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BA History of Art / Overview

Year of entry: 2021

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Degree awarded: BA
Duration: 3 years
Typical A-level offer: ABB
Typical contextual A-level offer: Grades BBB (can include General Studies).

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Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 34 points overall. 6,5,5 in Higher Level subjects; Full entry requirements
Number of places/applicants: 65 / 200
How to apply: Apply through UCAS

Course overview

Gain a broad-based foundation in art history while studying in Manchester, the home of numerous art galleries.
Explore your interest in Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Victorian, modern and contemporary art, as well as architectural history and theory.
Learn to situate artworks within social and historical contexts, and in relation to issues of gender and sexuality, class, ethnicity, patronage, connoisseurship, science, religious beliefs and systems of display.
Study at one of the top 10 universities in the UK for Art History (Complete University Guide 2020).

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Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2021 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £19,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

Policy on additional costs

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Contact details

School/Faculty: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Contact name: Toby Parsonage
Email: ug-ahvs@manchester.ac.uk
Website: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/art-history/
School/Faculty overview: See: About us

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