BA (Hons) History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London

Investigate modern and contemporary art, art theory and visual culture from around the world, and from a fresh perspective. This degree encourages you to develop an independent critical involvement with works of art and visual culture. You'll examine changing historical conceptions of art and the artist, and explore the visual arts in their wider cultural and political contexts.

Faculty: School of Art  |  Department: Visual Cultures  |  Duration: 3 years full-time, 4-6 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 (compulsory modules): Modernities, Seeing and Showing, Space and Time, Beyond Boundaries. Year 2 (compulsory modules): Contemporaneities, The Goldsmiths Elective, Situated Knowledges in Visual Cultures. Year 3 (compulsory modules): Expanded Practices in Visual Cultures.

Career pathways

The BA History of Art degree will prepare you for life after university, ensuring you graduate with the ability and confidence to forge a successful career. Graduates are well placed to pursue careers in: Museums and galleries – for example as administrators or curators, The art world – for example as artists, art historians or theoreticians, Journalism and the media, Teaching and research, The commercial world.

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