BA Fine Art with Art History [W1V3]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Major/Minor scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (80 Credits)

Year 1 Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AH11520

Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding

Year 1 Options

Remaining credits from Art History AH1 modules:

Semester 2
AH11220

Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums

AH11420

Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century

AH11720

Representing the Body

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (10 Credits)

Major Fine Art students must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 2
AR23210

Professional Practice for Students of Art

Year 2 Options

70 credits in art practice from:

Semester 1
AR20720

Photography 1

AR22320

Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (A)

AR25320

Site Specific Practice

Semester 2
AR21820

Book Illustration 1

AR21930

Book Illustration 2

AR22520

Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (A)

AR25420

Site Specific Exhibition

Year 2 Options

40 credits in art history from:

Semester 1
AH20520

Modernisms: Art in the Early Twentieth Century

AH21620

The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400

AH23620

Drawn to Order: British Illustration since 1800

AH23720

Art in Wales

Semester 2
AH20020

The Pre-Raphaelites

AH20620

Postmodernism and Contemporary Art

AH24020

Documentary Photography

Final Year Options

Final year major fine art students must take 80 credits from AR3 modules, including EITHER Exhibition 1 or Exhibition 2, from:

Semester 1
AR35320

Interdisciplinary Practice 5

Semester 2
AR32540

Exhibition: Graduation Show

AR35420

Interdisciplinary Practice 6

Final Year Options

40 credits of art history from:

Semester 1
AH30620

The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400

AH32720

Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting and Displaying

AH33720

Art in Wales

Semester 2
AH30020

The Pre-Raphaelites

AH34020

Documentary Photography