View Specification DocumentHistorical Dress in Film & TV HISTART4067
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Culture and Creative Arts
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Either Semester 1 or Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course uses representations of historic dress in film and television as a means of introducing students to the themes and practice of dress and textile history.
Timetable
10 x 2 hour sessions: one lecture, one seminar per week as scheduled on MyCampus.
Requirements of Entry
The course is available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry in History of Art and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
Coursework:
One 2000 word Essay (30%)
One 10 minute Oral presentation (10%)
Examination: one two-hour examination (60%)
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
This course will provide the opportunity to:
■ Introduce students to the theory and practice of dress and textile history
■ Impart students about specific themes of dress history, including gender, fashion theory, cultural theory and identity
■ Promote critical discussion of authenticity versus artistic licence with regards to the recreation of historic dress in film and television
■ Develop students' abilities to engage with and interpret different primary source types
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Identify and reflect on key scholarly debates in the field of dress and textile history
■ Identify key trends in the use of historic dress in film and television
■ Produce sustained arguments in written and oral formats that draw on a variety of visual and textual sources
■ Demonstrate how art history can be used in an interdisciplinary context to assess cultural and historic trends