Programme Specification for the 2023/4 academic year
BA (Hons) Art History & Visual Culture and English with Study Abroad
1. Programme Details
| Programme name | BA (Hons) Art History & Visual Culture and English with Study Abroad | Programme code | UFA4HPSEGL02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study mode(s) | Full Time Part Time |
Academic year | 2023/4 |
| Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
This programme is a challenging and flexible degree that builds on two internationally-renowned centres of excellence in research, teaching and theatre practice. Our teaching grows out of our wide-ranging, world-leading research interests and we provide a supportive and high-quality environment for learning. The programme will give you a thorough grounding in the main themes and methods of Art History & Visual Culture and English. It will be of particular interest if your background is in fine and modern art, the history of art, cinema, performance, literature, cultural history, philosophy, sociology or modern languages. Art History & Visual Culture and English enables you to divide your time equally between two related subject areas.
In Art History & Visual Culture, you will learn how to interpret works of art (including architecture and design) and visual images (including images, objects and practices) in order to understand contemporary and past societies and you will be able to follow your interests through a wide range of optional modules: you can choose to study art and material culture in ancient societies; look in detail at the way art history works; or focus on visual culture within a specific society or time period right up to the modern day. Modules are designed to provide you with a sense of the range and variety of artistic and visual works, and to encourage you to engage critically with these works understood in their historical and theoretical contexts. You will explore the media, techniques, and historical contexts relevant to the production of these works, the terminology used to describe and evaluate them and the institutions that present them to the public.
For English, Exeter ranks in the top 100 universities in the world. This part of the programme will introduce you to over 1,000 years of the written word, from epic medieval verse to Renaissance drama, from the Victorian novel to the experiments of literary modernism, and we also offer modules on film, creative writing, and the contemporary cultural industries. Our world-class teaching staff will nurture your natural talents and enthusiasm for English literary studies, but more importantly they will challenge you to think differently. From a vibrant city centre location, with coast and countryside on your doorstep, you will hone your skills to become an accomplished independent researcher and a compelling writer.
This programme is studied over four years. The first two years and the final year are university-based, and the third year is spent at a university abroad on an approved programme of study.
Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
This programme aims to develop your competence in the subject specific and research skills required in both Art History & Visual Culture and English, through extended engagement with primary texts and sources, relevant critical material, and both theoretical and historical contexts. You will acquire a thorough grounding in the core principles of Art History & Visual Culture and English, through a programme which engages you imaginatively in the process of understanding and analysing complex literary and visual sources, and which encourages you to acquire the critical tools necessary to reflect upon their production and reception. Art History & Visual Culture and English will involve you in learning with broad historical coverage, content, and methodology: throughout the programme, you will study a wide range of art, film, literature, architecture, video, performance and digital arts, sculpture, architecture, and illustration.
You will also acquire advanced competence in core academic, personal and key skills, providing a basis for career progression in the academic and professional worlds. You will be exposed to a variety of teaching and assessment methods within appropriate learning environments, supported by feedback and monitoring. You will also be given an opportunity to develop your independent study skills through a piece of individual research, and to develop your professional skills through engagement with galleries, museums and the University’s own art and heritage collections.
The programme provides an intellectually stimulating, satisfying experience of learning and studying, and forms a sound basis for further study in Art History & Visual Culture and English or related disciplines. It aims to develop a range of subject specific, academic and transferable skills, including high order conceptual literacy and communication skills of value in graduate employment. Art History and English, like other programmes offered within the College of Humanities, encourages you to become a global citizen, a productive, useful and questioning member of society, and provides thorough training for further study or a specialist career. You may utilise the skills you develop in a range of sectors, including heritage management, museums and galleries, arts administration, consultancy, market research, the civil service, education, teaching, new media industries, journalism and publishing, research, charities, information science, advertising and public relations.
4. Programme Structure
5. Programme Modules
The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.
http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/undergraduates/modules/
You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module. Optional modules offered are subject to change depending on staff availability and student demand. You are expected to balance your credits in each stage of the programme, taking 60 credits from Art History & Visual Culture, and 60 credits from English.
