* To contribute to acquisition of a range of subject-specific knowledge and intellectual skills appropriate to progression from Level 2 to Senior Single/Joint Honours in History of Art;

* to offer a range of distinctive and stimulating opportunities for study of topics informed by staff research expertise, and which complement and support those studied in the Junior Honours 'Historiography' core course and in the individual Junior and Senior Honours History of Art subject options;

* to foster awareness of the factors involved in the selection or creation of an appropriate methodology/methodologies when undertaking art historical research, and, through this, to help prepare students for the Senior Honours dissertation and subject option courses;

* to foster the development of advanced 'key skills' that may be an advantage in a variety of employment or in further study; these include skills in written communication and the written and oral presentation of reasoned critical arguments; independent learning; information retrieval; formulating concepts and hypotheses; and problem solving

*Course content subject to change