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BA FINE ART (FHEQ LEVELS 4, 5 & 6)
The range of degrees within the department are:
• BA (Hons) Fine Art
• BA (Hons) Painting and Drawing
• BA (Hons) Fine Art with Textiles
• BA (Hons) Fine Art with Sculpture
• BA (Hons) Fine Art with Printmaking
BA (Hons) Fine Art can be taken as a Single Honours subject (100%)
or combined alongside another validated named route. The other
named routes are Single Honours programmes only.
Each of the programmes is offered over three years for full-time
students and over a range of years for part-time students. Centred
firmly within leading edge contemporary art, we encourage students
to become confident practitioners through creative experimental
approaches within studio work.
What are the aims of the curriculum?
The programmes aim to support students to:
• Have gained a depth of knowledge, through critical engagement
with the techniques and processes associated with contemporary
fine art practice, to become thoughtful, creative and analytical
practitioners
• Establish personal approaches to contemporary practice
• Be able to apply key aspects and detailed knowledge to broad
professional frameworks and to changing circumstances within
local, national and international contexts
• Be resourceful and entrepreneurial
• Be able to enter the world of work and the wider community
with a full range of graduate key skills
• Be prepared for advanced study and research
Some Fine Art degrees in the UK ask you to make choices based on
a single discipline or subject, but our degrees are inclusive, specialist
or multi-disciplinary offering you the chance to work across a breadth
of disciplines and specialisms.
The focus of the curriculum is on your practice and development of
studio disciplines, professional skills and the study of contemporary
and historical contexts. Three elements of study form a cohesive
structure to the modules at levels four and five. These are Workshop,
Studio Practice and the History of Art /Critical & Contextual strands.
These strands will equip you with skills and knowledge to progress
from level 4 to level 6 and to engage in prolonged and self-directed
development of Fine Art practice leading to the final degree
exhibition. Embedded into your course of study are the written
and presentation aspects of your skills development. Together these
support your contextual research leading to the Dissertation or
Essay/Vocational and Professional Practice modules in level 6.
Employment
Each programme develops skills across many areas enabling you to
become resourceful, reflective learners, find creative solutions to new
problems, develop the ability to be self-disciplined and be able to
work independently and creatively. The programme provides 'live'
work experience in real-world settings. In the second year of study
students' work on a diverse set external projects within the region,
ie Pallant House Gallery, The Novium Museum, Chichester
Cathedral, St Richard's Hospital and local schools.