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Master of Arts (Honours) Art History with Bible and Culture


MA (Hons) Art History "with" Degrees : First Year
Code Module name Credits
AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20 AND
AH1003 Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20 AND
60 credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

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MA (Hons) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: First Year
Code Module name Credits
DI1201 From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20 AND
View list 40 credits from Level 1000 options
AH1001 Art in Europe and Beyond to 1600 20
AH1003 Art in Europe and Beyond 1600-1800 20
AN1003 Ancient Empires 20
AN1004 Cities and communities in the ancient Mediterranean 20
AR1001 Arabic for Beginners 1 20
AR1002 Arabic for Beginners 2 20
AS1001 Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 20
AS1101 Astrophysics (Direct Entry) 5
BL1101 Biology 1 20
BL1102 Biology 2 20
CH1202 Introductory Chemistry for Second Year Direct Entry Students 10
CH1301 The Impact of Chemistry 20
CH1401 Introductory Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 20
CH1402 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 1 20
CH1601 Organic and Biological Chemistry 1 20
CL1004 Myth and Community in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture 20
CL1005 Images of Augustan Rome 20
CN1011 Beginners Chinese Language 1 20
CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20
CN1021 Beginners Chinese Language 2 20
CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20
CO1001 The Nineteenth-Century Novel 20
CO1002 Drama in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries 20
CS1002 Object-Oriented Programming 20
CS1003 Programming with Data 20
CS1006 Programming Projects 20
CS1007 Computer Systems Fundamentals 20
DI1001 God and the World: Introducing Theology 20
DI1003 The Art of Biblical Literature: Introducing the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 20
DI1004 Hebrew 1: Introduction to Hebrew Language 20
DI1005 New Testament Greek 1 20
DI1006 Jesus and the Gospels 20
DI1009 Introduction to World Religions 20
DI1013 Science, Religion, and the Mind 20
DI1014 The Good Life: Christian Ethics and Human Flourishing 20
DI1201 From Adam to Apocalypse: The Bible and Western Culture 20
EC1001 Macroeconomics 20
EC1002 Microeconomics 20
EC1003 Mathematics for Economists 20
EC1008 Finance 20
EN1003 Culture and Conflict: An Introduction to Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature 20
EN1004 Empires and Revolutions: Literature 1680-1830 20
ES1001 Understanding Planet Earth 20
ES1002 Earth's Resource Challenges 20
ES1006 Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe 20
FM1001 Key Concepts in Film Studies 20
FM1002 Global Film History and Historiography 20
FR1001 French Language and Literature 1 20
FR1002 French Language and Literature 2 20
GG1001 Welcome to the Anthropocene: Society, Population, Environment 20
GG1002 Worlds of Crisis and Hope 20
GK1001 Greek Language for Beginners 20
GK1002 Greek Literature for Beginners 20
GK1005 Greek Language and Literature 1 20
GK1006 Greek Pastoral and Passion 20
GM1001 First Level German A 1 20
GM1002 First Level German A 2 20
GM1003 First Level German B 1 20
GM1004 First Level German B 2 20
ID1004 Great Ideas 2 20
ID1007 Ancient Origins, Modern Worlds 20
IR1005 Concepts in Global Politics 20
IR1006 Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in Global Politics 20
IT1001 Introduction to Italian Language 20
IT1002 Italian Language (Elementary) 20
IT1003 Italian Language Intermediate 1 10
IT1004 Italian Language Intermediate 2 10
IT1013 Italian Geographies 10
IT1014 Italian Histories 10
LT1001 Elementary Latin 1 20
LT1002 Elementary Latin 2 20
LT1003 World of Latin 1 20
LT1004 World of Latin 2 20
ME1003 The Fall of Rome and the Origins of Europe (400-1000) 20
ME1006 The Kingdom of the Scots, c.900-1707 20
MN1001 Organisations and Society 20
MN1002 Organisations and Analysis 20
MO1007 The Early Modern Western World (c. 1450 - c. 1770) 20
MO1008 Themes in Late Modern History (c. 1776 - 2001) 20
MT1001 Introductory Mathematics 20
MT1002 Mathematics 20
MT1003 Pure and Applied Mathematics 20
MT1007 Statistics in Practice 20
MU1003 Understanding Music 20
MU1004 Making Music 1 20
MU1005 Words and Music 20
MU1006 An Introduction to Ethnomusicology: why, and how, human beings are musical 20
PH1011 Physics 1A 20
PH1012 Physics 1B 20
PH1013 The Physics of Sustainable Energy 20
PH1501 Mathematics for Physicists 1A 20
PH1502 Physics Skills 1A 20
PH1503 Physics Skills 1B 20
PN1001 Fundamentals of Psychology 1 20
PN1002 Fundamentals of Psychology 2 20
PR1001 Persian for Beginners 1 20
PR1002 Persian for Beginners 2 20
PY1010 Mind and World 20
PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies 20
PY1012 Reasoning 20
PY1013 The Enlightenment 20
RU1001 Elementary Russian Language 1 20
RU1002 Elementary Russian Language 2 20
RU1005 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 1 20
RU1006 Advanced Elementary Russian Language and Literature 2 20
SA1001 Anthropology in the World 20
SA1002 Ways of Thinking 20
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20
SP1001 Spanish Language and Texts 1 20
SP1002 Spanish Language and Texts 2 20
SP1003 Spanish for Beginners 1 20
SP1004 Spanish for Beginners 2 20
VP1017 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 10
VP1018 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 15
VP1019 Vertically Integrated Project: Biodiversity Literacy 20
VP1027 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating accessible online mathematics and statistics resources 10
VP1028 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating accessible online mathematics and statistics resources 15
VP1029 Vertically Integrated Project: Creating accessible online mathematics and statistics resources 20
VP1037 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 10
VP1038 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 15
VP1039 Vertically Integrated Project: Dolphin Acoustics at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science 20
VP1047 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining climate impacts: Using filmmaking to explain climate change 10
VP1048 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining climate impacts: Using filmmaking to explain climate change 15
VP1049 Vertically Integrated Project: Explaining climate impacts: Using filmmaking to explain climate change 20
VP1057 Vertically Integrated Project: Film, Media and Scotland's Future 10
VP1058 Vertically Integrated Project: Film, Media and Scotland's Future 15
VP1059 Vertically Integrated Project: Film, Media and Scotland's Future 20
VP1067 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 10
VP1068 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 15
VP1069 Vertically Integrated Project: History, Mathematics, and the Public 20
VP1077 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 10
VP1078 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 15
VP1079 Vertically Integrated Project: Housing in St Andrews 20
VP1087 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 10
VP1088 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 15
VP1089 Vertically Integrated Project: Looking after Eden 20
VP1097 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 10
VP1098 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 15
VP1099 Vertically Integrated Project: Mathematical Software 20
VP1107 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 10
VP1108 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 15
VP1109 Vertically Integrated Project: Monuments: Conflict and Movement 20
VP1117 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 10
VP1118 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 15
VP1119 Vertically Integrated Project: Mutual Aid Clinic 20
VP1127 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 10
VP1128 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 15
VP1129 Vertically Integrated Project: The Beautiful Game 20
VP1137 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 10
VP1138 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 15
VP1139 Vertically Integrated Project: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decision Making 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

