BA Art History (two subjects) at University of Göttingen

What do images and material artefacts mean, how can their forms and contents be explained and understood historically, what do they do for people, societies and cultures, for their communication and coping with the world from religion to science? Art history examines these questions for a variety of media and genres (painting, sculpture, architecture, graphics, photography, film and video, arts and crafts and design as well as collection objects).

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Only the winter semester  |  Location: Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany

What you will study

Art History conveys to students comprehensive, fundamental knowledge of major works, categories, subject-related terminology, artistic techniques, theories and methods of European art history from post-antiquity to the global present, including elementary knowledge of subject-related occupational fields. Following a methodology- and terminology-oriented introductory phase during the first year, the 2nd to 5th semesters serve to acquire knowledge and skills by way of exemplary learning.

Career pathways

The occupational fields for art history include employment in museums, in the preservation of monuments or at a university, but also in galleries, the art trade, tourism, the publishing industry, newspapers and magazines, media institutions, insurance companies and all areas of cultural administration.

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