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Degree Programme Table: Global Premodern Art: History, Heritage and Curation (MSc) - 2 Years (Part-Time) (PTMSCRMRGH1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students should choose courses covering the period pre-1800, from the lists below.

Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Please note that History of Art Work Placement (Level 11) HIAR11126 is a full year, 20 credit course with the majority of the course content taking place in Semester 2.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Approaching World Objects

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Approaching World Objects and Global Rome as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Approaching World Objects
HIAR11113 20 credits
OR

Global Premodern Cities

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Approaching World Objects and Global Modern Cities as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Global Premodern Cities
HIAR11138 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

MSc History of Art semester 1 electives, early period (pre-1800s)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for Semester 1.
Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.
Not all of these options may be available each year.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Idolatry: Images and the Sacred in the Americas and Europe, 1400-1700.
HIAR11116 20 credits
From Versailles to Napoleon III: Visualising the Cost of Luxury, 1682-1873
HIAR11133 20 credits
Human Nature: Looking at Ourselves and Others in Northern European Art, 1400-1600
HIAR11136 20 credits
African Art and the Production of Meaning
HIAR11144 20 credits
AND

MSc History of Art semester 2 electives, early period (pre-1800s)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for Semester 2.
Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.
Not all of these options may be available each year.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
The Celtic Question : Art in early Britain and Ireland
HIAR11043 20 credits
Picturing Authority: Art and Politics at the Tudor and Stuart Courts
HIAR11082 20 credits
Digital Islamic Art History
HIAR11117 20 credits
Topics in the History of Art (level 11)
HIAR11141 20 credits
AND

History of Art Work Placement (Level 11)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
History of Art Work Placement (Level 11)
HIAR11126 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to R, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to R, T, W and Y
Notes:
Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the list of course options for Semester 1 & 2. Full course list to be finalised.

Year 2 Academic year: 2026/27, Starting in: September

Notes:
Students should choose courses covering the period pre-1800, from the lists below.

Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.

Please note that History of Art Work Placement (Level 11) HIAR11126 is a full year, 20 credit course with the majority of the course content taking place in Semester 2.

Students may take Work-Based Dissertation in History of Art (Level 11) (HIAR11130) in place of the History of Art MSc Dissertation (HIAR11114).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
History of Art MSc Dissertation

Must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond

HIAR11114 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 20 credits in this group.

Global Rome

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Please note, students must undertake both Approaching World Objects and Global Rome as compulsory courses for this programme. However, students may take 1 of each course per year if undertaken as part-time.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Global Rome
HIAR11112 20 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

MSc History of Art semester 1 electives, early period (pre-1800s)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 40 credits from the list of course options for Semester 1.
Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.
Not all of these options may be available each year.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Idolatry: Images and the Sacred in the Americas and Europe, 1400-1700.
HIAR11116 20 credits
From Versailles to Napoleon III: Visualising the Cost of Luxury, 1682-1873
HIAR11133 20 credits
Human Nature: Looking at Ourselves and Others in Northern European Art, 1400-1600
HIAR11136 20 credits
African Art and the Production of Meaning
HIAR11144 20 credits
AND

MSc History of Art semester 2 electives, early period (pre-1800s)

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 40 credits from the list of course options for Semester 2.
Alternative relevant elective courses to those listed below may be substituted with the written permission of the Programme Director.
Not all of these options may be available each year.
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
The Celtic Question : Art in early Britain and Ireland
HIAR11043 20 credits
Picturing Authority: Art and Politics at the Tudor and Stuart Courts
HIAR11082 20 credits
Digital Islamic Art History
HIAR11117 20 credits
Topics in the History of Art (level 11)
HIAR11141 20 credits
AND

History of Art Work Placement (Level 11)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
History of Art Work Placement (Level 11)
HIAR11126 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to R, T, W and Y

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to R, T, W and Y
Notes:
Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 20 credits from the list of course options for Semester 1 & 2.
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