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

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MA (Hons) Art History "with" Degrees: 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
20 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

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

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MA (Hons) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: Second Year
Code Module name Credits
DI2003 Christ, Paul, and the Origins of Christianity A (English Texts) 20 AND
DI2015 Reading the Women of the Old Testament A (English Texts) 20 AND
20 credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

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

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 "with" Degrees: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
AH3130 Approaches to Art History 30 AND
View list 60 credits from Module List: AH3000 - AH4089, AH4100 - AH4899 (excluding AH4794 - AH4795)
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) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: Third Year
Code Module name Credits
DI3719 The Bible Through the Ages: History, Theology, and Hermeneutics 30

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

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MA (Hons) Art History "with" Degrees: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 30 and 60 credits from Module List: AH4097, AH4099 AND
AH4097 60-Credit Honours Dissertation in Art History 60
AH4099 30-Credit Dissertation in Art History 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
View list Between 60 and 90 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) Bible and Culture "with" Degrees: Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 30 credits from Module List: DI4600 - DI4789
DI4604 Johannine Literature and Theology: English Text 30
DI4605 Johannine Literature and Theology: Greek Text 30
DI4608 Gospel of Matthew (English Texts) 30
DI4609 Gospel of Matthew (Greek Texts) 30
DI4615 New Testament Special Topic: 30
DI4628 Epistle to the Hebrews: English Text 30
DI4631 The Gospel of Mark: Greek Text 30
DI4634 God and Morality: Faith and Philosophy in the Scottish Enlightenment 30
DI4635 Prophetic Books 30
DI4710 Exegesis of Biblical Hebrew Texts 30
DI4711 Old Testament Special Topic: Prophets (Hebrew Texts) 30
DI4726 Hebrew Readings 30
DI4730 The Book of Daniel 30
DI4731 Ancient Jewish Literature from 1 Enoch to the Mishnah 30
DI4732 King and Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism 30
DI4733 Creation, Chaos, and Cosmology in the Biblical Tradition 30
DI4750 Themes and Texts in Christian-Buddhist Dialogue 30
DI4800 Theology and Pastoral Care 30
DI4805 Practical Theology Special Topic - Child Ethics in an Adult World 30
DI4824 Theology in Latin America 30
DI4825 Theology in Africa 30
DI4826 Themes in Postcolonial Theology 30
DI4827 Christian Ethics and Contemporary Society 30
DI4829 A Quest for God: The Religious World of Dante 30
DI4830 Aquinas' Theology 30
DI4831 Native American Religions 30
DI4832 God in Ancient Thought 30
DI4833 History of Christianity in Latin America 30
DI4834 The Doctrine of Creation 30
DI4835 Christianity and Politics: Patriotism, Republicanism, and Cosmopolitanism 30
DI4836 Religion and Violence 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

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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 ).