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Master of Arts (Honours) Art History and Mathematics


MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 20 and 40 credits from Module List: AH1001, AH1003 AND
AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
AH1003 Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
MA (Hons) Mathematics (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
MT1002 Mathematics 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Students without the prerequisite for MT1002 will take MT1001 in Semester 1.
MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ AH2001 Modernity, Empire, and Revolution: Art from 1789-1900 20 AND
^ AH2002 Art, Culture and Politics, from 1900 to Now 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Mathematics (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
MT2501 Linear Mathematics 15 AND
View list 45 credits from Module List: MT2502 - MT2508
MT2502 Analysis 15
MT2503 Multivariate Calculus 15
MT2504 Combinatorics and Probability 15
MT2505 Abstract Algebra 15
MT2506 Vector Calculus 15
MT2507 Mathematical Modelling 15
MT2508 Statistical Inference 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Additional Information from the School
For guidance on module choice at 2000-level in Mathematics and Statistics please consult the School Handbook, at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/mathematics-statistics/students/ug/module-choices-2000

Automatic Entry to Honours
Passes in MT2501 and three additional modules from the range MT2502 - MT2508.

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 levels.

MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: AH3000 - AH4089, AH4100 - AH4899 (excluding AH4794 - AH4795) AND
AH3104 Central European Art, Architecture and Design, c. 1900 30
AH3106 Experiencing Sculpture in the Early Modern World 30
AH3107 Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from a Global Perspective 30
AH3109 Timurid Art and Architecture (ca. 1370 - 1507) 30
AH3112 Women Artists and Autobiography 30
AH3118 European Gothic Architecture 1140 - 1540 30
AH3130 Approaches to Art History 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH3132 The Relief 30
AH3133 Tradition and Subversion: Topics in Nineteenth-Century French Art 30
AH3134 Collecting Chinese Art: Histories and Practices 30
AH3135 Palm Leaf, Poem, and Portrait: the art of painting in India 30
AH3136 Contemporary Chinese Art, 1970s to Now 30
AH3137 Contemporary Art and Resilience in the Arab World 30
AH3196 Modern Art beyond the West 30
AH3235 Spanish Painting in the Age of Velázquez 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
AH4051 Ajab: The Aesthetics of Wonder in Islamic Art 30
AH4076 Rubens and Rembrandt: Parallel Worlds 30
AH4078 Art and Politics in France since 1945 30
AH4081 The Scandinavian Art of Building and Design: Identity and Myth 30
AH4087 Aspects of Surrealism 30
AH4130 Realism and Symbolism in Russian Art 1820-1910 30
AH4142 Aspects of Modern Photography, 1910 - 1955 30
AH4147 Classicism in Western Art: The Legacy of Greece and Rome 30
AH4153 Object Encounters: An Enterprise Project on the University Collections and their Histories 30
AH4154 Chinggis Khan and His Descendants: Art and Culture in Mongol Eurasia 30
AH4166 Histories of Photography (1835 - 1905) 30
AH4167 Symbolism, Decadence and Modernity 30
AH4177 Objects of Devotion: The Art and Material Culture of Medieval Christianity 30
AH4178 Sacred Rivers, Sensuous Monsoons: the Aesthetics of Water in South Asia 30
AH4184 The Art of the Apocalypse from the Middle Ages to the Present 30
AH4185 Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter, Architect 30
AH4190 Romanticism and Visuality 1780 - 1830 30
AH4191 Art, Science and Technology 1700-1900 30
AH4192 Images of Empire 30
AH4196 English Art and Modernism 30
AH4206 Raphael and His Reception 30
AH4208 The Portrait in Western Art 30
AH4209 Art in the Portuguese world, circa 1400–1750 30
AH4212 Cultures of Collection and Display ca. 1851 to the Present Day 30
AH4213 Dada and Surrealism 30
AH4214 Body / Politics: Performance Art Since 1960 30
AH4215 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art 30
AH4216 Medieval Islamic Painting 30
AH4218 The Art of Iran, 600 B.C. to 1700 A.D. 30
AH4221 Gender and Consumption in French Art 1860-1895 30
AH4222 Art, Theatre and Performance in France 1600-1800 30
AH4226 African Modernisms 30
AH4227 Scotland and the Arts of Africa 30
AH4235 Communication in Art History 15
AH4236 Images and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe 30
AH4240 The Art of War: Battle, Rivalry, Paragone, 1400-1700 30
AH4241 Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years later 30
AH4246 The Art and Visual Culture of the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic 30
AH4250 Latin American Modernisms 30
AH4251 Postmodernism and Contemporary Art in Latin America 30
