Course summary
Develop your research skills on our History of Art and Visual Studies MA. Warwick's History of Art department, ranked in the top 10 in all major UK league tables (Complete University Guide 2021, The Guardian University Guide 2021, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021), allows you to explore the broader issues in the discipline today, such as global art history, display and performance, aesthetics and perception, and architecture and urbanism. Course overview Our MA is designed to prepare students for specialised postgraduate research in the fields of Art History and Visual Studies. You will have the option of spending the autumn term in Venice or can study for the full year on the Warwick campus. The course enables you to develop your research skills by studying different periods and media in the history of art, and by taking an active part in research, exploring some of the broader issues in Art History today such as cross-cultural interaction and the arts, the spatial contexts of art, architecture and urbanism, and the arts within a global society.
Modules
Core modules
- Art History and its Methods
- Dissertation
- Academic Preparation for History of Art
- Research in Medieval and/or early Modern Art/Architectural History (taught in Venice)
- Research in Modern and/or Contemporary Art and Architecture (taught in Venice)
- East meets West: The Visual Arts in Colonial and Post-colonial India
- Leonardo: Art and Science
- Latin American Art: 20th Century Objects, 21st Century Exhibitions
- Visual Art and Poetry
- Reality after Film
- Giotto and Assisi
Assessment method
Modules are assessed by a 5000-word essay.
Entry requirements
**Minimum requirements** 2:i undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in History of Art or a related subject. **English language requirements** You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following: - Band B - IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above. **International qualifications** We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications. For more information, please visit the international entry requirements page. **Additional requirements** There are no additional entry requirements for this course.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please visit the University of Warwick website for the tuition fees for postgraduate courses:
https://warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/fees
Provider information
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL