BA Fine Art
Year 1
(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:- An understanding of key concepts and formal approaches to art making so that individual entry points into the complexnature of contemporary art practices are identified.- An awareness of the critical appraisal of fine art practices within contemporary discourse and its historical precedents.- An understanding of how this critical discourse informs the productive fusion of theoretical rigour and expressivespeculation in resolved practice based studio work.- An ability to identify and evaluate the appropriate use of different materials, processes and environments in approaches to problem solving, independently and /or collaboratively, associated with fine art practices.- An ability to communicate critical reflection on their work and locate this in a contextual framework of fine artcontemporary practice.- An ability to structure a coherent, simple and critically-informed argument in oral and written forms.- An appreciation of strengths and weaknesses as independent learners- An ability to show initiative and resourcefulness in the planning and resolution of set and/or self-initiated projects
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- time management skills- effective and appropriate communication skills- team working and negotiating skills- a working knowledge of health and safety in the workplace- an understanding of the mutual ethical and legal obligations between creative practitioner, audience and institution- an understanding of sustainability and their wider social responsibilities as it affects practice
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- engagement with the complex nature of contemporary art practices, in a variety of media, and to bring to bear their critical and analytical skills on these; - examination of the histories and traditions of this practice to assist in situating themselves within the contemporary art world; - development of personal studio work, monitor the development of this work and understand their role in its dissemination. This is achieved through:Student progress is monitored continuously through regular group reviews and individual and group tutorials. Attendance registers for seminars, tutorials and workshop inductions are kept. The assessments which take place in weeks 5 and 10 based on presentations of practical work at the end of each of the first 2 (of 3) project blocks are formative and, as much as possible, student-led; they are designed to encourage students to monitor their own progress as well as develop critical skills in self-evaluation and contextual understanding. It also helps to build self -confidence and effective communication skills