Fine Art | Four Year

Postgraduate

Online

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Online

The first year of this four-year course is designed for students who don’t yet have the portfolio required to enter Year 1 of the course. During this year you’ll begin to establish your individual art practice, be introduced to a variety of approaches to art making, develop a critical understanding of contemporary art and complete your own project.

Our Fine Art courses have leapt an impressive 11 places in The Guardian's 2017 university league table.

About this course

Using our extensive facilities and dedicated studio spaces, you’ll have the chance to try your hand at painting, sculpture, photography, film, sound, performance, animation and printmaking. This experimentation will take place in an environment where creative problem solving and thinking outside of the box aren’t just encouraged – they’re the standard we work to.

Guided by our team of talented professional artists, you’ll begin exhibiting your work within the local community at events such as the Whitstable Biennale and at gallery exhibitions in London, giving you practical experience of what it means to be a working artist.

Connecting with organisations such as the Turner Contemporary in Margate, our graduates have progressed to a number of professions, both within fine art and in other fields, using the repertoire of transferable skills developed during their time with us.

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Subjects

  • Approach
  • Art
  • University
  • Project

Course programme

Course content - 2017 entry
  • Year 0
  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Year 0 is a preparatory year which provides you with a focused introduction to your chosen area of study and upon successful completion, it'll secure your place on the three year degree without further application or interview.

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course modules
  • Studio Testing 1

    This unit begins the process of establishing your individual art practice, introducing you to a variety of approaches to the practices and processes of art making. The unit's delivered through a series of academic and technical workshops, where you'll be encouraged to experiment with a range of mediums and processes.

  • Contexts

    You'll develop a critical understanding of contemporary art, helping you understand the context for your own developing practice. There will be a series of tutor-led workshops in which you'll explore the work and ideas of a number of modern and contemporary artists.

  • Studio Testing 2

    This unit will further develop practical and conceptual aspects of your emerging practice through workshops, seminar teaching and the completion of an individual work plan.

  • Materials and Processes

    This unit aims to introduce basic making methodologies across a range of mediums and processes, which will enable you to develop their understanding of how to approach material problem solving in your studio practice.

In the first year, you'll be introduced to the University and the technical workshops and facilities available to you. On the course you’ll learn the technical and conceptual skills that will give you a solid foundation from which to explore your areas of specialist activity.

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course modules
  • Studio Practice 1

    This unit introduces innovative approaches to making and thinking about fine art. It engages you in the experience of contemporary art-making in such a way that understanding is broadened and deepened, and habitual ways of thinking and making are challenged.

  • Context and Display

    This unit introduces models of production, dissemination and reception in contemporary art practice and situates these within wider intellectual, cultural and global contexts.

  • History and Theory

    This unit introduces historical and theoretical research as an approach to inform an understanding of art practice. In this context, the History and Theory unit introduces a range of approaches, discourses and models found in recent and contemporary art practice and explores these within wider intellectual, cultural and global contexts.

  • Studio Practice 2

    Studio Practice 2 focuses on your choice of context(s) within your studio work (narratives, subject matters, materials, processes). While these may remain tentative and flexible, the focus is on the production of a substantive body of studio work showing evidence of consistency and investigation into contextual parameters, supported by developmental studies and a written statement.

The second year focus is on finding your own specialist way of working and you’ll be encouraged and supported to start working more independently. During this year you may also have the opportunity to complete an industry work placement or even study abroad.

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course modules
  • Contemporary Art Practice 1

    Contemporary Art Practice 1 develops you individual practice within a more specialised and collaborative studio and research environment. Teaching on the unit is delivered through a number of tutor-led groups, each group representing a range of skills and practices.

  • Contemporary Art Practice 2

    Contemporary Art Practice 2 is a continuation of Contemporary Art Practice 1, emphasising the focusing and refining of your studio work as a specialised practice, underpinned by creative and innovative approaches in the context of contemporary art.

The third year will see you achieve a greater level of independence with self-managed research, study and practice, resulting in a final major project and a written dissertation.

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course modules
  • Degree Show Development

    This guides you towards your final graduation through the development of an individualised and critically informed practice. Within the unit, you'll create a body of work that stands as a position statement on your practice and your expected approach towards the degree show exhibition.

  • Dissertation

    You'll undertake a substantial period of self-directed research on a subject related to the historical, theoretical or critical concerns of your discipline. And you'll develop a range of research skills appropriate to your chosen topic. You'll be expected to articulate a clear, cogent and sustained argument in an extended piece of writing that conforms to academic conventions and demonstrates an understanding of the subject area through analysis and evaluation.

  • Degree Show

    You'll work towards the creation and presentation of a body of self-initiated work. This is informed by current issues in contemporary art, and will be presented at the degree show exhibition.

Fine Art | Four Year

£ 9,250 + VAT