AH4252 Art History and Environmental Crisis 30
AH4253 Decolonial, Feminist, Queer: Histories of Art in Britain Since 1945 30
AH4254 Museums and Audiences 30
AH4255 British Theatre and Visual Culture: 1740-1880 30
AH4256 British Theatre and Visual Culture: 1880-Today 30
AH4257 Modern and Contemporary Fiber Art 30
AH4258 Digital Approaches to Medieval Manuscripts 30
AH4259 Sensory Histories of South Asian Art 30
AH4261 Art and the Ocean: Materiality, Representation, Ecology, 1500–1750 30
AH4265 Aspects of Japanese Visual Culture 1820-1920 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Director of Teaching and the relevant Head of School, 30 credits in Third or Fourth year may be substituted by 3000- or 4000- level credits from another subject.
MA (Hons) Mathematics (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501 - MT3508 AND
MT3501 Linear Mathematics 2 15
MT3502 Real Analysis 15
MT3503 Complex Analysis 15
MT3504 Differential Equations 15
MT3505 Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
MT3506 Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
MT3507 Mathematical Statistics 15
MT3508 Applied Statistics 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999
MT3501 Linear Mathematics 2 15
MT3502 Real Analysis 15
MT3503 Complex Analysis 15
MT3504 Differential Equations 15
MT3505 Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
MT3506 Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
MT3507 Mathematical Statistics 15
MT3508 Applied Statistics 15
MT3510 Introduction to Mathematical Computing 15
MT4003 Groups 15
MT4004 Real and Abstract Analysis 15
MT4005 Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
MT4112 Computational Numerical Analysis 15
MT4113 Computing in Statistics 15
MT4501 Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
MT4507 Classical Mechanics 15
MT4508 Dynamical Systems 15
MT4509 Fluid Dynamics 15
MT4510 Solar Theory 15
MT4511 Asymptotic Methods 15
MT4512 Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
MT4513 Fractal Geometry 15
MT4514 Graph Theory 15
MT4515 Functional Analysis 15
MT4516 Finite Mathematics 15
MT4519 Number Theory 15
MT4526 Topology 15
MT4527 Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
MT4531 Bayesian Inference 15
MT4537 Spatial Statistics 15
MT4539 Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4551 Financial Mathematics 15
MT4552 Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
MT4553 Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
MT4554 Game Theory 15
MT4561 The History and Future of Data 15
MT4598 Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
MT4608 Sampling Theory 15
MT4614 Design of Experiments 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements
45 credits in three of: MT3501 - MT3508;
15 Credits: MT4599 or other approved Joint Honours project;
60 Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999;
With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by MT2502 - MT2508, ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.
MA (Hons) Art History (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AH4097, AH4099, AH4794 - AH4795 AND
AH4097 60-Credit Honours Dissertation in Art History 60
AH4099 30-Credit Dissertation in Art History 30
AH4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
AH4795 Joint Dissertation (60cr) 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: AH3000 - AH4089, AH4100 - AH4899, ID4002
AH3104 Central European Art, Architecture and Design, c. 1900 30
AH3106 Experiencing Sculpture in the Early Modern World 30
AH3107 Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from a Global Perspective 30
AH3109 Timurid Art and Architecture (ca. 1370 - 1507) 30
AH3112 Women Artists and Autobiography 30
AH3118 European Gothic Architecture 1140 - 1540 30
AH3130 Approaches to Art History 30
AH3131 A Survey of Islamic Art 30
AH3132 The Relief 30
AH3133 Tradition and Subversion: Topics in Nineteenth-Century French Art 30
AH3134 Collecting Chinese Art: Histories and Practices 30
AH3135 Palm Leaf, Poem, and Portrait: the art of painting in India 30
AH3136 Contemporary Chinese Art, 1970s to Now 30
AH3137 Contemporary Art and Resilience in the Arab World 30
AH3196 Modern Art beyond the West 30
AH3235 Spanish Painting in the Age of Velázquez 30
AH4050 Approaches to Persian Painting and the Arts of the Book 30
AH4051 Ajab: The Aesthetics of Wonder in Islamic Art 30
AH4076 Rubens and Rembrandt: Parallel Worlds 30
AH4078 Art and Politics in France since 1945 30
AH4081 The Scandinavian Art of Building and Design: Identity and Myth 30
AH4087 Aspects of Surrealism 30
AH4130 Realism and Symbolism in Russian Art 1820-1910 30
AH4142 Aspects of Modern Photography, 1910 - 1955 30
AH4147 Classicism in Western Art: The Legacy of Greece and Rome 30
AH4153 Object Encounters: An Enterprise Project on the University Collections and their Histories 30
AH4154 Chinggis Khan and His Descendants: Art and Culture in Mongol Eurasia 30
