BA History of Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
About this course
BA in History of Art, covering art theory and visual culture. Core topics include Research Methods, Design & Creative Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme includes a work placement module. Final-year students produce a dissertation or curatorial proposal alongside a public engagement project.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 27 points overall with three HL subjects at 555
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What students say
Based on about 16 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 86%
- Learning opportunities: 82%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 87%
- Organisation and management: 58%
- Learning resources: 76%
- Student voice: 77%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 70%
- Gained a higher qualification: 5%
- Left higher education: 25%
What graduates do next
Based on about 17 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 40%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 30%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 15%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 120 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 59%
- South East: 14%
- South West: 8%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 75%
- A degree: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 20%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Requires Improvement for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- Modernities
- Seeing and Showing
- Space and Time
- Beyond Boundaries
- Contemporaneities
- The Goldsmiths Elective
- Situated Knowledges in Visual Cultures
- Beckett & Aesthetics: Bodies and Identity
- Cohabitations
- Inhabitations
- The Fact of Blackness I
- Fashion as Dream Image
- Museums, Galleries, Exhibitions
- Popular Modernism
- Patterns of Perception
- The Goldsmiths Project
- Expanded Practices in Visual Cultures
- Animating Architecture
- Archive and Spectacle
- Film Fables
- Documentary Lives
- Philosophy and...
- Sexual Poetics
- The Truth in Painting
- Counter Forensics
- Research Architecture
- Visual Cultures as Public Practice
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London earn?
The median salary is £27,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £29,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £29,500 median after five years is the same as the UK median for History of art, architecture and design.
What do graduates of BA History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London 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 History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London?
86% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 27 points in the IB. The average entrant had 128 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA History of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London?
70% of students continued into their second year, and 25% left higher education.