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Fine Arts/Arts - 4812

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: 24

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 192

UAC Code: 421001

Domestic Entry Cut-off: 80.00

International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements

Award(s):

Bachelor of Arts (Major)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major)

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Program Description

The Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Arts (BFA BA) is a 4-year dual award program which combines an education in the humanities, social sciences and the creative and performing arts with a qualification designed for those who may wish to involve themselves as practitioners in the visual arts or related fields

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

Students will acquire a sound knowledge base in both in the Fine Arts and in their chosen specialisation/s in the Bachelor of Arts component of their degree.

The BFA component aims to:

Provide an opportunity for students to undertake rigorous and demanding studies at tertiary level from a wide range of approaches and disciplines within the visual arts.
Provide the opportunity for students to explore the visual arts through a critical examination of the possibilities they offer and by use of available technological resources.
Encourage students to develop increased self-motivation as developing independent and professional practitioners.
Provide students with:

an understanding of concepts relevant to aesthetics and the visual arts;
understanding of various media through practice and experimentation with such media;
an understanding of research practice in fine arts, and a capacity to engage with research;
a confidence and competence in decision making, together with an appreciative and informed awareness of viewpoints in the visual arts other than their own; and
an understanding of the historical and theoretical underpinning of contemporary fine art practice.

5. Encourage students to realise their own intellectual and creative potential.
6. Increase students' awareness of, and sensitivity to, their environment.

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The Program Objectives of the UNSW BA are:

To develop informed understanding of human experience, human culture and human society
To teach the tools and methods of understanding associated with Humanities and Social Science disciplines, and to encourage students to perceive the relationships between these disciplines
To encourage the breadth of vision and critical thinking associated with interdisciplinary scholarship and research
To enable students to place contemporary Australian society and culture in an historical and comparative context
To engage critically with fundamental questions about value in both ethical and aesthetic contexts
To develop the skills of critical, creative and imaginative thinking about society, culture and the arts
To promote the techniques and value of reasoned and openminded discussion and debate
To foster understanding of the experiences and world-views of other times, other places, and other cultures.

The Graduate Attributes for this Program are as follows:

The skills involved in scholarly enquiry
The ability to engage in independent and reflective learning
Information Literacy - the skills to locate, evaluate and use relevant information
The capacity for enterprise, initiative and creativity
A capacity to contribute to, and work within, the international community
The skills required for collaborative and multidisciplinary work
A respect for ethical practice and social responsibility
The skills of effective communication
An in-depth engagement with the relevant disciplinary knowledge in its interdisciplinary context.

Program Structure

The Bachelor of Fine Arts/Bachelor of Arts consists of:

BFA component 96 UOC

Compulsory 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)

Fine Art Studios (24 UOC)
Fine Arts, Design or Media Arts Studios (24 UOC)
Art History and Theory (SAHT) courses (12UOC)

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Students choose from the following COFA Studios:

Fine Arts Sudios:

Design Studios:

Media Arts Studios:

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BA component 96 UOC

Home Major stream (54 UOC)
Minor stream (36 UOC)
Prescribed Faculty Elective (6 UOC)

The following home major streams are available in the Bachelor of Arts:

Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
Creative Writing
Criminology
Dance Studies
Development Studies
English
Environmental Humanities
European Studies
Film Studies
French Studies
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
History
Indigenous Studies
International Relations
Japanese Studies
Korean Studies
Linguistics
Media, Culture and Technology
Music Studies
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology and Anthropology
Theatre and Performance Studies

Minor Streams

All majors are available to be completed in minor stream ("Non-designated Minor"). There are, however, some areas of study that are only available as Minors. These are known as "Designated Minors". Art History and Theory cannot be taken as a Minor in the Dual Award. The Designated Minors for the Bachelor of Arts are:

Indonesian Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Australian Studies
Arts and Social Sciences

External Minor Streams

External Minors are Streams of study offered by other Faculties.

Economics (Australian School of Business)
Geography (Faculty of Science)
Human Resource Management (Australian School of Business)
International Business (Australian School of Business)
Psychology (Faculty of Science)

Award with Distinction

High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at least 48 UOC of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".

Honours

Students undertaking the BFA in Dual Award mode may apply to complete an
additional year (48UOC) of study for the award of Honours.
For details of Honours please see 4814 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Advanced).

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Honours in Bachelor of Arts component

High achieving Bachelor of Arts students (in Single or Dual mode) who have successfully completed all program requirements may apply for admission to honours in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504. A minimum WAM of 70 is required for entry into Honours.

Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Honours) program 4504.

Academic Rules

To satisfy the Fine Arts component of the dual award, students must have completed 48 UOC in their Fine Arts Major and 48 UOC in their Fine Arts Streams.

Fees

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

Program Schema (pdf download)

Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Arts 4812

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.