Led by a faculty member in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Art and Architecture in London immerses students in the global and culturally vibrant metropolis of London. Through myriad tours and guest lectures, students learn from leading art, architectural and design historians, and museum and gallery professionals. Course readings, discussions, daily field trips, and hands-on interactive projects take full advantage of London as a creative laboratory, allowing students to explore the city’s most exciting art, architecture, and design developments through art historical contextualization, current critical debates, and curatorial considerations.
Art and Architecture in London
Language Requirement: None
Academic Standing by Program Start: Sophomore
Location: Europe, United Kingdom, England
GPA: 2.5
Program Overview
Dates and Deadlines
| Term | Year | Deadline | Arrival Date | Departure Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | 2025 | 03/15/24 | 08/25/2025 | 09/14/2025 |
Academic Details
All students will take a 6-credit course Modern Art, equivalent to ARH 353.
Full syllabus to be published soon but this survey course introduces students to major works and movements in modern art roughly from the last three decades of the nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The program will take advantage of London as a classroom, visiting galleries, museums, performances, and other excursions, to provide experiential learning opportunities.
Course Equivalencies
UO students: please refer to the UO Course Equivalency Process and the UO Office of the Registrar Course Equivalency Database.
Non-UO students: Actual credit awarded is determined by the relevant department at your university in consultation with the study abroad office. Check with your study abroad advisor for more information.
Faculty and Staff
Joyce Cheng, Associate Professor Department of the History of Art and Architecture is the faculty leader for Summer 2025.
Joyce is principally a scholar of surrealism, she researches and teaches in the visual arts, poetics, and aesthetic theories of international modernism and avant-gardes. At the University of Oregon, she teaches courses on the history of European and globalizing modern art, with a focus on symbolism, dada, surrealism, primitivism, and the cultural and intellectual history of the interwar period. In her advanced seminars, she explores cross-disciplinary issues in the studies of art and aesthetics, such as style, taste, play, work and making.
Housing Description
You will join a community of residents from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, as part of life in one of the University of London residence halls. The hall is located in central London, close to the GEO Centre, the British Museum, and the London Tube.
You will have your own single study and share bathrooms with other residents. All single rooms have a hand basin, fitted furniture consisting of a bed (including linens), desk, chair, and storage for clothes and books. Rooms are fitted with a telephone, Wi-Fi, and data socket.
The residence hall has study rooms, lounges, a computer lab, and laundry facilities available to students. Daily breakfast is included in the program fee and is taken in the hall's cafeteria. Shared refrigerators, microwaves, and kettles are also available in the hall common areas and there are grocery stores and restaurants within walking distance.