AH4166 Histories of Photography (1835 - 1905) 30
AH4167 Symbolism, Decadence and Modernity 30
AH4177 Objects of Devotion: The Art and Material Culture of Medieval Christianity 30
AH4178 Sacred Rivers, Sensuous Monsoons: the Aesthetics of Water in South Asia 30
AH4184 The Art of the Apocalypse from the Middle Ages to the Present 30
AH4185 Michelangelo: Sculptor, Painter, Architect 30
AH4190 Romanticism and Visuality 1780 - 1830 30
AH4191 Art, Science and Technology 1700-1900 30
AH4192 Images of Empire 30
AH4196 English Art and Modernism 30
AH4206 Raphael and His Reception 30
AH4208 The Portrait in Western Art 30
AH4209 Art in the Portuguese world, circa 1400–1750 30
AH4212 Cultures of Collection and Display ca. 1851 to the Present Day 30
AH4213 Dada and Surrealism 30
AH4214 Body / Politics: Performance Art Since 1960 30
AH4215 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art 30
AH4216 Medieval Islamic Painting 30
AH4218 The Art of Iran, 600 B.C. to 1700 A.D. 30
AH4221 Gender and Consumption in French Art 1860-1895 30
AH4222 Art, Theatre and Performance in France 1600-1800 30
AH4226 African Modernisms 30
AH4227 Scotland and the Arts of Africa 30
AH4235 Communication in Art History 15
AH4236 Images and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe 30
AH4240 The Art of War: Battle, Rivalry, Paragone, 1400-1700 30
AH4241 Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years later 30
AH4246 The Art and Visual Culture of the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic 30
AH4250 Latin American Modernisms 30
AH4251 Postmodernism and Contemporary Art in Latin America 30
AH4252 Art History and Environmental Crisis 30
AH4253 Decolonial, Feminist, Queer: Histories of Art in Britain Since 1945 30
AH4254 Museums and Audiences 30
AH4255 British Theatre and Visual Culture: 1740-1880 30
AH4256 British Theatre and Visual Culture: 1880-Today 30
AH4257 Modern and Contemporary Fiber Art 30
AH4258 Digital Approaches to Medieval Manuscripts 30
AH4259 Sensory Histories of South Asian Art 30
AH4261 Art and the Ocean: Materiality, Representation, Ecology, 1500–1750 30
AH4265 Aspects of Japanese Visual Culture 1820-1920 30
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Director of Teaching and the relevant Head of School, 30 credits in Third or Fourth year may be substituted by 3000- or 4000- level credits from another subject.
MA (Hons) Mathematics (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 45 credits from Module List: MT3501 - MT3508 AND
MT3501 Linear Mathematics 2 15
MT3502 Real Analysis 15
MT3503 Complex Analysis 15
MT3504 Differential Equations 15
MT3505 Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
MT3506 Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
MT3507 Mathematical Statistics 15
MT3508 Applied Statistics 15
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
MT4599 Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15 AND
View list Between 0 and 60 credits from Module List: MT3000 - MT4999 (excluding MT4599)
MT3501 Linear Mathematics 2 15
MT3502 Real Analysis 15
MT3503 Complex Analysis 15
MT3504 Differential Equations 15
MT3505 Algebra: Rings and Fields 15
MT3506 Techniques of Applied Mathematics 15
MT3507 Mathematical Statistics 15
MT3508 Applied Statistics 15
MT3510 Introduction to Mathematical Computing 15
MT4003 Groups 15
MT4004 Real and Abstract Analysis 15
MT4005 Linear and Nonlinear Waves 15
MT4112 Computational Numerical Analysis 15
MT4113 Computing in Statistics 15
MT4501 Topics in the History of Mathematics 15
MT4507 Classical Mechanics 15
MT4508 Dynamical Systems 15
MT4509 Fluid Dynamics 15
MT4510 Solar Theory 15
MT4511 Asymptotic Methods 15
MT4512 Automata, Languages and Complexity 15
MT4513 Fractal Geometry 15
MT4514 Graph Theory 15
MT4515 Functional Analysis 15
MT4516 Finite Mathematics 15
MT4519 Number Theory 15
MT4526 Topology 15
MT4527 Time Series Analysis 15
MT4528 Markov Chains and Processes 15
MT4530 Population Genetics 15
MT4531 Bayesian Inference 15
MT4537 Spatial Statistics 15
MT4539 Quantitative Risk Management 15
MT4551 Financial Mathematics 15
MT4552 Population Dynamics Models in Mathematical Biology 15
MT4553 Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields 15
MT4554 Game Theory 15
MT4561 The History and Future of Data 15
MT4598 Enterprise Project in Mathematics / Statistics 15
MT4606 Classical Statistical Inference 15
MT4608 Sampling Theory 15
MT4614 Design of Experiments 15
MT4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
MT4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Third and Fourth Year Programme Requirements:
45 credits in three of: MT3501 - MT3508;
15 Credits: MT4599 or other approved Joint Honours project;
60 Further Credits: MT3000 - MT4999;
With permission of the Adviser of Studies 15 credits may be substituted by MT2502 - MT2508, ID4001 or a suitable VP coded module.

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).