BA Art History
About this course
BA in History of Art. Core topics include research methods and ethics and professional practice. Students curate an exhibition from the School of Art's collection of approximately 20,000 works, drawn on throughout the course as a government-accredited museum. The programme is based at the only university in Wales to award a History of Art degree, with access to the adjacent National Library of Wales for research.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26
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What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 70%
- Learning opportunities: 73%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 86%
- Organisation and management: 50%
- Learning resources: 76%
- Student voice: 62%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 21 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 20%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Protective service occupations: 10%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 10%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 25%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 20%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 165 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 23%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 5%
- South East: 8%
- South West: 6%
- Wales: 36%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Modules
- Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding
- Pleasure, Power, and Profit: Art in the Long Eighteenth Century
- Representing the Body
- Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century
- Art in Wales
- Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums
- Dissertation Preparation and Professional Practice for Students of Art History
- Modernisms: Art in the Early Twentieth Century
- Postmodernism and Contemporary Art
- Documentary Photography
- Drawn to Order: British Illustration since 1800
- Portraiture:Identity
- The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400
- The Pre-Raphaelites
- Dissertation
- Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting and Displaying
- Documentary Photography
- Portraiture:Identity
- The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400
- The Pre-Raphaelites
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Art History at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £19,500 after 3 years, £26,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £30,500. The £26,000 median after five years is £3,500 less than the UK median for History of art, architecture and design.
What do graduates of BA Art History at Aberystwyth University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Art History at Aberystwyth University?
70% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Art History at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 114 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Art History at Aberystwyth University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.