BA Art History & Visual Culture and English
About this course
BA in Art History & Visual Culture and English, an undergraduate degree spanning English and History of Art. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students can complete a dissertation in English Literature, Creative Writing, or Art History & Visual Culture in their final year. The first year introduces fundamental concepts through compulsory modules such as Questions and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture and Beginnings: English Literature before 1800, alongside optional modules covering topics such as museum studies, visual media, poetry, the novel, and Shakespeare. The second year features compulsory practical study through Art History and Visual Culture Field Study for Blended Learning, complemented by various optional modules focusing on periods from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment to modernism, alongside creative writing and cultural studies. In the final year, students select further advanced options and undertake a substantial independent research project.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB. Required subjects: B in an accepted Humanities or Social Science subject* (see below). *Accepted Humanities and Social Science subjects: Anthropology; Classics and Ancient History; Drama; English; Geography; Government and Politics; History; Law; Media Studies; Modern Languages; Philosophy; Politics; Psychology; Religious Studies; Sociology. IB: 32/655.
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 86%: 18 offers from 21 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 32 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 85%
- Learning opportunities: 72%
- Assessment and feedback: 78%
- Academic support: 76%
- Organisation and management: 74%
- Learning resources: 79%
- Student voice: 72%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 35 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 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: 24%
- Elementary occupations: 9%
- Media Professionals: 9%
- Administrative occupations: 7%
- Artistic, literary and media 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 585 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 9%
- London: 37%
- South East: 23%
- South West: 18%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
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
- Beginnings: English Literature before 1800
- 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
- Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry
- The Novel
- The Poem
- Academic English
- Rethinking Shakespeare
- Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing
- 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
- Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640
- Theatrical Cultures in Early Modern England
- Chaucer and His Contemporaries
- Renaissance and Revolution
- Satire and the City: English Literature 1660-1750
- Revolutions and Evolutions 19C Writings
- Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960
- Romanticism
- Empire of Liberty: American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century
- Adaptations: Text, Image, Culture
- Creative Writing: Building a Story
- Creative Writing: Making a Poem
- British Cultures: The Exeter Seminar
- Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory
- Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Art History & Visual Culture and English at University of Exeter earn?
The median salary is £28,500 after 15 months, £27,500 after 3 years, £35,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £27,500 and £45,500. The £35,000 median after five years is £6,000 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA Art History & Visual Culture and English 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 English at University of Exeter?
85% 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 English at University of Exeter?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 142 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Art History & Visual Culture and English at University of Exeter?
86% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 18 offers from 21 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Art History & Visual Culture and English 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 English at University of Exeter?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.