Current students
Each programme has a Course Administrator, who is the first port of call for any enquiries.
Student support services
Bloomsbury Learning Environment (BLE) / Blackboard
- Get access to online learning materials, communication with students on Blackboard courses through discussion boards, online assessment and many other features.
- How to login and get started
- Login to the Bloomsbury Learning Environment (BLE)
Birkbeck Library
Other libraries you can use
- University of London library: you will find this library on the fourth floor of Senate House, next door to Birkbeck. This is one of the best university libraries in the UK, and we are very fortunate in having such immediate access to it.
- British Library: National collection - reference only.
- Other libraries you will be able to access.
Other student support at Birkbeck
Departmental resources
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Information relating to your course
Certificates and short courses
- Garden History (Certificate of Higher Education): Covers the development of British gardens from the Middle Ages to the present day, including influences from other countries.
- History of Architecture (Certificate of Higher Education): successful completion of this course provides exemption from the first year of our (BA) History of Art.
- History of Art (Certificate of Higher Education): this course is ideal if you want to acquire an awareness of the critical tools and methods for studying the history of art.
- World Arts and Artefacts (Certificate of Higher Education): this course considers the different ways in which arts and artefacts are made, collected and used across the world.
- History of art modules: you can take these either as stand-alone modules or as part of our Certificates of Higher Education
Undergraduate courses
- History of Art (BA): relevant if you are working, or would like to work, in the visual arts; provides a stimulating and enriching intellectual challenge if you are studying for personal development.
Postgraduate courses
- History of Art and Architecture (Graduate Certificate): if you want to study history of art or a similar course at Master's level but have a first degree in another subject, then this one-year intensive course can be used as a conversion course.
- History of Art (MA): helps you prepare for further postgraduate work or for progression to careers in arts-related fields.
- History of Film and Visual Media (MA): ideal if you have already studied film and/or visual media at undergraduate level or would like to enter the field from another academic or professional area.
- Museum Cultures (MA / MRes / Postgraduate Diploma / Postgraduate Certificate): this course offers you a unique opportunity to study the history, and operations of museums in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
- Photograph, History and Theory (MA): This programme enables you to learn about – and negotiate your individual path through – historical and contemporary photographic cultures, in order to develop your interests, whether your engagement with the medium is academic, artistic, personal or vocational.
- Television History and Practice (MA): this course is ideal if you want to work 'behind the scenes' in television or go on to further research into the medium; there is an option of a work placement within a media company or institution.
MPhil/PhD students
- Film / Television / Media Studies (PhD / MPhil): we uniquely combine the study of history of art and design, and history of film, audiovisual and digital media, offering an exceptionally stimulating environment where interdisciplinary research flourishes.
- History of Art (PhD / MPhil): ideal if you want to pursue research; we have an international reputation for teaching and research in medieval, Renaissance and modern art history.
MPhil/PhD History of Art Student Handbook
- History of Visual Arts and Media (PhD/MPhil) - Student Handbook
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