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AA3020 - Principles and Techniques in Archaeology

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Availability restrictions
Available only to students in Honours Ancient History & Archaeology or Honours Medieval History & Archaeology

Planned timetable
To be arranged

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff
Team Taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must take all modules from {AN2002, AN2003, CL2003, CL2004}
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  Module description
  
  This module, which draws on archaeological material from around the world, is divided into two sections. The first is a series of seminars and lectures on the central practical concerns of archaeology: the way in which the type of excavation affects the resulting evidence; methods of studying sites and artefacts; how to publish archaeological material, and the importance of conservation. This will give a general grounding to enable students to understand archaeological reports, and to apply this understanding to other parts of the Honours degree. The second part will address the important contribution of theoretical archaeology to the discipline, while also elucidating the practical applications and relevance of theory. There is no particular concentration on any one historical period and material is chosen rather to illustrate a broad range of methods and issues.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  New coursework of equivalent weight to a 3-hour Honours exam (2 essays or one long essay)
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1-hour induction session in Orientation Week then 1 lecture and 1 x 2-hour seminar per week.
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  31
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  269
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Engage effectively with archaeological theories and methodologies
  
  Integrate a variety of evidence into archaeological and historical arguments
  
  Construct and articulate a coherent oral presentation with critical use of evidence
  
  Process and convey archaeological information in written form with a keen awareness of diverse audiences (e.g. members of the public, grant committees, etc)
  
  Analyse and critically evaluate published archaeological research

AA4003 - The Archaeology of Ancient Rome

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Availability restrictions
Students will be required to enrol into the module in the first semester, to allow time for organising accommodation and transport to and in the city; they will need to pay a deposit before the beginning of the semester, as well as cover the costs of the trip, including flights, accommodation, and maintenance in Rome. The course will involve walking long distances and visits to archaeological sites with irregular terrain.

Planned timetable
To be confirmed.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof C A Machado

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr C Machado

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

As stated in the school of classics undergraduate handbook
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  Module description
  
  Rome was the largest and most important city of the ancient world. From an unimportant group of hill-top settlements near the Tiber, it developed into a densely inhabited metropolis of one million people, equipped with magnificent baths, entertainment buildings, temples and palaces, as well as aqueducts, apartment blocks and a sophisticated sewage system. Rome’s archaeological record is uniquely rich, its structures – whether archaic huts or sophisticated concrete domes – and material culture documenting all aspects of ancient life. This module will provide an introduction to the archaeology of the city of Rome from its origins to the end of Antiquity, through the guided visit and discussion of key sites and museums. The module will be partially taught in Rome and in St andrews.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework: 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework: 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  Seven 2-hour seminars at St andrews and one six-day field trip to Rome.
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  50
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  254
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Identify the main sources for the study of the archaeology of Ancient Rome;
  
  Identify key building materials and techniques relevant in the field of Roman archaeology;
  
  Characterise the urban development of Ancient Rome in the context of ancient urbanism;
  
  Describe and interpret aspects of Roman material culture;
  
  Critically evaluate current scholarship on Ancient Rome.

AA4004 - The Archaeology of Identities in the First Millennium BCE Mediterranean World

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr R M Post

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr Ruben Post

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.
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  Module description
  
  This module considers the theme of identity from an archaeological perspective. Chronologically and geographically, it focuses on case studies and evidence from the Mediterranean in the first millennium BCE. The module begins with a reflection on the practitioners of archaeology themselves, considering how issues of class, gender, and race have influenced the production of archaeological knowledge. It then examines core aspects of identity and evaluates the extent they can be evaluated in the archaeological record. The first part of the module focuses on characteristics of personal identity; topics will address age, gender, and social identities. The second part of the module investigates markers of identity that are traditionally difficult to recognise through material evidence, such as ethnicity and race. Subsequently, the focus turns to the development of composite and group identities. The final topic seeks to locate marginalised peoples and groups with unknown identities
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  2 x 1 hour seminar (10 weeks)
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  You will develop practical archaeological skills, including evaluation of archaeological sites and landscapes and gaining familiarity with handling ancient objects.
  
  You will gain experience in creating and editing video presentations for a scholarly audience.
  
