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Art History Degree (2nd Ed. )

Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Arts and Humanities
Ambit of knowledge
Historia del arte y de la expresión artística, y bellas artes.
School(s)
Faculty of Geography and History
Praza da Universidade, 1, 15703
Santiago de Compostela
881812585 (Conserxaría)
881812589 (Decanato)
zhisdeca [at] usc.gal
Campus
Santiago de Compostela

Art History as a scientific and humanistic discipline with the main objective of the analysis of the artistic production, its creation and reception processes, as well as its social contribution within the History of Culture. In recent years, it experienced evident disciplinary advances in related fields, such as Music History, Cinema and Audiovisual History, History, Literature, Philosophy or Geography, along with other fields such as Cultural Heritage, Museology, Gender Studies, the Audiovisual field, and advertising.
Art History constitutes an essential part of the training of scientists and professionals adhering to all the disciplines related to the knowledge of humans and their condition of cultural being.

Duration: 4 academic years
RUCT code: 1500224
ECTS Number: 240
Seats number: 90

Dean or center director:
MARCO VIRGILIO GARCIA QUINTELA
marco.garcia.quintela [at] usc.es

Title coordinator:
Maria De Fatima Diez Platas
fatima.diez [at] usc.es

Use languages:
Spanish, Galician

MECES Level: 2

Coordinator university:
University of Santiago de Compostela

Partaker universities:
University of Santiago de Compostela

Historia aplicada al desarrollo artístico I

  • G5012101
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  • Basic Training
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  • First Semester
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  • 6 Credits

History applied to the artistic development II

  • G5012102
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  • Basic Training
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  • Second Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Musical language and discourse

  • G5012103
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  • Basic Training
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  • Second Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Cinema and audiovisual language and discourse

  • G5012104
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  • Basic Training
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  • Second Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Art History I

  • G5012105
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  • Basic Training
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  • First Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Art History II

  • G5012106
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  • Basic Training
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  • Second Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Visual language and discourse

  • G5012107
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  • Basic Training
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  • First Semester
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  • 6 Credits

History of art and image I

  • G5012121
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • First Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Methods and techniques for the study of the artistic process

  • G5012122
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • Second Semester
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  • 6 Credits

History of materials and artistic techniques

  • G5012124
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • First Semester
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  • 6 Credits

History applied to the artistic development III

  • G5012201
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

History applied to the artistic development IV

  • G5012202
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

History of Music

  • G5012203
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

History of cinema

  • G5012204
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Art History III

  • G5012205
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Art History IV

  • G5012206
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Art History V

  • G5012207
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Geography and globalisation

  • G5012221
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

History of art and image II

  • G5012222
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Cultural heritage

  • G5012223
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Transatlantic music: music in Spain and Hispanoamerica

  • G5012321
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Art and eloquence in the ancient world

  • G5012322
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Classical tradition

  • G5012323
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Christian tradition

  • G5012324
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Images and spaces in the medieval city

  • G5012325
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Art and humanism in Europe and America

  • G5012326
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Art and reforms in Europe and America

  • G5012327
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Safeguarding and protection of the heritage

  • G5012341
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Origins of the material and visual culture in the old Mediterranean

  • G5012342
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Contemporary city and architecture

  • G5012343
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Internship

  • G5012344
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 12 Credits

Audiovisual culture and performativity

  • G5012421
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Aesthetic categories

  • G5012422
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Formas de escribir la historia del arte

  • G5012423
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Sources and tools for art history. The new paradigm of digital humanities

  • G5012424
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Professional paths. Heritage management. Art market

  • G5012425
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Transatlantic neovanguards: art and globalisation

  • G5012426
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Trabajo fin de grado

  • G5012427
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Musical aesthetics and thought

  • G5012441
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

History of photography

  • G5012442
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Daily life aesthetics: fashion, decoration and design

  • G5012443
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Museology and museography

  • G5012444
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Islamic art and global market

  • G5012445
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Books, luxury and party in the late medieval courts

  • G5012446
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Ephemeral party and art in the Modern Age

  • G5012447
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Modernity and avant-garde: plastic arts and visual culture between 1848 and 1945

  • G5012448
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

Art criticism and history of exhibitions

  • G5012449
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  • Elective Credits
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  • 6 Credits

