Program Overview

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BA (Hons) History of Art and Museum Studies with Foundation Year

Why study this course with LJMU?

• 100% of students said: "Overall, I am satisfied with the quality of the course" in the most recent National Student Survey
• Excellent overall student satisfaction rates in consecutive National Student Surveys
• Follow our course activities on Instagram and Facebook
• Option to specialise and tailor your assessments according to your career plans or personal interests in Art History
• No exams - all assessments by coursework
• You can get involved with the Schools own internationally-important gallery, the Exhibition Research Lab
• Taught in the John Lennon Art and Design Building so you can mix and work with artists across a range of disciplines

About your course

Informed by internationally important research, the BA (Hons) History of Art and Museum Studies with Foundation Year programme is taught in our award-winning John Lennon Art and Design Building and offers exciting international internship opportunities.

You will also find that you have the opportunity to examine particular art works and artists of your own choice in detail. In fact you can even design your own course. For example, if contemporary art is your passion, you can choose it as your research topic for almost all assessments, whereas if you plan to work as a Museum Curator, you can be assessed on your museum placements.

We have contacts with many local art galleries and museums, but our collaboration with Tate Liverpool is particularly beneficial, as you will spend time there getting to know its collections as well as the curators who can tell you what it's really like to work in the sector. There are more museums and galleries in Liverpool than in any city other than London - so it is an excellent city in which to study History of Art and Museum Studies.

However, our contacts aren't only based in and around Merseyside. Our internships in Venice and New York offer unique opportunities to really immerse yourself in the art world and experience living abroad for a few months. We also typically organise field visits to the art capitals of London, Amsterdam, Florence, Barcelona and Paris.

To find out more, visit the History of Art and Museum Studies Facebook page.

Foundation Year

The Foundation Year is ideal if you have the interest and ability to study for a degree, but do not have the qualifications to enter directly onto the History of Art and Museum Studies honours degree programme yet.

Once you pass the Foundation Year you will progress directly onto the first year of the honours degree. If you are a full-time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to eligibility criteria).

Course modules

What you will study on this degree

Foundation Year

• Art and Culture (30 credits)
• Investigating Liverpool (30 credits)
• War: Conflict in the Humanities and Social Sciences (30 credits)
• Peace: the Pursuit of Harmony in Humanities and Social Science (30 credits)

Year 1

• Artists and Practices (20 credits)
• Frameworks in Art History (20 credits)
• Introduction to Art History (20 credits)
• An Introduction to Museums and Galleries (20 credits)
• Collaboration with Contemporary Art (20 credits)
• Global Art (20 credits)

Year 2

• Curating: Histories and Practices 1 (20 credits)
• Art and Representation (20 credits)
• Methods in Art History (20 credits)
• Curating: Histories and Practices 2 (20 credits)
• Internship and Professional Development (20 credits)
• Design Histories (20 credits)

Year 3

• Study Semester Abroad - History of Art (60 credits)
• Study Year Abroad - History of Art and Museum Studies (120 credits)
• Research Project (Dissertation) (40 credits)
• Research Paper and Symposium Presentation (40 credits)
• Major Project Practice (20 credits)
• Major Project Development (with the Museums Association) (20 credits)

Your Learning Experience

• Teaching Support Assessment
• Excellent facilities and learning resources
• Work-related Learning
• Dedicated personal tutor, plus study skills support

Career paths

• Past graduates have found careers as curators, education officers, marketing or public relations officers or co-ordinators of volunteers in museums, conservation experts, teachers, auctioneers, arts administrators, art insurance brokers, local authority arts officers, archive managers, charity arts grants administrators and journalists.
• The course has a strong network of supportive graduates who regularly feed back into the course by making visits and providing advice. A number go on to study postgraduate degrees.

Tuition fees and funding

• Home: £5,760 (Foundation first year), £9,535 (Second and subsequent years)
• International: £17,750 (Full-time per year)
• Scholarships: LJMU provides a variety of undergraduate scholarships to support international students.

Entry requirements

• Grades/points required from qualifications: DDD-CDD (72-80)
• GCSEs and equivalents: Evidence of Grade 4 or grade C or above in English Language and Mathematics/Numeracy on their application form.
• A levels: DDD-CDD
• BTECs: Extended Diploma: MMP
• Access awards: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• International Baccalaureate: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications
• OCR Cambridge Technical: Extended Diploma: DMM-DDM
• Irish awards: Irish Highers - Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications.
• T levels: Acceptable on its own and combined with other qualifications.
• International requirements: Qualifications will be considered in line with normal entry requirements. Any applicant whose first language is not English will be required to have IELTS 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component).