History of Art

Cycle

Primeiro ciclo

Degree

Bachelor

Coordinator

Alexandra Curvelo

Opening date

September 2015

Vacancies

40

Fees

1 063,47€/year 3 000,00€/year (international student)

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

Students may be admitted to Higher Education through the National Competition for Access to Higher Education, special competitions/regimes and entry systems, re-enrolment systems, course changes and transfers. To apply for access to higher education through the National Competition, students must fulfill the requirements described in DGES/Access to Higher Education. More info at http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Estudantes/Acesso/ For more information about International Students please visit http://fcsh.unl.pt/aluno-internacional-en?set_language=en

Degree pre-requisites

Duration: 3 years/6 semesters.
Students must perform 180 credits: 120 credits based in the compulsory curricular units, 30 credits to be chosen in a set of elective optionals and 30 credits undertaken in free-elective optionals or in a minor of another scientific area. Every semester, the student may not sign up in more than 30 credits, respecting the precedence when these have been set. At the beginning of each semester, students will be advised of the curricular units to carry out in order to appropriate them to their academic career.
The undergraduate students can still benefit from the different mobility programmes in which FCSH/NOVA participates as Erasmus +, Almeida Garrett exchange programmes, among others, and participate in research within the research units of the Faculty.

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

Students at FCSH are evaluated based on the work developed over a semester, based on class participation, presentation of written and oral tests and examinations. The result obtained either by continuous assessment or evaluation of the tests is expressed on a scale of 0 to 20. To be approved, students must have at least 10 points to pass, however, who fail have a second chance to repeat the exams. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION: - Worker-Student - Students with the status of top athletes - Mothers and fathers students - Associative leaders - Military - Other special arrangements provided legally. Students with special needs can benefit from teaching and learning conditions to meet their needs.

Structure

Mandatory
Code	Name	ECTS
711061035	Contemporary Art and Culture	6
711061007	Aesthetic and Art Theory	6
711061036	History of Portuguese Colonial Art	6
711061011	Curricular Unit: History of Classical Art History of Classical Art	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	Nineteenth Century Art	6
711061053	20th Century Art History	6
711061032	HISTORY OF ART OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES 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 Museum Studies	6
711061056	Introduction to the Sciences of Heritage	6
711061055	Art history theory and methodology	6

Elective option 1
Code	Name	ECTS
Options
711061043	Landscape in Art	6
711061004	Decorative Arts	6
711061049	Art History Internship	12
711061038	Classical Sources for the History of Art	6
711061040	Islamic Art History	6
711061057	The art of king Manuel I’s reign	6
711061044	History of Urbanism	6
711061027	Iconography	6
711061039	Roman Mosaics in Portugal	6
711061042	Revival architecture in Portugal	6
711061041	Portuguese Painting of the 15th and 16th Century	6
711061048	Seminar in art history	12
711061045	Sociology of Art	6