This course combines studio practice with art historical study, enabling you to become an academically strong, thoughtful artist who understands how your practice relates to the art of the past. You’ll split your time equally between studio practice and art history and theory, exploring what has been understood as art in different cultures and societies over time. Working across a range of media, you’ll develop your own body of work under the guidance of artist-lecturers and visiting practitioners, and study alongside artists and cultural theorists in a stimulating research environment. We usually use a combination of assessment methods that allows you to develop diverse skills. These include your studio work, exhibition, module presentations, essays and exams, depending on the modules you choose. This degree will allow you to develop into a thoughtful artist with strong critical, interpretative and communication skills, as well as strong visual and critical awareness and an understanding of the ways in which your practice responds to and questions the art of the past. This will prepare you for a career in the arts and culture sectors, where you could join our alumni working in diverse careers as artists, curators, academics, writers and teachers among many others.