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Fine Arts (Honours) - 4814

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Art & Design

Contact: http://www.artdesign.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Paddington

Career: Undergraduate

Typical Duration: 4 Years  

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 421000

Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

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Program Description
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) [BFA (Hons)] is the equivalent of four years full-time study, designed for those who wish to involve themselves as practitioners in the visual arts or related fields by providing rigorous and demanding studies at tertiary level from a wide range of approaches and disciplines within the visual arts.

The BFA (Hons) offers students strong fundamentals combined with flexibility to explore various media through practice and experimentation, and undertake a significant research project and opportunities to engage with the arts world in their final year.

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) aims to produce artists with advanced conceptual, technical and theoretical skills and the ability to work creatively and collaboratively across diverse media. Graduates are equipped to undertake research and experimentation in Fine Arts.

Fine Arts (Hons) graduates will have the skills to become exhibiting artists and to play important roles within the creative industries.

Program Structure
The degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) is awarded as an Honours degree at the completion of four years full-time study, which includes a research component.

The BFA (Hons) consists of a Fine Arts core that provides a depth of engagement with Fine Art studies (144 UOC) and an Elective and General Education component (48 UOC) that provides breadth of experience.

The program structure is:

Year 1

Students must complete the following core courses:
The breadth component of Year 1:

Prescribed Electives (12 UOC)

Fine Arts prescribed electives: Students must complete SART1111 Fine Arts Studio Skills (6 UOC) and one from the following list:
Year 2

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • Fine Arts Studios (12 UOC)
  • Fine Arts, Design or Media Studios (12 UOC)
  • Contextual Studies (12 UOC)
The breadth component of Year 2:
  • General Education (6 UOC)
  • Elective (6 UOC)
Year 3

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • COFA3114 Research Foundations in Art and Design (6 UOC)
  • Fine Arts Studios (12 UOC)
  • Fine Arts, Design or Media Studios (12 UOC)
The breadth component of Year 3:
  • Elective (6 UOC)
  • General Education (6 UOC)
Year 4

Students must complete the following core courses:
  • Honours Studio Practice (18 UOC)
  • Honours Seminar (12 UOC)
  • COFA4010 Creative Work Integrated Learning (6 UOC)
The breadth component of Year 4:
  • Electives (12 UOC)
Studios:

Students must complete 48 UOC in Studios, with at least 24 UOC in Fine Arts Studios, and up to 24 UOC in Fine Arts, Design or Media Art Studios (as listed below):

Fine Arts

Cross-Media Arts (24 UOC) or Cross-Media Arts Extension (48 UOC)

Drawing (24 UOC)

Painting (24 UOC) or Painting Extension (48 UOC)

Photography (24 UOC) or Photography Extension (48 UOC)

Printmaking (24 UOC) or Printmaking Extension (48 UOC)

Sculpture Installation Performance (24 UOC) or Sculpture Installation Performance Extension (48 UOC)

Textiles (24 UOC) or Textiles Extension (48 UOC)

Media Arts

Animation and Visual Effects (24 UOC)

Video Sound Image (24 UOC)

Design

Ceramics (24 UOC)

Graphics Media (24 UOC)

Jewellery (24 UOC)

Object Design (24 UOC)

Spatial Design (24 UOC)

Contextual Studies

Students must complete 12 UOC in Contextual Studies, normally in their 2nd year, from approved courses (as listed below):

General Education Requirements
General Education is the completion of two courses (12 UOC) offered outside the Faculty of Art and Design.

Honours
Students must complete a 48 UOC honours sequence at Stage 4. Progression to Stage 4 is subject to academic performance, and requires completion of a total of 144 UOC and all the requirements of the first three years of the program, including, level I, major and general education requirements. Students are expected to have attained an overall WAM of 65 or higher to be eligible to continue to Honours.

Students will be considered for the award of honours according to the following scale, which includes the Weighted Average Mark (WAM) for all completed courses, and results from the Honours research project.
  1. Honours Class 1: If WAM greater than or equal to 75.0 and Honours Research Project mark greater than or equal to 85
  2. Honours Class 2 Division 1: else WAM greater than or equal to 70.0 and Project mark greater than or equal to 75
  3. Honours Class 2 Division 2: else WAM greater than or equal to 65.0 and Project mark greater than or equal to 65
Exit Strategies

Students who are ineligible to progress to Honours, will be required to transfer to the Bachelor of Fine Arts and graduate with the Bachelor of Fine Arts award at pass level.

Academic Rules
Complete 192 UOC consisting of:
  • Fine Arts core (144 UOC) - Depth component
  • Electives (36 UOC) - Breadth component
  • General Education (12 UOC)
Complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II or Level III courses

Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Important Information
The Academic Rules for the BFA and the online enrolment facility provide students with a wide range of course choices. The online enrolment facility checks that students meet the enrolment requirements for individual courses but not that a course complies with Program Rules. Students are responsible for ensuring they are enrolling in accordance with the Academic Rules outlined above. Students should not assume that because they have enrolled in a course online that the course is automatically credited to their degree program.

Program Schema

Domestic Undergraduate Admission - Selection Criteria
All applicants are assessed on the basis of previous academic achievement, however additional selection criteria are available to some applicants. Please refer to the Admissions Information here.

Related Program(s)


4800 Fine Arts
4812 Fine Arts/Arts
3567 Commerce / Fine Arts
4704 Fine Arts / Law

Area(s) of Specialisation
M Art

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