BA (Hons) Fine Art - Full-time

University of Bolton

Bachelor's degree

In Bolton

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bolton

  • Duration

    3 Years

Our BA (Hons) Fine Arts course will encourage you to develop your individual artistic identity and explore new creative possibilities. We offer a supportive environment where you can develop your creative skills and knowledge, learn to evaluate and draw inspiration from historical, philosophical and cultural influences, and establish the foundation of your professional practice as a working artist.

Our dedicated team will work to help you develop technical skills in the traditional fine arts media of painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture. You’ll also have opportunities to learn about and practise a broad range of new media and we encourage critical thinking so you learn to evaluate and understand your own work and that of others.

Career and transferable skills are also essential to your future success so we aim to ensure you gain relevant experience towards running a small business enterprise, creative studio management and a wider knowledge of the arts sector. You’ll be exhibiting your work in a public setting from level 4, and organising your own shows by level 5. Exhibiting your work in our Creative Showcase at the end of your final year will allow you to show off your projects to the public and impress industry.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bolton (Greater Manchester)
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Deane Road, BL3 5AB

Start date

On request

About this course

Fine arts graduates are highly regarded for their abilities to visualise, think creatively and ‘outside the box’, and for their acquisition of specialist skills in both 2D and 3D areas. As a graduate, you’ll possess strong observational and analytical skills, and be able to critically evaluate your work and the work of others.

You’ll also have experience of showcasing your work at events and exhibitions, working to briefs, meeting deadlines and organising your time effectively. These skills are required across a range of sectors and demonstrate your ability to generate new ideas.

Advertising
Marketing
Arts administration and management
Interior and spatial design
Exhibition work
Multimedia programming
Publishing
Web design
Arts consultancy
Commercial art

Your Level 3 subjects must include an art and design-related subject; for instance, A-level Art or BTEC Extended Diploma in Art & Design. You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) including an art and design-related subject.

You may be required to attend for interview and provide a portfolio of appropriate work.

The programme is a member of NAFAE (National Association for Fine Art Education).

Theory is combined with practice, and traditional techniques with modern technologies. As well as taught practical workshops in a wide range of media and materials, you will receive tuition in using industry-standard digital software.
Our large, well-lit open studios have adjacent 2D facilities that include printmaking and drawing workshops and 3D facilities that include ceramic, casting, wood and metal and glass workshops.
Staff are practising artists working in group and private studios. With extensive experience of exhibiting nationally and internationally, they have strong connections to arts organisations and commissioning agencies.
Prominent guest speakers from a range of fine art disciplines are invited each year to talk about their practice, and the department has strong links with arts groups, including the Bolton-based neo:artists studios and galleries, which were set up by graduates of the course.
We offer opportunities for you to participate in foreign study trips, as well as visit current exhibitions and events at galleries, public art installations, sculpture parks and arts centres around the UK.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Art
  • Public
  • Media
  • Marketing
  • Skills and Training
  • Exhibition
  • Drawing
  • University
  • Full Time
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Course programme

Modules

Modules listed below are a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules as part of the course.

  • 2D Art – Principles and Processes
  • Applied Creativity
  • Digital Creativity
  • Fundamentals and Theories of Studio Practice
  • 3D Physical Processes
  • Scholarship
  • Advanced Photo Media
  • Fine Art - Promotion and Exhibition
  • Advanced 3D Physical Processes
  • Advanced 2D - Principles and Processes
  • Fine Art - Themes, Theories and Practice
  • Employability and Enterprise
  • Research in Context
  • Major Project
  • Professional Practice and Self-Promotion
  • Public Art in Contemporary Practice
  • Advanced Practice and Theories in Context
Teaching, Learning And Assessment

We use a blended approach to teaching and learning (face-to-face and online). Studio, computer suite and lecture room activities are a main feature of the programme. Lectures, seminars, demonstrations and workshops link specialisms across the traditional boundaries of painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking and so on and provide space to combine traditional techniques with modern technologies.

You’ll also engage in self-directed study, with support from a range of staff including technicians and library/learning resources staff. The Learning Agreement is also an important aspect of your self-directed study activity. Learning Agreements are negotiated with your module tutor, and outline a plan of your progress for a set period of time.

You’ll receive individual help and advice on your personal work in one-to-one tutorials. Peer reviews, where you present your work to a small group of your fellow students for their comment, also provides useful feedback.

Regular presentations from visiting lecturers (prominent artists/designers/gallery administrators/film makers and so on) offer opportunities for you to hear directly from successful practitioners, and ask detailed questions about their careers and work.

All Fine Art modules will be made available online through the University’s e-learning portal Moodle, enabling you to keep up-to-date, even if you cannot make it in to class. This important resource will contain digital versions of all projects, book lists, and links to relevant websites, video materials, and other sources of learning.

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up to date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

Additional information

International Fees - £12,450 

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