The study plan will be organised into four years of 60 ECTS each, resulting in 240 ECTS total to be completed by the students to complete the degree.
· Basic training: 84
· Compulsory: 114
· Optional: 36
· Final Dissertattion: 6
o Total: 240

Art History I

  • G5012105
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  • Basic Training
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  • First Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Art History II

  • G5012106
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  • Basic Training
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  • Second Semester
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  • 6 Credits

Art History III

  • G5012205
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Art History IV

  • G5012206
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Art History V

  • G5012207
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  • Basic Training
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  • 6 Credits

Art and eloquence in the ancient world

  • G5012322
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Classical tradition

  • G5012323
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Christian tradition

  • G5012324
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Images and spaces in the medieval city

  • G5012325
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Art and humanism in Europe and America

  • G5012326
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Art and reforms in Europe and America

  • G5012327
  •  
  • Compulsory Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Origins of the material and visual culture in the old Mediterranean

  • G5012342
  •  
  • Elective Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Contemporary city and architecture

  • G5012343
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  • Elective Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Transatlantic neovanguards: art and globalisation

  • G5012426
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  • Compulsory Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Islamic art and global market

  • G5012445
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  • Elective Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Books, luxury and party in the late medieval courts

  • G5012446
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  • Elective Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Ephemeral party and art in the Modern Age

  • G5012447
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  • Elective Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

Modernity and avant-garde: plastic arts and visual culture between 1848 and 1945

  • G5012448
  •  
  • Elective Credits
  •  
  •  
  • 6 Credits

Art criticism and history of exhibitions

  • G5012449
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  • Elective Credits
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  •  
  • 6 Credits

The study plan is distributed in the following modules:
• History and geography.
• Music.
• History of Cinema and other Audiovisual arts.
• Systematic and theoretical knowledge of the artistic fact.
• Basic and applied knowledge of the artistic fact.
• Cultural heritage
• Knowledge of General Art History.
• External academic internships.
• Final Dissertation.
The 240 credits are distributed in 4 courses of 60 credits divided into 2 semesters.
In 3rd and 4th years the offer of optional subjects is distributed. Specifically, in the second semester of 3rd year, the optional completion of External Internships is contemplated.
The 4th year is made up of compulsory and optional subjects and the 6 credits of the compulsory Final Dissertation.

Although no specific prior training is required, for admission to the degree in Art History it is recommended that the student's training be of a humanistic profile.
The following are suggested as desirable capabilities of the future undergraduate student:
· Aesthetic sensitivity.
· Perception of historical development.
· Logical reasoning ability.
· Taste for reading, music, cinema, and contemplation of works of art.
· Ability to relate historical and artistic facts with their current context.

Although no specific prior training is required, for admission to the degree in Art History it is recommended that the student's training be of a humanistic profile.
The following are suggested as desirable capabilities of the future undergraduate student:
· Aesthetic sensitivity.
· Perception of historical development.
· Logical reasoning ability.
· Taste for reading, music, cinema, and contemplation of works of art.
· Ability to relate historical and artistic facts with their current context.

When a degree suspension occurs, the USC guarantees the adequate development of teachings that were initiated by their students until its suspension. For that, the Government Council approves the criteria related with the admission of new degree entry registration and the gradual suspension of teaching impartation, among others.
If the suspended degree is substituted for a similar one —modifying the nature of the degree—, the new degree regulations will set the conditions to facilitate students the continuity of the new degree’s studies. These regulations will also set subject equivalences in both programs.

The entrance tests to the three Galician universities (Baccalaureate Evaluation for access to the University (ABAU) and for people over 25 and 45 years old) are organized by the Interuniversity Commission of Galicia (CIUG). To apply for a place, students must meet one of the following access requirements established in article 3 of RD 412/2014:
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent and pass the university entrance test.
• Meet the requirements for access to university in the educational systems of Member States of the European Union or other States with which Spain has signed international agreements on this matter.
• Have passed the university entrance test for those over 25 years of age, for those over 40 years of age with work or professional experience or the test for those over 45 years of age.
• Possess a degree in higher vocational training, teaching of plastic arts and design or higher sports technician, or equivalent qualifications.
• Have an official university degree, master's degree or a title corresponding to the previous organization of university education (university diploma, technical architect, technical engineer, graduate, architect, engineer) or equivalent titles.
• Have completed partial foreign or Spanish university studies, or who, upon completing foreign university studies, have not obtained their homologation in Spain and wish to continue studies at a Spanish university. In this case, it will be an essential requirement that the corresponding university recognize at least 30 ECTS credits.
• Be able to access the university according to educational regulations prior to Organic Law 8/2013, not included in the previous sections.

