Overview

Throughout the Art History and Visual Culture and History course from The University of Exeter you'll:

Cover time periods from the Roman Empire to the 1960s and topics as diverse as the Vikings, early medieval empires, the Norman Conquest and magic and witchcraft in early modern Europe.

Learn to collect evidence using libraries, archives, the internet, interviews, languages, palaeography and environmental fieldwork.
Art, history and culture embedded on campus with the Exeter Northcott Theatre, Bill Douglas Cinema Musuem, Lemon Grove and Great Hall as music venues and student theatre Roborough Studios.

Career opportunities:

Studying Art History and Visual Culture and History course at The University of Exeter equips students with a broad range of highly desirable transferable skills in analysis, critique, research and theoretical and practical creativity. These will prepare you to enter a wide variety of professions.

You will also develop specialist knowledge of everything from traditional art forms such as architecture and sculpture, to today’s visual practices such as film, video, performance and digital art. You will benefit from productive engagement with collections, institutions and art groups in the area, in tandem with the wider arts community in the South West and beyond.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Making History

Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture

Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture

The Opium War: the British Empire encounters the Middle Kingdom

The First Day of the Somme

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Duolingo English Test

120

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Exeter, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Visual Arts History View 381 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

120

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

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PTE Academic

67

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A-Level: ABB

IB: 32/655

BTEC: DDM

Access to HE: 24 L3 Credits at Distinction Grade and 21 L3 credits at Merit Grade.

Contextual offers

A-Level: BBC

IB: 28/554

BTEC: DMM

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Tuition Fees

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24950 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9790 GBP / year

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Living costs

Exeter

United Kingdom

649 - 1087 GBP / month

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Credits

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Disciplines

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