Art & the City: International Study Trip (V4048D)

30 credits, Level 5

Autumn and spring teaching

On this module, you’ll go on a Study trip to Rome. You’ll explore the physical and social contexts for the production and consumption of works of visual art, built around geographical case studies of the city of Rome.

You’ll examine art in a single city across a broad timeframe (Classical to Contemporary). You’ll focus on the spaces in which art is situated, rather than on specific objects in museum collections. You’ll emphasise how to understand art in its physical context, and how to record it.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 55 hours of contact time and about 245 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

• Art History (with a professional placement year) BA
• Art History BA
• English and Art History BA