DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

This programme is currently under review for 2025/26

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 80 credit points by the end of Year 1. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Students failing History of Art 1A: Images and Identity, 500-1700 and History of Art 1B: Making Meaning in the Premodern World will not be allowed to progress to Year 2 unless recommended as a Special Circumstances concession from the Exam Board. Students transferring into History of Art from another programme with no prior study in History of Art may, with the permission of the History of Art UG Director, be allowed to take History of Art 1A, 1B and History of Art 2A and 2B, concurrently in Year 2.

Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Cohort Lead.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 200 credit points by the end of Year 2. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Students transferring into History of Art from another programme with no prior study in History of Art may, with the permission of the History of Art UG Director, be allowed to take History of Art 1A, 1B and History of Art 2A, 2B concurrently in Year 2.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 360 credit points by the end of Year 3.

After successful completion of 360 credits as outlined above, students may be eligible to exit with an Ordinary degree. See general DRPS regulation 53 for further details.

For students that are accepted on History of Art Work Placement (HIAR10157), this replaces Analysing Art History: Texts, Objects, Institutions, Part Two (HIAR10170) in semester 2.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 480 credit points by the end of Year 4.