Program Overview

Program Overview

The East Asian Art History academic programme focuses on the art, archaeology, and material culture of China, Japan, and, to a lesser extent, Korea. All art forms will be studied, from painting and calligraphy to sculpture and architecture to ceramics, handiwork, and photography, as represented in all epochs, from the Neolithic Age to the present.

Facts & Formalities

• Degree: Bachelor of Arts
• Type of programme: Undergraduate
• Start of programme: Winter and summer semester
• Standard period of study: 6 semesters
• Language(s) of instruction: German, English
• Fees and contributions: 161.10 € / Semester
• Application procedure: Subjects with no admission restrictions
• Application deadlines: Information about deadlines can be obtained after you have put together a degree program.
• Part-time option: Yes

Course Content

The focus of the Bachelor’s degree programme as a minor, within the framework of a degree programme in East Asian Studies, is a practice-oriented combination of linguistic and art-historical competencies. This is accomplished by means of an interdisciplinary approach to subject knowledge and career-oriented skills, including intercultural competence and the routine use of modern media.

Course Structure

By introducing students to the entire range of East Asian archaeology, art, and architecture through examples studied during the course of three preparatory courses, the minor in East Asian Art History provides a focus on the theoretical-methodological and material fundamentals of the academic discipline of East Asian Art History.

Key Components

• The lectures on specific topics provide both an expanded perspective on new findings on interrelationships between East Asian art history, art, and art history as well as a more in-depth analysis of individual works, artefacts, and academic argumentation.
• The main seminar in East Asian Art History is intended to allow students to make use of the fundamentals that have been learned and the methodology that has been practised in independently, or with limited guidance, preparing a topic and then giving a verbally convincing presentation as well as providing an error-free written paper.
• This degree programme also includes practice-oriented training and direct observation of actual objects, provided by instructors who are themselves expert professionals with experience in auction houses, galleries, and museums, or who are journalists or art restorers/conservators.

Additional Degrees

• Master, consecutive

Program Requirements

The Bachelor’s degree programme in East Asian Art History 25% (minor) may only be pursued as a minor in conjunction with a major in East Asian Studies with a specialisation in either Chinese Studies or Japanese Studies.