Honours Degree
*subject to validation
There are as many ways of engaging with Fine Art as there are individual artists.
Fine Art’s capacity for invention and expression is infinite, allowing each artist to explore and communicate personal ideas through their own individual form of practice.
Our course is designed to give you the skills to develop your work and ideas to a high professional standard, while encouraging your individual creative thinking. The course sets out to develop you to meet the challenge of what it means to be a practising artist today, to develop your creative practice and a sound platform for career progression.
The structured introduction to the course will give you a good grounding in the fundamentals of art practice. Studies in art history and theory support and extend your practical work and inform you of historical and contemporary contexts. This will enable you to produce confident, ambitious and critically reflective work.
You’ll be encouraged to develop your work with the support of staff who are practising artists. You will also take inspiration from organised visits to museums and galleries within the UK and Europe, and there are regular opportunities to exhibit your work and gain curatorial experience, locally, nationally and internationally. Students from the course participate in a range of exciting travel and exhibition opportunities, such as the annual Hans Brinker award in Amsterdam.
Some of our modules
- Introduction to Contemporary Art Practice
- Aesthetics and Visual Culture
- Working with Fine Art
- Exhibiting and Curatorial Practice
- Dissertation
Benefits
- studio space and dedicated facilities
- international exchanges and placements
- range of visiting tutors and artists
- exhibition opportunities
Career paths
- practising and exhibiting artist
- art education
- arts administration and curation
Are there any placements for this course?
Placements are a compulsory part of the second year on this course, and also an option in the final year.
Recent Study Visits
- Istanbul
- Berlin
- Prague
- Vienna
- Barcelona
How will the course be assessed?
By studio coursework, written theory assignments.
Entry requirements
- points for degree: 280 using the UCAS Tariff system
- entry is by portfolio and interview and you’ll be selected on the basis of ability, enthusiasm and commitment. Your portfolio should include self-initiated work as well as previous coursework.
Study options
Full-time and part-time
Location
Centre for Art and Photography (Hardwick)