In general, there are the following access routes to the University:
- University access test (ABAU) Once you have finished high school, in order to access a university degree, you must pass the Baccalaureate Evaluation for access to the University.
https://ciug.gal/gal/abau
- Access from Vocational Training If you have an official title of higher vocational training technician, higher plastic arts and design technician or higher sports technician, or titles, diplomas or studies declared equivalent or approved in the Spanish educational system, you can access to study a degree at the university. Applications will be ordered according to the average grade of the higher technical degree completed out of a maximum of 10. If you wish to improve your admission grade for degree studies, you can take the voluntary part of the ABAU test.
https://www.usc.es/export9/sites/webinstitucional/gl/servizos/oiu/desca…
- Access test for people over 25 years of age This test can be taken by people who are over 25 years of age in the year in which the test is held and who do not have any academic qualifications that give access to the university through another means.
- People over 45 years of age Those over 45 years of age can study official degree qualifications after passing an adapted entrance test.
- Access over 40 through validation of work experience.
Access for those over 40 years of age to the Degree in Art History through validation of the professional experience that has been designed will be carried out taking into account the suitable professional profiles and the personal interview. The level of professional qualification required of the applicant will be that corresponding to the professional qualifications of the professional families and levels of the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications (CNCP), prepared by the National Institute of Qualifications (INCUAL).
The following list of professional families and levels with access to the degree in Art History has been established by the University of Santiago:
List of professional family members and levels with access to the degree
- Hospitality and Tourism: Level 2
- Image and Sound Communication: Level 2.
- Sociocultural and Community Services: Level 2.
- Graphic Arts: Level 2.
- Administration and Management: Level 2.

En términos académicos y científicos, con la renovación del grado que ahora se propone se intentan alcanzar cuatro objetivos:
a) Incorporar a la historia del arte, la música y el cine que ya contaban con amplia tradición en los estudios existentes hasta la fecha en la Universidad de Santiago nuevos contenidos como la fotografía, lo audiovisual, lo digital, las estéticas de la vida cotidiana, las manifestaciones vinculadas con la cultura material y con la historia del diseño y la moda, de acuerdo con las tendencias internacionales que, al amparo de unos estudios visuales y culturales más horizontales, intentan superar la exclusiva orientación de la Historia del Arte del siglo pasado hacia los discursos temporales y estilísticos, a los contenidos de los Museos de Bellas Artes y el arte y la arquitectura más institucionales y académicas.
b) Abrir el grado a un mundo global aprovechando la situación estratégica de Galicia en el Atlántico con su orientación hacia América, pero también la de España hacia el Mediterráneo.
c) Mejorar el conjunto de conocimientos sistemáticos y básicos fomentando los saberes transversales y equiparándolo al del resto de los estudios de Historia del arte del Estado Español y de otros países europeos. Se trata de ofertar una formación teórico-crítica sólida con una integración del local en un relato internacional un poco menos eurocéntrico.
d) Insistir en aspectos referidos a las prácticas y al mundo profesional.

