BA (Hons) in Fine Art
Bath, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
GBP 16,075 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* international full time | UK full time: £9,250 | UK part time: £4,625
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Key Summary
This studio-centered course offers you the opportunity to explore the disciplines of painting, sculpture, performance, installation, printmaking, and lens-based and digital media.
The Fine Art course is characterized by a profound synergy between academic and technical teaching and learning. You'll work towards an independent, critical, and reflective practice, supported through tutorials, workshops, lectures, study trips, and, in the first year, weekly contact with your Academic Advisor.
Our lecturers are engaged in their practice as artists, bringing a contagious energy to the dialogue and exchange with students. In this community, students, tutors, and dedicated technicians work together to understand and develop what contemporary art can or should be today. You’ll develop the skills you need for a successful career - as an artist or in a related profession.
Our graduates go on to become, among other things, professional practising self-employed artists; they become curators in established galleries or set up their own artist-run spaces. We have alumni who are teachers or work in gallery education; others have gone on to work in conservation, TV, or Art Therapy.
Many of our alumni go on to further study at some of the UK’s top postgraduate courses including the Slade School of Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art and Design, The Royal College of Art, The Royal Academy Schools, and Glasgow School of Art and the Courtauld Institute.
Year one (Level 4) modules
- Introduction to Fine Art: Fundamentals
- Studio Practice: Strategies and Behaviours
- How Did We Get Here?: Contexts of Art
- Studio Practice: Investigation and Exploration
Year two (Level 5) modules
- Exploring Fine Art: Territories
- Studio Practice: Frameworks and Enquiries
- We Are Here: Art in the 21st Century
- Studio Practice: Encounters and Audiences
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Situating Practice: Final Project
- Studio Practice: In Context (20)
- Studio Practice: In Context (40)
- Studio Practice: Exhibition
How will I be taught?
Teaching takes the form of one-to-one tutorials, group critiques, academic workshops, seminars, lectures, and forums.
Our visiting lecture series is fundamental to our course and we are proud of the range of speakers we attract. Each week internationally acclaimed artists, curators, and arts professionals give talks about their work, teach in the studios, or deliver an exciting range of workshops driven by their research interests.
All the teaching team are engaged in their practice and this is critical to the philosophy of the course.
Course length
Three years full-time, or four years full-time with a professional placement year. Part-time available.