Bachelor's in History and Criticism of Art and Visual Culture

History and Criticism of Art and Visual Culture is a Bachelor program taught at Bates College, USA. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

At Bates College, the Art and Visual Culture major includes a track in history and criticism. Students study images, objects, and architecture made by people from different periods and places, placing these works in historical and social contexts. The program also supports building an independent voice through critical analysis, thinking alongside authors and artists, and exploring sociohistorical context.

Courses focus on media and representation, including how art and visual culture relates to power and privilege. Students develop an experimental attitude and a tolerance for risk. History and criticism-focused majors complete independent research projects that may include hands-on experience in museums and archives, while studio art majors undertake a yearlong thesis ending in an exhibition.

Graduates pursue roles across a broad visual arts field, including museum and curatorial studies, architecture, art therapy, education, film, and art conservation. The program lists selected employers such as Sotheby’s, Gladstone Gallery, and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, along with graduate study paths such as the University of Oxford, Harvard Divinity School, and Yale University.

Modules

• Decolonizing the Museum: Understanding Colonial Legacies, Display Practices, and Repatriation
• Methods in the Study of Art and Visual Culture
• Digital Photography I

The minimum requirements for admission in History and Criticism of Art and Visual Culture at Bates College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Bates College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Bates College as pre-requiste for admission in History and Criticism of Art and Visual Culture.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.bates.edu/academics/art-and-visual-culture/

• museum and curatorial studies
• architecture
• art therapy
• education
• film
• art conservation
• Sotheby’s
• Gladstone Gallery
• Department of Justice
• Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Minted
• McGovern Institute for Brain Research
• Gerson Lehrman Group
• AmeriCorps
• Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC
• Connelly Partners

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.