Art History and History

About this course

Art history and history are disciplines that complement each other in the study of how human beings have understood and represented their world across time. Art history examines visual works, including paintings, sculpture, architecture, prints and material objects, asking how they were made, what they meant to those who created and used them, and how they have been interpreted since. History approaches the past through documents and other written sources, reconstructing events, social conditions and the ways in which people experienced and understood their own time. Together, they provide two powerful methods for recovering and interpreting the human past, each illuminating dimensions of experience that the other might miss. At the University of Essex, this three-year full-time programme promotes awareness of the interactions and differences between history and the visual arts in histo

Where its graduates go

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

• 68 / 100Customer service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 20% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 10% of graduatescards →

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