BA Fine Art

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
-A sound understanding of a coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competency in relation to highly individual responses and engagement within the complex nature of contemporary art practices
- A consolidated examination of the histories (social and cultural) and traditions that firmly locate the individuals practice within a historical continuum and broad contextual framework, which includes the expanded definition of fine art practice.
- A comprehensive understanding of how this critical discourse informs the productive fusion of theoretical rigour and expressive speculation in ambitious, refined and fully resolved practice based studio work.
- A refined ability to identify and evaluate the most appropriate use of different materials, processes and environments in approaches to problem solving, independently and /or collaboratively, associated with an emerging individual practice.
- An ability to effectively communicate a highly critical reflection on their work and locate this in an expanded contextual framework of fine art contemporary practice.
- An understanding of the principles of a 'deep approach to learning' and to adopt strategies and methodologies to appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity, unfamiliarity and limitations of knowledge in developing new concepts for individual fine art practice.
- An ability to structure a highly coherent critically informed, articulate and reasoned argument in oral and written forms.
- An ability to deploy knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and execute an extended body of work in relation to and interaction between established intentions, processes, outcomes and context(s).
- An ability to display and activate effective interpersonal skills through collaboration, collective endeavour and negotiation.
- An ability to show initiative and resourcefulness in the planning and resolution of self-initiated projects and be entrepreneurial as independent learners and emerging professional practitioners.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- communication
- project / time management
- negotiation (through engagement with outside agencies)
- administrative (legal / ethical / safety issues)
- leadership (working in a group dynamic)
- They need to be adaptable / flexible and have initiative. They are required to build confidence through the self- promotion of their practice and exhibition (marketing)
- These transferable skills make the student highly employable

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:
- To consolidate and critically apply diverse range of skills learned at levels one and two;
- To fully engage with the complex nature of contemporary art practices, in a variety of media, and to develop critical and analytical skills on these;
- To establish a clear understanding of the histories and traditions of this practice to critically situate themselves within the contemporary art world;
- To consolidate personal studio work, monitor the development of this work and apply highly critical skills in the appropriate modes of distribution and presentation.
This is achieved through the:
Summative exhibition/display of practical work at the end of semester 2 (Degree Show), plus supporting material -including :
Quality documentation of on-going studio based work
Reference material on research subject
Contextualised references
Critical dialogue of practice
All work (including planning / organisation) produced for exhibition project