The joint honours programme in Art History and History brings together expertise from two subject areas to give you a wider breadth of study. Students can choose from a wide range of courses. Art History provides a grounding in European and North American art and architecture; from the Ancient Greek world to the present day, as well as subjects in Global Art History. History students, too, can choose pathways of study to suit their individual interests: from Ancient, Medieval, Modern History, Economic and Social History, to History of Science, Technology and Medicine. The emphasis is on flexibility and choice within this joint-degree, which also offers opportunities for field trips and museum and gallery visits. Art History aims to: provide a broad-based knowledge and understanding of art and its histories; develop student's understanding of the production, circulation, and interpretation of visual culture in specific historical contexts; promote awareness of the role of the visual arts within different cultures and societies, including our own; foster awareness of the role of museums and galleries in the production and reproduction of cultural values; enable students to choose pathways of learning that reflect their own interests; develop student's intellectual and academic skills so that they are able to undertake independent research; produce graduates who are ready to embark on a range of career paths, or continue on to postgraduate study; provide a broad-based knowledge and understanding of art and its histories. History aims to: stimulate critical study of the past; develop and extend students' powers of critical and analytical thought and logical argument by applying them to historical interpretation of both primary and secondary sources; advance the ability of students to work independently and to organise effectively their own schedules of personal study; provide a broadly based and challenging curriculum, based upon the study of diverse historical periods and cultures; develop appreciation of a variety of theoretical approaches and methodologies with reference to particular Historical courses and periods; to produce graduates possessing the transferable skills of self-management and independence essential for employment, postgraduate study, or further training.