BA (Hons)

Fine Art

Teaching & Learning

Develop the necessary practical, technical and intellectual skills to perform successfully as a creative professional in the expanding field of art. You will also build the transferable enterprise skills applicable to a range of postgraduate opportunities, including professional art practice, further study, and wider employment possibilities. The tabs below detail what and how you will study in each year of your course. The balance of assessments and overall workload is indicative and may be subject to change.

What you'll learn

You'll develop your independent art practice, supported by tutors in a series of individual tutorials. Through these sessions, you'll learn how to work in a studio environment that is relevant to your individual approach to making. This will show you how your work can benefit from a reflexive and mutually supportive process that includes evolving discussions and debates. An active, tutor-led, group tutorial once a semester will enable you to reflect and discuss work with your fellow students.
A series of lectures and related group seminars will introduce you to the contexts of art practice. You'll look at how, where and why art is made, viewed and critiqued. Reflecting on this, you'll present your work to an audience of peers during an organised event in your first semester. Group seminars will introduce you to a variety of curatorial models and strategies. Engaging in practical sessions, you'll develop the skills and methods to exhibit and realise work in diverse spatial, technological and cultural contexts. During semester two, you'll take part in a collective event where you’ll be mentored by year two students.
During your first year, you'll be introduced to a set of skills that supports your practice. Through practical sessions and tutorials, you'll begin to engage in creative processes, explore sources through research and reflect on your development. You'll explore the idea of a critical text to develop throughout your degree. At the end of the year, you'll produce a proposal for this text.
You'll develop your independent art practice, supported by tutors in a series of individual tutorials. Through these sessions, you'll learn how to work in a studio environment that is relevant to your individual approach to making. This will show you how your work can benefit from a reflexive and mutually supportive process that includes evolving discussions and debates. An active, tutor-led, group tutorial once a semester will enable you to reflect and discuss work with your fellow students.
A series of lectures and related group seminars will introduce you to the contexts of art practice. You'll look at how, where and why art is made, viewed and critiqued. Reflecting on this, you'll present your work to an audience of peers during an organised event in your first semester. Group seminars will introduce you to a variety of curatorial models and strategies. Engaging in practical sessions, you'll develop the skills and methods to exhibit and realise work in diverse spatial, technological and cultural contexts. During semester two, you'll take part in a collective event where you’ll be mentored by year two students.
During your first year, you'll be introduced to a set of skills that supports your practice. Through practical sessions and tutorials, you'll begin to engage in creative processes, explore sources through research and reflect on your development. You'll explore the idea of a critical text to develop throughout your degree. At the end of the year, you'll produce a proposal for this text.

What you'll learn

Further develop your independent art practice that will be supported by a series of individual tutorials. More frequent group tutorials will enable you to build your critical skills. During these sessions, you'll be more exposed to discussion about the work of others.
Develop your learning from year one and apply your knowledge to two student-led annual events. You'll devise themes, develop strategies and manage logistics through collective work. Mentoring first-year students will enable you to experience reflecting on and sharing your learning. During the second event, you'll develop advanced thematic and curatorial initiatives, alongside online and printed articulation. You'll contextualise your exhibited work through the production of a written statement.
Take part in four active experimental projects throughout the year which will allow you to exercise your research processes. During the experiments, you'll explore how they can become integrated and understood as an essential part of your communicative practice. You'll be directed on integrating thinking and theorising about art into mediating processes such as broadcasting, performing, archiving, recording, and publishing and how these can serve a communicative purpose in your practice. Through discrete mentoring, you'll be supported by individual tutorials that will progress the development of your writing. This will help you to identify theoretical, historical and cultural research appropriate to your critical text.
Further develop your independent art practice that will be supported by a series of individual tutorials. More frequent group tutorials will enable you to build your critical skills. During these sessions, you'll be more exposed to discussion about the work of others.
Develop your learning from year one and apply your knowledge to two student-led annual events. You'll devise themes, develop strategies and manage logistics through collective work. Mentoring first-year students will enable you to experience reflecting on and sharing your learning. During the second event, you'll develop advanced thematic and curatorial initiatives, alongside online and printed articulation. You'll contextualise your exhibited work through the production of a written statement.
Take part in four active experimental projects throughout the year which will allow you to exercise your research processes. During the experiments, you'll explore how they can become integrated and understood as an essential part of your communicative practice. You'll be directed on integrating thinking and theorising about art into mediating processes such as broadcasting, performing, archiving, recording, and publishing and how these can serve a communicative purpose in your practice. Through discrete mentoring, you'll be supported by individual tutorials that will progress the development of your writing. This will help you to identify theoretical, historical and cultural research appropriate to your critical text.

What you'll learn

Consolidate and realise your individual art practice supported by a series of individual tutorials. Group tutorial sessions will concentrate on your methods for making work in preparation for audience engagement. Through specific tutorial advice and seminars, you'll learn the most appropriate and professional ways to manufacture, disseminate and communicate your practice.
You'll engage in discussion throughout a series of seminars that will act as a socialised planning process over a seven-month period. This will lead to a public event where you'll present a body of work. You'll negotiate your participation, engagement and intentions, independently or collaboratively, through a series of individual tutorials.
Aided by tutorial advice and support, you'll refine and resolve your critical text into a 3000-word document. You'll share and debate progress in group seminars. A project at the mid-year point will enable you to articulate your research in a form negotiated with tutors. This takes place in a 'project space' and may, for example, include processes such as archiving, interviews, broadcasting, online media, posters, photography and printed material. You'll be supported in making a self-initiated, actively curated and creative presentation of your research.
Consolidate and realise your individual art practice supported by a series of individual tutorials. Group tutorial sessions will concentrate on your methods for making work in preparation for audience engagement. Through specific tutorial advice and seminars, you'll learn the most appropriate and professional ways to manufacture, disseminate and communicate your practice.
You'll engage in discussion throughout a series of seminars that will act as a socialised planning process over a seven-month period. This will lead to a public event where you'll present a body of work. You'll negotiate your participation, engagement and intentions, independently or collaboratively, through a series of individual tutorials.
Aided by tutorial advice and support, you'll refine and resolve your critical text into a 3000-word document. You'll share and debate progress in group seminars. A project at the mid-year point will enable you to articulate your research in a form negotiated with tutors. This takes place in a 'project space' and may, for example, include processes such as archiving, interviews, broadcasting, online media, posters, photography and printed material. You'll be supported in making a self-initiated, actively curated and creative presentation of your research.