  Development of research skills in constructing a historical argument in oral and written form, along with skills in academic prose, citation, and the compilation of a bibliography
  
  Improve skills of analysis and criticism and evaluating the limits of primary and secondary evidence and sources

AA4008 - The World of the Ancient Indian Ocean

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Availability restrictions
Available to General Degree students with the permission of the Honours Adviser.

Planned timetable
TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr A C Kelley

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr Anna Kelley

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

As stated in the school of classics undergraduate handbook.
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  Module description
  
  Studies of Roman long-distance trade have traditionally centred on its relationship with India. However, the Indian Ocean represented an expansive trade system, in which Rome was but a single player. This module will give a broad overview of the communities that sustained this system and the goods they were trading. It will interrogate how different social networks (mercantile, religious, kinship) became intertwined in the Indian Ocean littoral in the first centuries CE, and how these relationships were maintained. Throughout the semester, it will explore the important trade entrepots and their people through the texts and material culture they left behind. Important issues to be considered will be the movement of people vs. the movement of things; conceptions of race, ethnicity, and the ‘other’; the role of central governments in maintaining this system; the legacies of these contacts; periodization; and the limitations of the evidence.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework - 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Written exam - 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 2-hour seminar (X11 weeks)
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Identify and analyse a range of source material that builds a picture of Indian Ocean trade contacts.
  
  Describe and evaluate modern theories of ancient connectivity and how these have been used in reconstructions of ancient economies.
  
  Discuss the significance of non-Mediterranean landscapes in understanding the ancient world.
  
  Critically evaluate the importance of the Indian Ocean system and cross-cultural contacts to the Roman Mediterranean.
  
  Construct coherent arguments for how the movement of people and things shaped the ancient world integrating text and archaeological evidence.

AA4130 - The Roman Army

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Availability restrictions
Available to General Degree students with the permission of the Honours Adviser

Planned timetable
TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

As stated in the school of classics undergraduate handbook
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  Module description
  
  This module will present material for the history and archaeology of the Roman army from the Early Republic through to the Late Empire. Students will study a series of themes, including institutional development, expansion and defence of the Roman empire, the army and political culture, the army in battle, soldiers within Roman society, the archaeology of self-identity, and the Roman military economy. Source material will include historical and epigraphic texts, archaeological sites and finds, and Roman iconography. The Roman army was the first truly 'professional' standing army in European history. It permeated Roman economy and society, and has subsequently fascinated historians, soldiers, political scientists and artists up to the present.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  3-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  3-hour Written Examination = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  2 hours of lectures and seminars, and 1 coursework consultation hour.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Identify and describe the historical developmental framework of Roman military power projection, from the Republic through to the Late Empire.
  
  Analyse projection of military success through triumphal monuments and artworks as a language which influences modern display of achievement and ethos.
  
  Discuss the diversity of gender roles, cultural makeup and social status within military communities.
  
  Identify and explain the economies and architectural structures of imperial conquest and defensive frontiers.
  
  Select the most appropriate forms of evidence to support argument, including employment of detailed case-studies of military sites, artefacts, literature, epigraphy, artefacts etc.
  
  Formulate sophisticated arguments about the nature of military service and identity, employing appropriate methodologies and evidence with relevance to modern societies' experience.

AA4146 - The Colours of Ancient Art

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr B A Martens

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr Brian Martens

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

As stated in the school of classics undergraduate handbook
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  Module description
  
  The ancient world was a colourful, vibrant place. Colour contributed vigorously to visual culture in antiquity, acting as a primary interpretive device for approaching, analysing, and contextualizing an artwork and its constituent components. As a result, colour is one of the most important issues in the study of ancient art, yet it is often the most overlooked. This module introduces students to the sources, uses, meanings, and reception of colour in art of the ancient Mediterranean basin, from the third millennium BCE until Late Antiquity. The module highlights the range of methodologies and scientific techniques used to document, study, and reconstruct ancient coloured surfaces. Classroom enquiry culminates with a cross-cultural examination of the uses and meanings of colour in Mayan art.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework - 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework - 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  2 seminars
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  20
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  280
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Gain familiarity with dynamic, interdisciplinary scholarly approaches to the study of ancient colour, including archaeological, art historical, and archaeometric models.
  
  Analyse and interpret the meanings of colour across cultures in antiquity.
  
