Art History

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 H2A (75%).

see the course objectives

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.

Compulsory subjects:

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Advanced research in art history subjects:

Additional subjects