MA (Hons) Art History

at University of St Andrews

Modules
In the first two years of your degree (known as sub-honours) you will take the required modules in art history alongside modules in at least one other subject.

Typically, you will take one art history module per semester during your first two years, and two modules per semester during your third and fourth year (known as Honours). Find out more about the modular Scottish degree system.

First year
Students will take the following first-year modules:

• Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600: a survey of medieval and Renaissance painting, sculpture and architecture in Southern and Northern Europe, as well as key points of contact with the non-Western world.
• Art in Europe and Beyond, 1600-1800: a survey of European art and architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as well as global networks of trade, exploration, and colonialism.

Second year

Students will take both of the following second-year modules:

• Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900: explores the intersection of visual culture with modernity, empire and revolution in the long nineteenth century, predominantly but not exclusively in Europe.
• Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now: examines the relationship between art and political struggle in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, exploring how practitioners around the globe have contributed to socio-cultural change and forged new ways of seeing.

These grades are the overall standards required to consider you for entry. Find out more about Standard, Minimum and Gateway entry requirements using academic entry explained and see which entry requirements you need to look at using the entry requirements indicator.

• Home-funded  -  £1820
• RUK (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Republic of Ireland  -  £9250
• Islands (Channel Islands, Isle of Man)  -  £9250
• EU and overseas  -  £26350

A degree in art history provides an excellent foundation for a career in museums and galleries, arts administration, the art trade or teaching. As art history is studied in social, geographical, cultural and psychological contexts, you will develop an understanding of how different societies evolve and how art impacts our lives.

Popular career areas for art history students include:

• business and finance
• catering and hospitality 
• cultural institutions
• curatorship 
• law
• marketing 
• media 
• public relations.