Honours Overview

Description
Note: this honours specialisation is not available for new enrolments in 2025.

Honours in the History of Art and Curatorial Studies develops research skills pertaining to art produced around the world. Through classroom-based coursework and a major research project this honours specialisation gives you the ability to critically engage with the history of art practice, the art world and its institutions. As a successful graduate, you will be eligible for postgraduate research courses and better equipped for employment in arts-related fields. These include curatorial and management positions in both public and private sectors of the industry. Most importantly, you will have facility with methods for understanding and communicating about art produced in different periods of history.
Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate advanced-level research skills that are methodologically informed; (2) articulate an independent critical position clearly in written and oral forms; and (3) use highly-developed skills of analysis and critical reasoning in order to advance and defend a proposed interpretation or argument.

Entry requirements

The equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 70 per cent in the Level 3 core units of the MJD-ARHCU Art History and Curatorial Studies major

Intake periods

Beginning of year and mid-year

Courses

Honours in Art History and Curatorial Studies can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:

No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2
N/A
not available in 2025 – may be available in 2026 or 2027
Take all units (24 points):
AvailabilityUnit codeUnit nameUnit requirements
S1, S2 HART4404 Dissertation Part 1
Prerequisites
enrolment in
honours in History of Art
Incompatibility
VISA4404 Dissertation Part 1
S1, S2 HART4405 Dissertation Part 2
Prerequisites
enrolment in
honours in History of Art
Incompatibility
VISA4405 Dissertation Part 2
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
AvailabilityUnit codeUnit nameUnit requirements
S2 HART4001 History of Art Professional Placement
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-HYART History of Art and permission from the unit coordinator
N/A HART4401 New Trends in Contemporary Art History and Theory
Prerequisites
enrolment in
honours in History of Art
Incompatibility
VISA4401 Readings in Contemporary Theory
N/A HART4402 Studies in Art History
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-HYART History of Art
S1 HART4407 Techniques of Scholarship
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-HYART History of Art
S2 HART4408 Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-HYART History of Art
N/A HART4409 Displaying Bodies: Art, Medicine and the Human Form
Prerequisites
enrolment in
honours in History of Art
Incompatibility
VISA4403 Studies in Art History 2