Diploma of Higher Education in Art History and Visual Cultures

This diploma will equip you with the knowledge and critical skills to understand the part that art, architecture and design have played in everyday life. You will discover the ways that images, environments and artefacts communicate meaning and value through being looked at and handled in both past and present. You will explore the power of images to influence debates, both historically and in the present day, and develop transferable skills in visual literacy.Explore images and artefacts from a broad range of periods and places.Become aware of different approaches to studying art, design and material culture.Gain skills in visual literacy, criticism and analysis that will make you highly employable.Reflect on your own learning with the support of a tutor.A nationally recognised qualification in its own right, this diploma of higher education is also equivalent to the first two thirds of the BA (Honours) Art History and Cultures (R27).