  Consider how to present ancient colour to wide public audiences [teaching Weeks 4 and 10].
  
  Conduct research using primary sources and scholarly literature.
  
  Develop transferrable critical thinking and writing skills.

AA4426 - From the Nile to the Niger: The Kingdoms of Ancient Africa

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Module coordinator

Dr A C Kelley

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.
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  Assessment pattern
  
  null
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  22
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  278
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

AH1001 - Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff
Team taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.
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  Module description
  
  This 20 credit module provides a survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe and beyond from c. 1280 to c.1580. It follows a roughly chronological course, from Giotto at the beginning of the fourteenth century, to Dürer, Michelangelo and Titian in the sixteenth century. Attention will also be paid to the issues relating to the wider artistic situation of the Late Medieval and Renaissance periods, including those of patronage, iconography, materials, technique and types of commission. Although the primary focus of the module is on Western Europe, lectures also address how European art formed alongside non-Western traditions, including the important role played by global trade.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  3 x 1-hour lectures and related contact time (x 10 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 10 weeks).
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  40
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  160
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  build a repertoire of images which will serve as a vocabulary for the understanding and discussion of this and subsequent periods in the history of western art and architecture
  
  think critically about the making and meaning of works of art and architecture
  
  develop an awareness of critical, theoretical and historical issues relating to this period in the history of art
  
  distinguish between primary and secondary sources and to use them appropriately in research essays
  
  research a topic making intelligent use of library and electronic resources
  
  exchange ideas in a group context

AH1003 - Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff
Team taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.
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  Module description
  
  This 20-credit module provides a survey of Baroque, Rococo and Enlightenment art in Europe and beyond. We begin with a study of seventeenth-century Italian art and architecture, discussing artists such as Gianlorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini, Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio. From Italy the focus shifts to Spain, Flanders, and Holland in order to explore portraiture, allegory and historical painting looking at artists such as Velazquez, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Rembrandt. We will also touch upon issues of artistic identity and the status of women artists during the period. A number of lectures are then dedicated to the parallel tradition of Islamic art, and the baroque beyond Europe’s borders, extending our understanding of the Baroque diaspora to a global context. Following thematic lectures on collecting and printmaking, the focus shifts to art in France. The module ends with lectures on the classical tradition in British art and architecture and the Enlightenment. Although the primary focus of the module is on Western Europe, lectures also address how European art formed alongside non-Western traditions, including the important role played by religious missionaries, global trade and imperial conquest.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  3 x 1-hour lectures and related contact time (x 11 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 10 weeks).
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  40
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  160
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  to think critically about the making and meaning of works of art and architecture produced during the 17th and 18th centuries
  
  develop an awareness of critical, theoretical and historical issues relating to this period in the history of art
  
  acquire skills of visual observation, description and analysis
  
  present information and ideas in presentations and in writing
  
  research a topic making intelligent use of library and electronic resources
  
  speak in public and argue engagingly in an intrinsically, professionally and socially useful way

AH1801 - Scotland and its Visual Culture

Summer after graduation 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Summer after graduation

SCOTCAT credits
12

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Module coordinator

Dr W W Rough

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.
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  Assessment pattern
  
  null
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  60
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  62
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

AH1901 - Western Art from Renaissance to Baroque

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Availability restrictions
Only available to those enrolling on the MA Combined Studies or already enrolled on the MA/BSc General degree taken in the evening.

Planned timetable
Tue 6.30 - 9.30 pm

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr W W Rough

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Team taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Anti-requisites

You cannot take this module if you take AH1001 or take AH1003
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  Module description
  
  The module will provide a survey of western European art from the late Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. Each lecture will focus on a particular work of art or monument, chosen to illustrate not only the achievement of great individual artists (including Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt), but also different media (painting, sculpture, architecture, print-making). Attention will also be paid to different art-historical approaches to the art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100% (10%: Tutorial Participation; 35%: 1,500-word VAT; 55%: 2,500-word Research Essay)
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 x 2.5-hour session: 1-hour lecture and 1- hour tutorial (x 12 weeks), 30-minute optional office hour (x 12 weeks)
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  42
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  158
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  utilise a repertoire of images which serve as a vocabulary for the understanding and discussion of this period in the history of western art and architecture
  
  identify principal works of art from this period
  
  think critically about the making and meaning of works of art and architecture
  
  clearly present information and ideas in writing
  
  research a topic making intelligent use of library and IT resources
  
  exchange ideas in a group context

AH2001 - Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff
Team taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH1001 or pass AH1003
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  Module description
  