You may take elective modules up to 30 credits outside of the programme in any stage of the programme as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
Stage 1
30 credits of compulsory Art History & Visual Culture modules, 30 credits of compulsory English modules, 30 credits of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules and 30 credits of optional English modules.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHV1011 | Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture | 30 | No |
| EAS1035 | Beginnings: English Literature before 1800 | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
Subject to choosing 120 credits overall for the stage, you must:
a select either AHV1005 and AHV1009, or AHV1012, selecting 30 credits in total.
b select 30 credits from this list of optional English modules; EAS1040 is only available in Term 2 to Combined Honours students.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHV Stage 1 CH Option Modules 2023-4 [See note a above] | |||
| AHV1006 | Visual Media | 15 | No |
| AHV1008 | Topics in Art History and Visual Culture I | 15 | No |
| MLM1010 | China of the Senses: Approaching Chinese Culture and Environments | 15 | No |
| AHV1005 | Inside the Museum | 15 | No |
| AHV1009 | Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II | 15 | No |
| MLF1121 | French Visual History | 15 | No |
| EAS CH Stage 1 Option Modules 2023-4 [See note b above] | |||
| EAS1032 | Approaches to Criticism | 30 | No |
| EAS1034 | Film Studies: An Introduction | 15 | No |
| EAS1037 | The Novel | 15 | No |
| EAS1038 | The Poem | 15 | No |
| EAS1040 | Academic English | 15 | No |
| EAS1041 | Rethinking Shakespeare | 15 | No |
| EAS1042 | Write after Reading | 30 | No |
| EAS1044 | Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing | 15 | No |
| EAS1045 | The Essay: Form and Content | 15 | No |
| LIB1105 | Being Human in the Modern World | 30 | No |
| HUM1001 | Enter the Matrix: Digital Perspectives on the Humanities | 15 | No |
Stage 2
30 credits of compulsory Art History & Visual Culture modules, 30 credits of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules and 60 credits of optional English modules.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHV2015 | Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
Subject to selecting 120 credits overall in the stage, you must:
c select 30 credits from this list of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules (including HUM2000 and HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace).
d select 60 credits from this list of optional English modules (including HUM2000 and HUM2001 Humanities in the Workplace). English modules in stage 2 are divided into three groups: Group 1, modules concerned with pre-1750 literature; Group 2, modules concerned with post-1750 literature; Group 3, modules not concerned with a particular historical period. Combined Honours students may not take more than one module from each group.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHV Stage 2 CH Option Modules 2023-4 [See note c above] | |||
| AHV2002 | Debates and Contestations in Art History | 15 | No |
| AHV2013 | Photography and Evidence | 15 | No |
| AHV2018 | Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres | 30 | No |
| AHV2021 | American Photographs | 15 | No |
| AHV2022 | Animals in Nineteenth-century Art and Visual Culture | 15 | No |
| AHV2208 | Ideal Cities? Urban Cultures of Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
| EAS2089 | Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future | 30 | No |
| AHV2007 | Contemporary Visual Practices | 15 | No |
| AHV2009 | The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980 | 30 | No |
| AHV2012 | Revolutions: Art and Society in France, 1770-1848 | 30 | No |
| AHV2019 | Common Threads: Art, Craft and Activism | 15 | No |
| AHV2020 | Deconstructing the Dutch Golden Age: Nationalism, Exceptionalism and Decline | 15 | No |
| MLF2066 | Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment | 15 | No |
| MLM2003 | Chinoiserie and Europeenerie: Artistic and cultural exchanges between China and Europe | 15 | No |
| EAS Stage 2 Pre-1750 Option Modules 2023-4 [See note d above] | |||
| EAS2026 | Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640 | 30 | No |
| EAS2036 | Theatrical Cultures in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
| EAS2071 | Chaucer and His Contemporaries | 30 | No |
| EAS2080 | Renaissance and Revolution | 30 | No |
| EAS2102 | Satire and the City: English Literature 1660-1750 | 30 | No |
| EAS Stage 2 Post-1750 Option Modules 2023-4 [See note d above] | |||
| EAF2502 | Shots in the Dark | 30 | No |
| EAF2510 | Adaptation: Text, Image, Culture | 30 | No |
| EAS2029 | Revolutions and Evolutions 19C Writings | 30 | No |
| EAS2103 | Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960 | 30 | No |
| EAS2104 | Crossing the Water: Transatlantic Literary Relations | 30 | No |
| EAS2106 | Romanticism | 30 | No |
| EAS2116 | Empire of Liberty: American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century | 30 | No |
| EAF2511 | Television: Times, Trends and Technologies | 30 | No |
| EAS Stage 2 Neutral Option Modules 2023-4 [See note d above] | |||
| EAS2031 | Creative Writing: Building a Story | 30 | No |
| EAS2032 | Creative Writing: Making a Poem | 30 | No |
| EAS2035 | Serious Play: Creative Writing Workshop | 30 | No |
| EAS2089 | Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future | 30 | No |
| EAS2090 | Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory | 30 | No |
| EAS2113 | Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World | 30 | No |
| AHV2018 | Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres | 30 | No |
| HAS2004 | Making a Career in Publishing | 30 | No |
| HUM HUM2000-HUM2001 | |||
| HUM2000 | Humanities in the Workplace | 30 | No |
| HUM2001 | Humanities in the Workplace | 15 | No |
Stage 3
120 credits of compulsory modules.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUM3999 | Year Abroad | 120 | Yes |
Stage 4
0-30 credits of compulsory Art History & Visual Culture modules, 0-30 credits of compulsory English modules, 30-60 credits of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules, and 30-60 credits of optional English modules.
