University of Brighton
UCAS Code: W150 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. Art and Design courses preferred. At least 45 credits at level 3, and 30 credits must be at merit or above.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Must include three subjects at Higher Level.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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About this course
Our Fine Art BA degree fosters your imagination, investigation, experimentation and communication of creative ideas.
You will create artworks in dedicated studio spaces, exploring concepts through making. Presenting your work to peers and staff who are experienced arts practitioners, in a supportive environment is integral to the course and helps you refine your ideas.
Whether working in collage, sculpture, performance, text or digital media, you'll enhance your creativity and develop essential skills. We offer specialist workshops with technical demonstrators allowing you to experiment with materials.
Gain professional experience through public exhibitions and proposal documents, preparing you for diverse roles in the creative industries.
**TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE**
- Gain skills in working with a range of materials and processes understanding that often through the process of engaging with materials and processes, new discoveries are made.
- We allow you the space and give you the guidance to think through making, turning ideas into tangible creative outcomes.
- Lecturers are practising artists who bring a diverse range of skills and experience to your learning.
- Plan, organise and execute exhibitions for public audiences throughout the course.
- Learn to communicate ideas in visual, written and spoken forms.
- Develop tenacity, resourcefulness, resilience and self-motivation, fundamental aspects of sustaining an art practice or working within the creative industries.
- Space to discuss, articulate and critically evaluate your own and others’ artwork.
- Learn to develop professional proposal documents that communicate planned work in visual and text form and include ethical, and health and safety considerations.
- Show a body of work in the university’s graduate show.
- Opportunity to apply for an exchange program with the University of Nagoya, Japan.
- Follow the course on Instagram: @brightonbafineart
Modules
Year 1
Studio Practice 1: Thinking and Making
Studio Practice 2: Making and Site
Contemporary Art Institutional Roles and Terms
Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Introduction to Global Art Histories and Art Writing
Year 2
Studio Practice 3: Public Exhibition
Studio Practice 4: Practice-led Research
Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Contexts and Specialisms
Diary Practice: Making Meaning in Times of Global Challenge
Final Year
Theories and Practices of Fine Art: Articulation of Your Critical Position
Studio Practice 5: Consolidating and Situating Practice
Studio Practice 6: Planning and Completion of Degree
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Quite a few students of fine art have already retired and are taking the degree for the excellent reason that they love art, and they're willing to pay to study it. You should bear this in mind if the stats you see feature particularly low employment rates. If you need to earn a living once you've finished your fine art degree, be aware that freelancing and self-employment is common - about one in six fine arts graduates were working for themselves. Also common are what is termed 'portfolio careers' — having several part-time jobs or commissions at once - and many courses actually help you prepare for freelancing. One in ten of last year’s fine arts graduates had more than one job six months after graduation — over twice the average for graduates from 2015. Graduates from these subjects are often found in arts jobs, as artists, designers, photographers and similar jobs, or as arts and entertainment officers or teachers — although it's perfectly possible to get jobs outside the arts if you wish, with jobs in events management, marketing and community work amongst the most popular options.
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