  This module explores the intersection of visual culture with modernity, empire and revolution in the long nineteenth century, predominantly but not exclusively in Europe. Students pay close attention to the constructs of gender, class, race and sexuality, particularly in relation to imperialism, colonialism and rapid industrial, technological and social change. Each week introduces key movements and themes, including Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Orientalism, Primitivism, and the emergence of the avant-gardes. Throughout, visual objects and material history are examined using analytic tools including feminist, post-colonial and critical race theory.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  3 lectures and 1 tutorial (x 10 weeks), tutor's optional office hour(x 11 weeks)
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  40
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  160
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Be confident in their knowledge of the history of art and architecture during the nineteenth century
  
  Understand the essential critical, theoretical, social, political, and cultural issues relating to this period in the history of art
  
  Use skills of observation and analysis to critically discuss works of art from this period, speak and write clearly about related concepts, issues and contexts
  
  Research a topic, making use of the resources provided by the University Library
  
  Present information, ideas and arguments clearly in written and spoken form, using visual aids, working to deadlines and participating constructively in group discussion
  
  Evaluate and interpret evidence from a range of primary and secondary sources

AH2002 - Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
2.00 pm Mon, Tue, Thu (lectures)

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module Staff
Team taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH1001 or pass AH1003
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  Module description
  
  This module examines the relationship between art and political struggle in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, exploring how practitioners around the globe have contributed to socio-cultural change and forged new ways of seeing. It addresses how artists, architects, photographers and designers have responded to the increasingly industrialised and fast-paced nature of modern and contemporary experience, and how this has led to a constant re-evaluation of what might be expected of art. Each week is devoted to a specific theme, including modernism, the metropolis, materiality, protest, dissent, and globalisation.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  100% continuous: 40% mid-term visual analysis paper 1500 words - 50% take-home paper, 2500 words - 10% participation mark
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  3 x 1-hour lectures and related contact time (x 11 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 10 weeks).
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  40
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  160
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Be confident in their knowledge of the history of art and architecture in the twentieth century, which is crucial to understanding the art produced today
  
  Understand the essential critical, theoretical, social, political, and cultural issues relating to this period in the history of art
  
  Use skills of observation and analysis to critically discuss works of art from this period, speak and write clearly about related concepts, issues and contexts
  
  Research a topic, making intelligent use of the resources provided by the Visual Resources Library, the University Library and Moodle
  
  Present information, ideas and arguments clearly in both written and spoken form, using visual aids, working to deadlines and participate constructively in group discussion
  
  Evaluate and interpret evidence from a range of primary and secondary sources

AH2901 - Art in the Modern Period

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Availability restrictions
Only available to those enrolling on the MA Combined Studies or already enrolled on the MA/BSc General degree taken in the evening.

Planned timetable
Tue 6.30 - 9.30 pm

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr W W Rough

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Team taught

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH1901
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  Module description
  
  The module will provide a survey of western European art from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. Each lecture will focus on a particular work or art, monument or movement, chosen to illustrate not only the achievement of great individual artists (including Courbet, Cassatt, Goncherova and Picasso), but also different media (painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, applied arts). Attention will also be paid to differing art-historical approaches to the art of the Modern period.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100% (10%: Tutorial Participation; 35%: 1,500-word VAT; 55%: 2,500-word Research Essay)
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 x 2.5-hour session: 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial (x 13 weeks), 30-minute optional office hour (x 13 weeks)
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  43
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  157
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  utilise a repertoire of images which serve as a vocabulary for the understanding and discussion of this period in the history of western art and architecture
  
  identify principal works of art from this period
  
  think critically about the making and meaning of works of art and architecture
  
  identify critical, theoretical and historical issues relating to this period in the history of art
  
  speak and write clearly about these concepts and issues
  
  research a topic making intelligent use of library and IT resources

AH3104 - Central European Art, Architecture and Design, c. 1900

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
tba

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr S M Kallestrup

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr S Kallestrup

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH2001 and pass AH2002 and ( pass AH1001 or pass AH1003 )
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  Module description
  
