memory (option) |
Commemorative Art: Images, Monuments, Memory (option) |
No change |
|
Art and Place: Sites, Spaces and Identities (option) |
Art and Place: Sites, Spaces and Identities (option) |
No change |
|
Representing Women (option) |
Representing Women (option) |
No change |