Art History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1004 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for art history honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in art history and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2B (70%).

Objectives: see the course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in art history must complete:

  • Art History Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Theories of Art History (12.5 points); and
  • 50 points of subjects, with at least 25 points of subjects from the advanced research in art history list of subjects

Students undertaking combined honours in art history and another discipline must complete:

  • Art History Thesis (37.5 points);
  • Theories of Art History (12.5 points);
  • 12.5 points of subjects from the advanced research in art history list of subjects; and
  • three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

or

  • honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points);
  • two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points);
  • Theories of Art History (12.5 points); and
  • 25 points of subjects from the advanced research in art history list of subjects.


Where combined honours students are undertaking, or have completed, an approved level four research methods subject, they should replace Theories of Art History with an additional 12.5 points from the list of advanced research in art history subjects.

Subject Options:

Compulsory subjects:

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75

Advanced research in art history subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50

Additional subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/art-history/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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