  This module analyses the development of the central European art, architecture and design between the 1880s and the 1910s. Focusing on the Austro-Hungarian empire (in particular the cities of Vienna, Budapest, Prague and Cracow) and the Balkans (e.g. Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia), it examines significant new material expression in this key crucible of modern cultural forces. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between the artistic search for cultural and personal identity, the state and contemporary society. Issues of nationalism and supranationalism are analysed in the course of studying the work of such groups as the Austrian Secession, Wiener Werkstätte, Gödöllő colony, Mánes and Sztuka societies. Major figures include Klimt, (Otto) Wagner, Hoffmann, Lechner, Luksch-Makowsky, Mucha, Petrović, Rippl-Rónai and Wyspiański.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 x 2-hour lecture and related contact time (x 10 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 11 weeks).
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  understand the diversity of the material and intellectual cultures which shaped the heart of Europe around the turn of the twentieth century
  
  recognise the distinctive impulses towards national recognition, individualism and modernism whose impact was so profound in shaping modern Europe and beyond
  
  assess the individuals, ideas and cities in central Europe who and which played a prominent role in this
  
  develop their critical thinking by the application and appraisal of various methodological approaches to visual materialshis
  
  participate in group discussions and present their ideas clearly

AH3109 - Timurid Art and Architecture (ca. 1370 - 1507)

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr Y Yu

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr Yusen Yu

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH2001 and pass AH2002
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  Module description
  
  In 1370 the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) founded his empire and made Samarqand his capital. This module introduces a culture Timur and his successors created and its transition during the long fifteenth century. Students will explore the art and architecture under their patronage in the eastern Islamic world, including present-day Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Emphasis is placed on the impacts of their nomadic tradition, politics, and ideology on the artistic production and urban landscape. The latter part of the module centers around the late Timurid court in Herat.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 x lecture x 1 hour over 11 weeks, 1 x seminar x 2 hours over 11 weeks
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Discuss aspects of Islamic, especially Perisan, art, architecture and urbanism
  
  Understand and articulate some of the theoretical issues around Timurid art and architecture
  
  Systematically analyze the style and content of such works
  
  Relate these to their wider historical and cultural context and understand the circumstances surrounding their creation and reception
  
  To critically assess and evaluate different types of primary sources

AH3112 - Women Artists and Autobiography

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
To be confirmed

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof L J Goddard

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Prof Linda Goddard

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH1001 or pass AH1003 and pass AH2001 and pass AH2002
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  Module description
  
  This module introduces students to the work of women artists from the 1550s to the present, including Artemisia Gentileschi, Berthe Morisot, Yayoi Kusama, and many others. Instead of an exhaustive survey, the module focuses on artists who also wrote about their lives in letters, diaries, journals and memoirs. Students will gain insights, from the perspective of the artists themselves, into the conditions affecting women’s art production, including the tensions between family life and creativity. We explore how women used writing alongside self-portraiture to represent themselves and their work, reshaping existing myths of the artist in the process. We also study the increasingly complex crossovers between life and art in text-based art works and artists’ books. As well as addressing the gendered constraints on women artists’ careers, we analyse the category ‘woman artist’ critically, consider how some artists resisted gender norms, and explore the work of non-binary artists.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 lecture (x11 weeks), 2 seminar (x11 weeks)
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  33
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  270
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Understand the relationship between artists’ writings and their work
  
  Describe and identify key works by women artists from the sixteenth century to the present day
  
  Understand key debates about life-writing, self-portraiture and feminist theories of representation
  
  Conduct independent research through the use of library resources, the study of artworks and period sources, and other forms of art historical investigation
  
  Participate in constructive group discussion and present their ideas to others
  
  Work diligently under strict deadlines

AH3118 - European Gothic Architecture 1140 - 1540

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
tba

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof J M Luxford

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Prof Julian Luxford

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH1001 or pass AH1003 and pass AH2001 and pass AH2002
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  Module description
  