Compulsory Modules
Subject to choosing 120 credits for the stage overall, you must:
e select a Dissertation in either Art History & Visual Culture or English: AHV3000 or EAS3003 or EAS3122 (you cannot choose more than one module from this group).
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHV3000 | Art History and Visual Culture Dissertation [See note e above] | 30 | No |
| EAS3003 | Dissertation [See note e above] | 30 | No |
| EAS3122 | Creative Writing Dissertation [See note e above] | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
f if selecting EAS3003 or EAS3122, select 60 credits from this list of optional Art History & Visual Culture modules.
g if selecting AHV3000, select 60 credits from this list of optional English modules.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHV Final Stage CH Option Modules 2023-4 [See note f above] | |||
| AHV3003 | The Face | 15 | No |
| AHV3008 | Performance Art | 15 | No |
| HUM3015 | The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Britain and China | 15 | No |
| MLG3036 | Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria | 15 | No |
| EAF3515 | Something to See: War and Visual Media | 30 | No |
| EAS3245 | The 21st Century Museum | 30 | No |
| EAS3421 | Picturing the Global City: Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century | 30 | No |
| EAS3504 | Surrealism and its Legacies | 30 | No |
| AHV3002 | Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
| AHV3007 | Global Modernisms | 15 | No |
| AHV3009 | Paris to the World: Modelling the Modern City | 15 | No |
| AHV3012 | Installation Art | 15 | No |
| AHV3016 | Conceptual Art | 15 | No |
| AHV3017 | 'Queen City of Europe': Art, Culture and Society in Renaissance Antwerp, c.1500-70 | 15 | No |
| EAS Final Stage Option Modules 2023-4 [See note g above] | |||
| EAS3128 | Writing the Short Film | 30 | No |
| EAS3131 | Advanced Critical Theory | 30 | No |
| EAS3167 | James Joyce's Ulysses | 30 | No |
| EAS3181 | Visual and Literary Cultures of Realism | 30 | No |
| EAS3182 | Encountering the Other in Medieval Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3191 | Writing for Children and Young Adults | 30 | No |
| EAS3198 | The Death of the Novel | 30 | No |
| EAS3219 | Virginia Woolf: Fiction, Feeling, Form | 30 | No |
| EAS3225 | 'Reader, I Married Him': The Evolution of Romance Fiction from 1740 to the Present | 30 | No |
| EAS3235 | American Modern | 30 | No |
| EAS3237 | The Rise of Science | 30 | No |
| EAS3241 | Harlem and After: African American Literature 1925-present | 30 | No |
| EAS3245 | The 21st Century Museum | 30 | No |
| EAS3252 | Poison, Filth, Trash: Modernism, Censorship and Resistance | 30 | No |
| EAS3311 | Piracy in Early Modern Literature, 1570-1730 | 30 | No |
| EAS3408 | Poetry and Politics | 30 | No |
| EAS3414 | Jane Austen: In and Out of Context | 30 | No |
| EAS3415 | The Development of British Childrens Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3416 | Feeling Bodies: Emotions in Early Modern Literature and Culture, 1500-1700 | 30 | No |
| EAS3417 | Sex, Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3419 | Writing South Asia | 30 | No |
| EAS3420 | Staging Space: Dramatic Geography and Audience Experience | 30 | No |
| EAS3421 | Picturing the Global City: Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century | 30 | No |
| EAS3502 | Shakespeare and Crisis | 30 | No |
| EAS3503 | Migration, Literature and Culture | 30 | No |
| EAS3501 | Fiction Matters | 30 | No |
| EAS3100 | Hardy and Women Who Did: the Coming of Modernity | 30 | No |
| EAS3507 | Writing Song Lyrics | 30 | No |
| EAS3500 | American Counterculture in Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3152 | Heroes and Exiles: English Poetry of the Age of Beowulf | 30 | No |
| EAS3504 | Surrealism and its Legacies | 30 | No |
| EAS3246 | Food and Literature in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
| HUM3016 | Book Publishing: Principles of Book Commissioning, Editing and Design | 30 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
1. Identify Art History & Visual Culture and English as broad subject disciplines | ILOs 1-7 are acquired through lectures, seminars, workshops, study groups, tutorials and other learning activities throughout the programme. The degree of specialisation of subject knowledge increases during the programme, culminating in the dissertation modules. Option modules at final stage are most closely related to the research specialism of the staff teaching the module. The precise method of teaching varies according to each module. On team-taught modules you will normally engage in both lectures and seminar groups. In smaller options you will normally spend most of your contact time in seminar groups and workshops. Your learning is further developed through engagement with assessments, following guidance from tutors and lecturers and through feedback on work submitted. ILOs 2-7 are specifically introduced in Stage 1 AHVC modules and reinforced in the range of option modules available at second and final stages. | e assessment of these skills is through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, log-books, web-based assessments, essays, other written reports/projects, and a dissertation. Essays and presentations are especially significant within the programme because they assess each of the skills, ILOs 1-7. The assessment criteria explicitly recognise the skills outlined. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
