DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2026/2027

Students should aim to divide the number of credits they take in each academic year evenly between Semester 1 and Semester 2.

Students failing History of Art 1A and 1B will not be allowed to progress to Year 2 unless recommended as an exceptional circumstances concession from the Exam Board.

Entry into Honours:
(1) Students must pass courses to the required value of 240 credits in the first two years.
(2) Students must achieve at least 50% overall in the relevant second-year language course(s), including at least 50% in the language component of that course.
(3) All courses (including outside subjects) must be passed before embarking on the year abroad, an outside course passed at Resit in August will be acceptable.

During 3rd year, when permitted, at least 30 weeks must be spent in the relevant country and prescribed work completed in History of Art and in the relevant language in an approved establishment. During sessions when this is not permitted students will be offered an alternative means of engagement.

Final Assessment:

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based.

1. Spanish Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Spanish Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Spanish (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Spanish Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. Analysing Art History Part One
6. Analysing Art History Part Two
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Spanish Hons option course
10. History of Art Hons option course
11. History of Art Hons option course
12. History of Art Hons option course

Final Assessment:

One unit of assessment is allocated to every 20 credits and constitutes one 20-credit paper. The following are the twelve 20-credit papers on which the classification of the degree is based.

1. Spanish Language Paper 1 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP1 course)
2. Spanish Language Paper 2 (10 credits from Language acquisition and 10 from Y4 LP2 course)
3. Oral for Spanish (taught and assessed in Y4)
4. Spanish Online Language Course for Year Abroad Students
5. Analysing Art History Part One
6. Analysing Art History Part Two
7. MEL Year Abroad work OR MEL Dissertation Preparation (see 8)
8. MEL Long Essay OR MEL Dissertation Completion (Papers 7 & 8 are a combined grade 10% from preparation and 90% from final dissertation preparation. Credits cannot be awarded for Dissertation preparation unless the full 2 year course is completed.)
9. Spanish Hons option course
10. History of Art Hons option course
11. History of Art Hons option course
12. History of Art Hons option course