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Fine Arts (Honours) - 4814

Program Summary

Faculty: College of Fine Arts

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

Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus

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

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

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 technical 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 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 (48UOC) that provides breadth of experience.

The program structure is:

Year 1

Students must complete the following core courses:

COFA1001 COFA Gateway 1 (6 UOC)
COFA1002 COFA Gateway 2 (6 UOC)
SAHT1101 Narratives of Modernity (6 UOC)
SAHT1102 Beyond Modernities (6 UOC)
SART1001 Fine Arts Gateway 1 (6 UOC)
SART1002 Fine Arts Gateway 2 (6 UOC)

The breadth component of Year 1:

Prescribed elective (6UOC) of either:

COFA1100 Communication in Art & Design (6 UOC)
SART1502 Drawing (6 UOC)
SART1606 Drawing for Media (6 UOC)
SART2831 Spatial Constructions (6 UOC)
SART2832 Life Drawing (6 UOC)

Prescribed elective (6UOC) of:

SART1111 Fine Art Studio Skills (6 UOC)

Year 2

Students must complete the following core courses:

Fine Arts Studios (12UOC)
Fine Arts, Design or Media Studios (12UOC)
Art History and Theory (12UOC)

The breadth component of Year 2:

General Education (6UOC)
Elective (6UOC)

Year 3

Students must complete the following core courses:

SAED4051 Pract of Res in Art, Des & Ed (6 UOC)
SART3800 Professional Practice (6 UOC)

Fine Arts Studios (12UOC)
Fine Arts, Design or Media Studios (12UOC)

The breadth component of Year 3:

Elective (6UOC)
General Education (6UOC)

Year 4

Students must complete the following core courses:

SART4043 BFA Honours Studio Practice 1 (6 UOC)
SART4044 BFA Honours Studio Practice 2 (12 UOC)
Honours Seminar (12UOC)
Creative Work Integrated Learning (6UOC)

The breadth component of Year 4:

Electives (12 UOC)

Students can choose from the following COFA Studios:

Fine Arts
Cross-Media Arts, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture Installation & Performance or Textiles

Media Arts
Animation and Visual Effects or Video Sound Image

Design
Graphics Media, Object Design, Spatial Design, Jewellery or Ceramics

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 144UOC 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 Marks from the all Fine Art Major stream courses, weighted according to stage (later stages with a higher weighting), and results from the Honours research project.

Honours Class 1: If WAM greater than or equal to 75.0 and Honours Research Project mark greater than or equal to 85
Honours Class 2 Division 1: else WAM greater than or equal to 70.0 and Project mark greater than or equal to 75
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. Students enrolled in the Fine Arts (Honours) program who wish to take out the Bachelor of Fine Arts award at pass level without proceeding to Honours, are required to transfer to the Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Academic Rules

Complete 192 UOC consisting of:

Fine Arts core (144UOC)
Electives (36UOC)
General Education (12UOC)

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.