8. Apply critical skills in the close description and analysis of visual artefacts | These skills are developed throughout the programme in all modules. They are developed through lectures, seminars, studio-work, written work, and oral work (both in presentation and seminar discussion), and reinforced through the range of option modules across all three stages. They will culminate in the substantial and independent research skills demonstrated within the dissertation. | These skills are developed throughout the programme in all modules. They are developed through lectures and seminars, written work, and oral work (both in presentation and seminar discussion), and reinforced through the range of option modules across all stages. They will culminate in the substantial and independent research skills demonstrated within the dissertation. ILOs 8-14 are specifically introduced in the optional stage 2 AHVC modules. These modules ensure that you have a firm grasp of the range of academic skills that are required of you during the programme. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
15. Apply advanced literacy and communication skills in appropriate contexts including the ability to present sustained and persuasive written and oral arguments | Personal and key skills are delivered through all modules, and developed in lectures, workshops, study groups, tutorials, work experience and other learning activities throughout the programme. | The assessment of these skills is through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, log-books, web-based assessments, essays, other written reports/projects, and a dissertation. ILOs 15-20 are also strongly developed in the course of the portfolio of assessed essays and other written work produced through all stages. These assessments work on the principle of offering formative feedback to support the development of your written work within as well as between modules. Feedback on one assignment is intended to inform the next piece of work you undertake on the module; the next piece of work on the programme, or the future learning of graduates. ILO 21 is associated especially with the range of group presentations taking place in modules during all three levels. Group presentation assessment brings into focus an important range of skills for students, including sharing workloads, responsibility for tasks, team-working, collaborative and communicative skills. Individual contributions to group work are also assessed individually, most often in the form of a reflective presentation report. ILOs 22-24 are also accomplished in the course of ‘real-time’ formal assessments such as presentations, which occur through the programme. ILO 25 is particularly related to the optional module ‘Humanities in the Workplace’, and to the range of work conducted in the field through Art History & Visual Culture and English options. |
7. Programme Regulations
Programme-specific Progression Rules
To progress to Stage 2 you must also achieve an average mark of at least 60% in Stage 1, otherwise you will be required to transfer to the relevant three-year programme. This is to ensure that only those students who are likely to succeed in their Year Abroad are selected.
The Year Abroad counts as a single 120-credit module and is not condonable; you must pass this module to graduate with the degree title of BA Art History & Visual Culture and English with Study Abroad. If you fail the Year Abroad module your degree title will be commuted to BA Art History & Visual Culture and English. You will be assessed by your host university during your academic year abroad with their grades converted back to Exeter grades to contribute towards your degree classification. The rules governing failure and referral will be determined by the host institution.
Classification
Full details of assessment regulations for all taught programmes can be found in the TQA Manual, specifically in the Credit and Qualifications Framework, and the Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook. Additional information, including Generic Marking Criteria, can be found in the Learning and Teaching Support Handbook.
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
All students within Art History & Visual Culture and English have a personal tutor for their entire programme of study and who is available at advertised ‘office hours’. There are induction sessions to orientate you at the start of your programme. A personal tutoring system will operate with regular communication throughout the programme. Academic support will be also be provided by module leaders. You can also make an appointment to see individual teaching staff.
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
Please refer to the University Academic Policy and Standards guidelines regarding support for students and students' learning.
10. Admissions Criteria
Undergraduate applicants must satisfy the Undergraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.
Postgraduate applicants must satisfy the Postgraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.
Specific requirements required to enrol on this programme are available at the respective Undergraduate or Postgraduate Study Site webpages.
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
Each academic programme in the University is subject to an agreed College assessment and marking strategy, underpinned by institution-wide assessment procedures.
The security of assessment and academic standards is further supported through the appointment of External Examiners for each programme. External Examiners have access to draft papers, course work and examination scripts. They are required to attend the Board of Examiners and to provide an annual report. Annual External Examiner reports are monitored at both College and University level. Their responsibilities are described in the University's code of practice. See the University's TQA Manual for details.
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
0
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) Art History & Visual Culture and English with Study Abroad
19. UCAS Code
QV34
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
| CATS credits | ECTS credits |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
[Honours] History of art, architecture and design
[Honours] English
23. Dates
| Origin Date | 01/10/2015 |
Date of last revision | 29/06/2021 |
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