Art History (with a professional placement year)

About this course

Art history is the study of visual and material culture, asking how and why human beings have made images and objects across different periods and places, and what those objects have meant to the people who made them, commissioned them and encountered them. It trains you to look with precision and to argue with care: to consider formal qualities, historical context, cultural function, economic conditions and the politics of representation all at once. At Sussex the discipline takes a radically open approach, treating art not as a series of canonical masterworks to be appreciated but as a powerful force that shapes how people think, feel and act in the world. This four-year full-time programme at the University of Sussex includes a professional placement year and a foundation year, which provides the critical and contextual skills needed to engage fully with the degree from the outset. T

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 10% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →

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