University of Nottingham has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
Delve into the global history of fine arts and visual media, discovering how they continue to shape our contemporary world. You’ll gain future ready skills including project management and creative problem-solving. Plus, you’ll benefit from a school with strong industry connections. Learn about the creation, distribution, and social contexts of all aspects of art history and visual media. Explore varied topics, from moving image and photography, to printmaking and exhibition histories. Join a diverse community of students from different backgrounds, learning other points of view and experiences which may challenge your assumptions. You’ll learn in a variety of ways. Small group projects give you the opportunity to connect with your classmates and gain experience in things like project management, writing research proposals, project documentation, effective communication, and ethical conduct. Why choose this course? • Freedom to explore - Deepen your knowledge of your favourite topics and explore new ones • Career-ready skills - Develop your research, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and project management skills • Build your network – Join a department with extensive arts industry connections • Student satisfaction - 89% agree that ‘staff are good at explaining things’ and that ‘staff have made the subject interesting’ (2022 National Student Survey results) • Breadth of topics - Study periods, themes and events that have shaped the media throughout history • Top 20 for History in the UK (Complete University Guide 2024)
Modules
Year one mandatory modules cover the history of art (from Renaissance to contemporary), methods for critical debate and analysis of art and media, global media and cultural flows and the production and distribution of media. In year two, you will study social and cultural perceptions of media, art and screen culture, development of media technologies and complete a group project. In your final year, you will devise and complete an independent research project of your own choosing. Across all three years, you can choose from a range of optional modules covering topics including revivalism, the cultural legacy of the British Empire, exhibition histories and practices, protest, dissent and civil society and be able to apply for an industry placement.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- V352
- Institution code:
- N84
- Campus name:
- University Park Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - Not accepted
A level - ABB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDD
Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits M: 21 credits P: 0 credits
Scottish Higher - ABBBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DD
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016) - D
Scottish Advanced Higher - AB
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 30 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024) - A - B
Extended Project - A
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal - D3, M2, M3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
AQA Certificate in Mathematical Studies (Core Maths) - A
European Baccalaureate - 75% overall. University of Nottingham’s Arts and Humanities Foundation Year Progression Options Degree courses in the Faculty of Arts are also available as progression routes from our Arts and Humanities Foundation Year (Y14F). This may be suitable if you have faced educational barriers and do not expect to meet the entry requirements for direct entry to a degree course. Please see the UCAS page for the Foundation Year course for further information.
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Republic of Ireland | £9250* | Year 1 |
| EU | £23000* | Year 1 |
| England | £9250* | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250* | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250* | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250* | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250* | Year 1 |
| International | £23000* | Year 1 |
*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Course contact details
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