Comp 01 - Demostrar curiosidad intelectual y espíritu crítico para el aprendizaje.
Comp 02 - Capacidad para aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos a situaciones prácticas y reales.
Comp 03 - Conciencia y capacidad para reflexionar sobre cuestiones éticas y de responsabilidad social.
Comp 04 - Capacidad para comunicar ideas, metodologías y problemas sobre la disciplina de forma clara y precisa, tanto en modo oral como escrito.
Comp 05 - Capacidad para reconocer problemas, definir un plan de trabajo y organizar fases para su resolución, incluida la evaluación del resultado.
Comp 06 - Capacidad para planificar y llevar a término proyectos de aprendizaje individuales o en grupo.
Comp 07 - Capacidad para consolidar hábitos de trabajo individuales y en equipo que fomenten el autoaprendizaje y la crítica.
Comp 08 - Conciencia y capacidad para reflexionar sobre las nuevas corrientes de pensamiento, avances disciplinares y procesos de innovación.
Comp 09 - Capacidad de reconocer auditivamente los diferentes estilos musicales a lo largo de la Historia. Analizar racionalmente sus diferentes elementos.
Comp 10 - Capacidad para reconocer las distintas manifestaciones de las artes audiovisuales contemporáneas y de sus procesos de mutación e hibridación.
Comp 11 - Capacidad para distinguir los diferentes modelos de representación audiovisual, sus intenciones y funciones.
Comp 12 - Capacidad para dominar los mecanismos de análisis para interpretar, interrelacionar y descodificar los distintos tipos de imágenes.
Comp 13 - Capacidad para desarrollar el espíritu analítico y crítico del alumnado y su sensibilidad para ver, leer y escuchar la obra cinematográfica y audiovisual.
Comp 14 - Capacidad para identificar la especificidad de las expresiones cinematográfica y audiovisual dentro del conjunto de las manifestaciones artísticas contemporáneas.
Comp 15 - Capacidad para aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos al análisis de las obras fotográficas.

H_D 01 - Habilidad para comunicarse efectivamente, tanto de forma oral como escrita, en la lengua nativa y en una o más lenguas extranjeras.
H_D 02 - Habilidades para diseñar, planificar y llevar a cabo trabajos académicos.
H_D 03 - Habilidades para el trabajo en equipo.
H_D 04 - Habilidades para colaborar en proyectos interdisciplinares.
H_D 05 - Habilidades para la adquisición, evaluación y utilización de información orientada al análisis y estudio de las obras de arte.
H_D 06 - Habilidad para utilizar los métodos de análisis e investigación de la disciplina y reconocer sus limitaciones a la hora de valorar los resultados de proyectos de investigación.
H_D 07 - Habilidad para la evaluación crítica de las obras de arte y piezas audiovisuales en sus procesos y medios de difusión (exposiciones, museos, conciertos, proyecciones, realidad virtual).
H_D 08 - Habilidad para la utilización de nuevas tecnologías y herramientas de comunicación TI
H_D 09 - Habilidad para aplicar los conocimientos a la resolución de problemas prácticos bien definidos.
H_D 10 - Aplicar iniciativa y criterios para la resolución de problemas y toma de decisiones en el ámbito profesional.
H_D 11 - Habilidad para producir resultados innovadores, imaginativos y artísticos en los campos de estudio y de trabajo de la disciplina.
H_D 12 - Habilidades para identificar los distintos estilos y géneros musicales en el contexto de la obra de los diferentes compositores.
H_D 13 - Habilidad para la evaluación crítica de las obras musicales en sus procesos y medios de difusión (conciertos, teatros, etc.).
H_D 14 - Habilidades para la adquisición, evaluación y utilización de información al análisis de obras musicales.
H_D 15 - Habilidades para la adquisición, evaluación y utilización de información orientada al análisis y estudio de los filmes.
H_D 16 - Habilidad para apreciar los valores estéticos y extraer de ellos información sobre la cultura que generó la obra cinematográfica.

