University of Groningen
BA Art History
Groningen, Netherlands
DURATION
36 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,530 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* € 2530 (EU/EEA students) | € 13100 (non-EU/EEA students)
Introduction
The Art History program in Groningen is unique because it combines visual art, urban design and architectural history and landscape history and studies the relationships between artwork, city and landscape.Our bachelor offers a combination of historical, theoretical and practice-oriented courses, where our international teaching team works closely with experts in the field.This way you get acquainted with the professional field from the start.Art historians study art on the spot, so you go on an excursion to a major European art metropolis and there are also many small excursions in the Netherlands.
After the bachelor you can follow the master's program in Arts and Cultural Sciences.You then specialize in your area of expertise.You can choose from the following master tracks:
- Art history
- History of Architecture and Town Planning
- Landscape history
- Arts, Media and Literary studies (Research Master)
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Beyond Antiquity: Architecture 400-1400
- Beyond Antiquity: Visual Arts 400-1400
- Seeing and Knowing: Visual Analysis & Iconography
- Paint to Pixel: Artist's Materials & Techniques Through the Ages
- Towards Modernity: Architecture & Landscapes 1400-1800
- Towards Modernity: Visual Arts 1400-1800
- Cultural History of European Gardens and Parks
- Reality Contested: Visual Arts 1800-1914
- Style & Modernity: Architecture & Urbanism 1800-1914
- Blurring Boundaries: Architecture & Urbanism 1914-now
- Blurring Boundaries: Visual Arts 1914-now
- European Cultural Metropole Excursion
Year 2
- Architecture, City & Freedom
- Cultural Heritage in Landscape & Architecture
- Modern East Asian Art & Visual Culture
- Renaissance Art: Individual/Institution
- Art & Institutions
- Art Now
- Designed Landscapes 1800-present
- Art & Architecture's Global Potentials
- Art & Architecture of the Netherlands
- European Country House Landscapes
- Trending Topics
- Architecture, Nature & Enlightenment
- Art & Environment
- Perspectives in Art Theory
Year 3
- Minor
- Practice Lab: Architecture/Art/Landscape
- Research Skills: Art/Architecture/Landscape
- BA Thesis
- Excursion abroad: Art & Architecture/Landscape
Program Outcome
Credits: 180 ECTS
BA in Art History
If you want to continue with a Master's degree Program after your graduation, as most students do, you will have a wide range of Programs to choose from. With a Bachelor's degree in Art History, you have access to the following Master's tracks at the University of Groningen:
- Art History (with a specialization in Curator Studies)
- History of Architecture and Town Planning
- Landscape History (Dutch taught)
- Digital Humanities
- Arts, Media and Literary Studies (research)
- Cultural Leadership (research)
- Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies (research)
- International Humanitarian Action (Erasmus Mundus)
- Euroculture (Erasmus Mundus)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Art, Architecture and Landscapes are of great importance to society. The reference of our program to environmental and ecological aspects relates this importance to current challenges. Consequently, there are many career opportunities, depending on your specialization, master degree and personal interests. Our Department's graduates pursue a wide variety of jobs and professions.
As a graduate of our Department you are either specialized as an art historian, an architectural historian, or a historian of landscape. The term 'specialization' is relative: you have completed a versatile program and you have acquired in-depth knowledge of works of art and architecture and their makers and designers, their patrons and historical context, and their function and audience. Art History graduates work in museums, they curate collections and exhibitions, and they design educational programs. They work in television and radio, for newspapers and magazines, as art critics, and in the publishing industry. Historians of art and architecture also work for (local) government agencies, for example for cultural heritage management.
Job examples
- Curator
- Exhibition organizer/designer
- Restorer
- Journalist
- Professor
- Preservationist
- (Policy) Advisor