  This module examines European Gothic architecture from its origins in 12th-century France to the end of the Middle Ages. There will be a particular focus on ecclesiastical architecture, and on English and French Gothic, for it is in these fields that the growth and formal development of the style is best understood. Military, civic and domestic architecture will also be examined, and individual lectures devoted to Gothic architecture in Scotland, Germany, the Low Countries, Spain, Italy, and Central Europe. This course will not adopt a purely formalist approach. Issues of function and embellishment will be discussed where relevant to an understanding of Gothic architecture, and students will have an opportunity to address them in their coursework.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 x 2 hour lecture (x 10 weeks); 1 x 1 hour seminar (x 10 weeks); one-day field trip
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  analyse the exteriors and interiors of buildings on sight, stylistically and in historical terms.
  
  carry out independent research on historic architecture
  
  understand the style, iconography and symbolism of historic buildings
  
  understand architectural terminology, particularly as it relates to the Gothic style.
  
  advocate for the cultural value of historic architecture
  
  appreciate the place of architecture in relation to the other pre-20th-century arts commonly studied by art historians.

AH3130 - Approaches to Art History

Semester 1 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 1

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
Lectures: Monday 11:30-13:00.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr S P H Rose

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr A Rider and Dr S Rose

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must ( pass AH1001 or pass AH1003 ) and pass AH2001 and pass AH2002
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  Module description
  
  This 30-credit module provides an introduction to the most significant approaches currently practiced in art history. It is designed to encourage students to consider new ways in which they might think about art, society and history. Topics that will be explored include aesthetics, iconography, semiotics, feminism and queer theory, post-colonialism and critical race studies.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework = 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1 x 2-hour lecture and related contact time (x 10 weeks), 1 x 1-hour tutorial (x 10 weeks), 2 x office hour (x 11 weeks).
  
  Scheduled learning hours
  
  30
  
  The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  270
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  recognise the critical and methodological debates that have defined art history since its inception as a discipline
  
  navigate the history of art history as a discipline, and identify changing theories of art
  
  engage with abstract, theoretical arguments, and to apply these arguments to particular cases and circumstances appropriately
  
  work effectively in small coordinated groups
  
  enhance oral and written communication abilities and the capacity to participate constructively in collective discussion
  
  engage intellectually with challenging texts, through note taking, gaining an understanding of the development of the argument, and formulating an appropriate response

AH3132 - The Relief

Semester 2 2024-2025

This document is valid on: Sunday, 13,April 2025, 05:37 AM (BST)

Key module information

Semester 2

SCOTCAT credits
30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

Planned timetable
To be confirmed

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr R M Ezra

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff
Dr R Ezra

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites

Before taking this module you must pass AH1001 or pass AH1003 and pass AH2001 and pass AH2002
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  Module description
  
  Caught between two and three dimensions, the relief remains hard to pin down. It is at once an aesthetic concept and a category of object, a deceptive fiction and a solid reality, a bearer of knowledge and a storehouse of memory. This course studies salient examples of relief in virtual exhibition and in person, attending to functions and conditions of display; to narrative strategies; to constructions of space; and to material distinctions between painting and sculpture, carving and modelling, low and high elevation. Focus objects and weekly readings introduce key debates in the history of art, from the hierarchy of media and the invention of perspective to the didactics of dioramas and the design of monuments. Special attention will be paid to the development of the relief in early modern Europe (1400-1750). Other case studies include ancient stonecarving, medieval bronze doors, nineteenth-century topographic models, modern choreography, and contemporary memorials.
  
  Assessment pattern
  
  Coursework 100%
  
  Re-assessment
  
  Coursework 100%
  
  Learning and teaching methods and delivery
  
  Weekly contact
  
  1h lecture (x11 weeks), 2h seminar (x11 weeks), 1h office hour (x12 weeks)
  
  Guided independent study hours
  
  30
  
  The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.
  
  Intended learning outcomes
  
  Analyze and interpret three-dimensional works of art with confidence and precision. This includes describing forms, processes, tools, and materials with appropriate technical vocabulary introduced in lectures and readings.
  
  Enter into dialogue with past viewers, contemporary scholars, and peers through readings, text annotations, and in-class discussions, thereby appreciating art history as an ongoing conversation to which their voice adds value.
  
  Conceive and develop an original argument, and present it in an articulate and compelling manner.
  
  Conduct independent research through the use of library resources, the study of artworks and period sources, and other forms of art historical investigation.
  
  Participate in constructive group discussion and present their ideas to others.
  
  Work diligently under strict deadlines.

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