Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
The degree is designed to offer students the widest possible experience in materials and media - drawing, painting, digital media photography & video, ceramics, printmaking, sculptural studies, work in context, visual literacy and visual material culture and history/theory of art. These are taught with a focus on the student’s own research and art-making initiatives as the years progress.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Drawing Ceramics Painting Photography Printmaking Studio Practice Video Media
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
Career Progression
While many of our graduates go on to become successful practicing artists including painters, printmakers, sculptors and installation artists, ceramicists, filmmakers and photographers, others choose to make careers in related areas. Many of our graduates work in arts administration and arts management, exhibition curation, including private and public art administration in local authority art offices, museums and art centres and galleries both nationally and internationally.
Graduates of the Level 8 honours degree often choose to progress to an MFA in Fine Art or related areas such as MA in Arts Management, MA in Principles of Teaching and PHD in Art Research areas.