The Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship (Honours) degree exemplifies the ANU commitment to research-led education. Building on the Bachelor of Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship, it gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of art history and curatorship, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a 20,000 word thesis, that leads to the development of new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.

Upon successful completion, students will be able to: pose a significant research question relating to Art History and Curatorship; investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to Art History and Curatorship, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant intellectual tradition; and communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.