BA Art History and Film Studies
About this course
BA (Hons) in History of Art and Film Studies, examining visual culture and cinema. Core topics include Research Methods. Students complete a Film Studies Dissertation in the final year and may undertake placement opportunities during the degree.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB IB: 32 points
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What students say
Based on about 117 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 81%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 78%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 140 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 23 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 10%
- Skilled trades occupations: 5%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 55%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 25%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 135 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- East Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 10%
- London: 48%
- South East: 34%
- South West: 6%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 130 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 70%
- Baccalaureate: 3%
- Foundation course: 17%
- A degree: 8%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
- Other qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Analysing Film: Forms and Contexts B
- European Cinema
- Stories of Art: Writing and Seeing
- Analysing Film: Authorship and Genre B
- Global Cinema
- Sights and Sites
- Art and the City I
- Debates in Screen Documentary
- Reading in Detail: Critical Texts
- Art and the City II
- British Cinema
- Adaptation: Filming Fiction
- Film Musicals
- Screenwriting
- Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Movements
- Picasso to Kahlo: Transatlantic Dialogues
- Pop Life: After Modern Art
- Victorian Visions: Art, Industry, Modernity
- Commemorative Art: Images, Monuments, Memory
- Film Studies Dissertation
- From Decorative Arts to Material Culture
- Art and Politics in Britain 2008-Now
- Mediterranean Fantasies: Revivals and Utopias, 1919-1939
- Pop Soundtrack Cinema
- Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema
- Sex and the City: The Origins of Modernism in Britain 1870-1910
- Viewing Women
- American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
- Art and Place: Sites, Spaces and Identities
- Cinema and Sexualities
- Film and Revolution
- Hollywood Industry and Imaginary
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Art History and Film Studies at University of Sussex earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £24,000 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,000 and £38,500. The £30,500 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for History of art, architecture and design.
What do graduates of BA Art History and Film Studies at University of Sussex do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Art History and Film Studies at University of Sussex?
87% 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 and Film Studies at University of Sussex?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 32 points in the IB. The average entrant had 118 UCAS points.
Does BA Art History and Film Studies at University of Sussex 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 and Film Studies at University of Sussex?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.