Art History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1004 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Charles Green
School of Culture and Communication
Email: c.green@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts and Music Student Centre
Contact: http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/contact.html

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%). Students undertaking pure honours in art history must complete: Art History Thesis (37.5 points); and 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); and Theories of Art History (12.5 points); and 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); and two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and 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 fourth-year research methods subject, they should replace 107-549 Theories of Art History with an additional 12.5 points from the list of advanced research in art history subjects.
Subject Options:	Compulsory Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 107-520 Art History Thesis Semester 1, Semester 2 37.50 107-549 Theories of Art History Semester 1 12.50 Advanced Research in Art History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 107-409 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-423 Europe After the Rain: Post-War Art Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-428 The Book In Medieval & Renaissance Art Semester 1 12.50 107-452 Advanced Study in Art History Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 107-436 Postcolonial Visual Art Semester 2 12.50 107-445 Cross-cultural Art Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 Summer 25.00 107-466 Contemporary Culture: Art in New York Not offered in 2009 25.00 107-449 Architecture and the Visual Imagination Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-422 Iconography Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-418 Truth & Beauty: British Art 1840-1914 Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-471 Histories and Theories of Conservation Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-472 Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-405 Spectacles: Museums to Theme Parks Not offered in 2009 25.00 107-443 Futurism and Fascist Art in Italy Semester 1 12.50 107-418 Truth & Beauty: British Art 1840-1914 Not offered in 2009 12.50 107-437 The Artist's Body Not offered in 2009 12.50 Additional Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 107-526 The Virtual Print Room Semester 2 12.50 107-530 History and Philosophy of Museums Semester 2 12.50 107-550 Biennales, Triennales and Documentas Semester 2 12.50 131-423 Medieval Manuscripts & Early Print Semester 2 12.50 102-511 Imaging Australian Spaces Semester 2 12.50 760-424 Sexuality and Gender in Media Arts Semester 2 12.50 760-492 Cultural Festivals and Special Events Semester 1 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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%).

Students undertaking pure honours in art history must complete:

Art History Thesis (37.5 points); and
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); and
Theories of Art History (12.5 points); and
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).

honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
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 fourth-year research methods subject, they should replace 107-549 Theories of Art History with an additional 12.5 points from the list of advanced research in art history subjects.

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