BA (Hons) Art History and Visual Culture at University of Brighton

Programme overview

This course focuses on global art history and visual culture from the eighteenth century to the present day, covering creative production from modern art and popular photography to multimedia and contemporary practices. You will learn about the politics of creativity and culture, studying material and visual histories and art theory as well as engaging with debates around gender and sexuality, ecology, race, class, politics and ableism.

Faculty: School of Humanities and Social Science | Department: History of Art and Design | Duration: full-time: 3 years; with placement year: 4 years | Study mode: full-time (optional placement year) | Intake: 2027 entry | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our Art History and Visual Culture and Fashion and Design History students share some of their studies throughout their course, including a shared first year, so you’ll explore modules with a wide group of students. From year 2 you’ll be in a great position to specialise in your chosen subjects and to choose option modules to focus on the topics that interest you most. In the first year you will learn about how the movement of people, images, materials and ideas has had a profound impact on the production, re-production and appropriation of art and visual culture. Modules include Art and Design History in Brighton: Places and Processes, Artist, Designer and the Prosumer: Theories and Debates, Artist, Designer and the Prosumer: Approaches and Practices, Spaces and Bodies, Gender and Sexuality in Art and Visual Culture, Art, Visual Culture and Ecology, Art and Visual Culture in Communities, Professional Paths in Art and Design History, Communicating Research, Dissertation in History of Art and Design.

Career pathways

Graduates from our history of art and design programmes go on to a variety of roles in the museums, galleries and heritage industry, such as: This degree also opens up postgraduate study options. At Brighton, for example, you could progress on to Curating Collections and Heritage MA or our History of Design and Material Culture MA.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A-levels ABB–BCC. BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–MMM. International Baccalaureate 27 points, with three subjects at Higher level. UCAS tariff 104–128 points. Access to HE Diploma Pass with 60 credits overall. Humanities, history or politics courses preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3. T-level Merit in any T-level. English language requirements. If English is not your first language, IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each element.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

International applicants: GBP 18,108 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: full-time: 3 years; with placement year: 4 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/register

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