BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama
About this course
BA in Art History & Visual Culture and Drama, a joint-honours degree in History of Art and Drama spanning both creative disciplines. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. This flexible programme offers equal opportunities to study traditional fine art alongside contemporary visual forms and engage in practical theatre-making. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory modules such as Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture, Performance Analysis, and The Creative Actor, with optional choices including Inside the Museum and Visual Media. The second year features the compulsory Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning, alongside a broad selection of optional modules covering subjects like Writing for Stage, Screen and Across Media, Acting Shakespeare, and Entertainment Technologies. Optional modules across the course allow students to explore diverse topics in both subject areas, ranging from contemporary visual practices to applied drama and performance technologies.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB. IB: 32/655.
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 86%: 6 offers from 7 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 48 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 76%
- Academic support: 90%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 74%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 94%
- Left higher education: 1%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 130 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Working: 62%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 11%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 18%
- Elementary occupations: 9%
- Finance Professionals: 9%
- Teaching Professionals: 9%
- Administrative occupations: 7%
- Find their work meaningful: 79%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 68%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 53%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 115 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 39%
- South East: 28%
- South West: 20%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 97%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- A degree: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture
- Performance Analysis
- The Creative Actor
- Inside the Museum
- Visual Media
- Topics in Art History and Visual Culture I
- Topics in Art History and Visual Culture II
- Approaches to Art History and Visual Culture
- Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning
- Debates and Contestations in Art History
- Contemporary Visual Practices
- Photography and Evidence
- Contemporary Art and Curation
- Common Threads: Art, Craft and Activism
- Renaissances North and South: Italy and the Netherlands
- Revolutions! Art and Society in France, 1770-1830
- The Dutch Golden Age
- The New York Avant-Garde 1955-1980
- Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres
- Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future
- Intimate Spaces of the French Enlightenment
- Chinoiserie and Européenerie: Artistic and Vultural Exchanges between China and Europe
- Writing for Stage, Screen and Across Media
- Acting Shakespeare
- Popular Performance Practices
- Applied Drama: Touring, Directing and Facilitating
- Approaches to Acting and Contemporary Performance Making
- Entertainment Technologies
- Performing Culture: Theatre, Media, Identity
- Audiences, Participation, Immersion
- Activism and Performance
- Musicals: Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Contexts
- Creative Producing: People, Culture and Collaboration
- Voices Across Stage and Screen
- Performance in the Age of Screens: Intermedial Theatre
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter earn?
The median salary is £28,500 after 15 months, £21,000 after 3 years, £28,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £28,500 median after five years is £1,000 less than the UK median for History of art, architecture and design.
What do graduates of BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter do next?
86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter?
88% 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 & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter?
86% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 6 offers from 7 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Art History & Visual Culture and Drama at University of Exeter?
94% of students continued into their second year, and 1% left higher education.