Con_cont 01 - Identificar los principios y métodos del pensamiento crítico y científico.
Con_cont 02 - Reunir y tomar como referente los principios y valores democráticos más relacionados con el ámbito de conocimiento.
Con_cont 03 - Identificar los conceptos y metodologías fundamentales de la disciplina.
Con_cont 04 - Explicar la historia, tradición y naturaleza específica del ámbito de la disciplina y su lugar en la sociedad.
Con_cont 05 - Identificar las principales corrientes artísticas y sus contextos históricos y culturales.
Con_cont 06 - Explicar la relación entre las artes y la sociedad en la que se desarrollan.
Con_cont 07 - Reunir datos sobre la diversidad artística y su capacidad de adaptación a contextos y situaciones culturales diferentes.
Con_cont 08 - Describir las técnicas, materiales y medios utilizados en las obras artísticas y audiovisuales.
Con_cont 09 - Describir los procesos de producción y recepción del arte y las obras audiovisuales a lo largo de la historia.
Con_cont 10 - Determinar el papel de los museos, galerías y otras instituciones culturales en la promoción y conservación del arte.
Con_cont 11 - Explicar el papel de las diversas manifestaciones artísticas en el mundo contemporáneo.
Con_cont 12 - Demostrar una comprensión crítica de los principios, teorías, métodos y problemas del área de conocimiento.
Con_cont 13 - Identificar los conceptos y metodologías fundamentales de la historia de la música.
Con_cont 14 - Identificar las principales corrientes, estilos y géneros musicales y sus contextos históricos y culturales.
Con_cont 15 - Explicar la relación entre la música y la sociedad en la que se desarrollan.
Con_cont 16 - Describir las técnicas, materiales y medios utilizados en las obras musicales.
Con_cont 17 - Reunir datos para responder con propiedad a las preguntas ¿qué elementos constituyen el lenguaje y el discurso musical?
Con_cont 18 - Describir los procesos de producción y recepción de la música.
Con_cont 19 - Identificar las coordenadas espacio-temporales para el desarrollo de la Historia del Cine.
Con_cont 20 - Identificar las principales corrientes artísticas a lo largo de la historia del medio cinematográfico, con sus distintos contextos productivos y sus especificidades lingüísticas.
Con_cont 21 - Explicar la relación entre el cine y las demás artes.
Con_cont 22 - Identificar la diversidad artística del cine y su capacidad de reflejar contextos y situaciones culturales diferentes.
Con_cont 23 - Determinar el papel de las filmotecas, museos y otras instituciones culturales, junto con los archivos de los mass media, en la promoción y conservación del cine y otros medios audiovisuales.
Con_cont 24 - Describir los principales lenguajes audiovisuales y sus contextos históricos y culturales.
Con_cont 25 - Describir las diversas manifestaciones de la producción audiovisual contemporánea.
Con_cont 26 - Describir los actuales procesos de mutación e hibridación en el panorama audiovisual.
Con_cont 27 - Describir los procesos de producción y recepción de las obras audiovisuales en las últimas décadas.
Con_cont 28 - Explicar la relación entre la fotografía y la(s) sociedad(es) en la(s) que se desarrolla.
Con_cont 29 - Explicar la vinculación de la fotografía con las demás artes.
Con_cont 30 - Describir los procesos ideológicos, culturales y religiosos asociados con la fiesta y el arte efímero.

Mobility

Student mobility is regulated through the “Regulation of inter-university exchange.” Exchange programmes are managed through the International Relations Office, such as national exchange programmes (SICUE) as well as Europeans (ERASMUS) and from outside the European Union (exchanges with Latin American countries or English-speaking countries):
https://www.usc.gal/gl/servizos/area/internacional
Specific information sessions are held for the Faculty's students dedicated to the mobility programs coinciding with the calls: an information session on the Erasmus program with the presence of the Academic Manager of Mobility and the Centre Manager in the month of December, and another specific information on the SICUE program in the month of February. As for the host students, a reception session is organized in the month of October, Welcome Day, in which they are informed and oriented about the centre and the studies, while at the same time they are put in contact with the academic coordinators, who will act as tutors, and the Centre staff involved in their care.

Internships

They are optional and are offered in the second semester of 3rd year and you can obtain up to a maximum of 12 credits for academic recognition of external internships and/or accreditation of skills.
The internships are aimed at placing students in real professional scenarios, which favor the acquisition of knowledge and putting into practice the skills and abilities necessary for their future employment. Professional contexts are sought for students to observe, analyse, reflect, and learn to make decisions and act. They also allow approaching the professional world from different dimensions and the development, in a specific space-time context, of the fundamental professional competences in the degree.
The Internships have personal tutoring by both the professional tutor and the academic tutor.

• Docencia.
• Turismo cultural.
• Protección/promoción patrimonial.
• Museología.
• Galerías/Mercado arte.
• Gestión cultural.

The TFG involves the completion by each student and individually of a project, report, or original study under the supervision of one or more academic tutors in which the training content received, abilities, skills and abilities acquired during the course are integrated and developed during the degree studies.

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