History of Art

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Bachelor

Coordinator

Margarida Brito Alves

Opening date

September 15, 2014

Vacancies

40 vagas

Fees

1.067,85€/year (except Statute of International Student) 1st instalment: 533,93€; 2nd instalment: 533,92€.

Schedule

(see timetable at http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/ensino-en/licenciaturas?set_language=en)

Education objectives

1) To acquire theoretical knowledge of the History of Art, both international and Portuguese, from Antiquity to contemporary times;
2) To master the concepts and basic methodologies of History of Art;
3) To acquire skills to analyse and identify works of art;
4) To develop conceptual and critical abilities towards artistic objects and their contextualisation;
5) To acquire the ability to use knowledge of the History of Art for civic and social intervention;
6) To apply knowledge of the History of Art when reflecting upon the cultural identity of different societies;
7) To master appropriate knowledge of the History of Art to work within the fields of Museology and Heritage Studies.

Access conditions

Completion of secondary education, with a minimum entry grade of 9.5 on a scale of 0 to 20. Students may also be admitted to Higher Education through special access and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. More information: http://www.acessoensinosuperior.pt

Degree pre-requisites

Each student must obtain 180 credits: 120 credits from compulsory courses of the study programme, 30 credits from restricted options in which the student may replace five 6-credit courses by three 6-credit courses plus either the 12-credit Seminar in the History of Art or the 12-credit Work Experience in History of Art, and 30 credits from free options or a Minor from another academic area. Each semester the student may not enrol in more than 30 credits and must respect any pre-requisites which have been set. At the beginning of each semester, the student is advised as to which courses are the most appropriate for their academic pathway and which they should take

Access to other courses

Completion of the licenciatura degree allows the holder to apply for Masters programmes, or other post-graduate courses including those which do not confer a degree.

Evaluation rules

Assessment is in accordance with the assessment regulations approved by the competent statutory body.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711061035	Contemporary Art and Culture	6
711061007	Aesthetics and Theories of Art	6
711061036	History of Colonial Art	6
711061011	History of Art: Classical Antiquity	6
711061047	History of Art: Classical and Late Antiquity in Portugal	6
711061013	Late Antiquity Art History	6
711061015	History of Baroque Art	6
711061017	Renaissance Art History	6
711061034	History of Renaissance and Baroque Art in Portugal	6
711061019	19th Century Art History	6
711061053	History of Art of the 20th Century	6
711061032	History of 19th and 20th Century Art in Portugal	6
711061022	History of Gothic Art	6
711061024	Romanesque Art History	6
711061033	History of Romanesque and Gothic Art in Portugal	6
711061026	History of Non-Western Art	6
711061054	Introduction to Art History	6
711061037	Introduction to Museology	6
711061056	Introduction to the Sciences of Heritage	6
711061055	Theory and Method in History of Art	6

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711061043	Landscape in Art	6
711061004	Decorative Arts	6
711061049	Work Experience in History of Art	12
711061038	Classical Sources for the History of Art	6
711061040	Islamic Art History	6
711061057	History of Manueline Art	6
711061044	History of Urbanism	6
711061027	Iconography	6
711061039	Roman Mosaics in Portugal	6
711061042	Revivalisms in Portuguese Architecture	6
711061041	Portuguese Painting of the 15th and 16th Century	6
711061048	Seminário de História da Arte (not translated)	12
711061045	Sociologia da Arte	6