Fine Art Painting and Drawing (Top-Up) BA (Hons)

Course Content

• Course Details

  The Fine Art Painting and Drawing (Top-Up) BA (Hons) year comprises three modules: the theory module, a career-development module, and the practice based studio art module which is core of the years’ experience. This module culminates with a large public exhibition.

  Students continue to consolidate, deepen and refine their own personal visual and theoretical position, culminating in a high-quality public exhibition at the end of the year. This is supported by regular individual tutorials and group class. Alongside practical work students undertake a critical study, which includes a dissertation option along with a number of other approaches.

  The Critical Study module has the flexibility for our students to target the specific area of interest to them, either academically or in terms of employability.

  The Professional Practice and Employability module continues on from the stage 2 Professional Studies module. Again, the various choices mean our students can select the option, which is of greatest interest and use to them individually (either academically or in terms of employability).

  To see our students’ work, please visit our Instagram page: paintingdrawing.uon

  Please note the modules shown here relate to the academic year 22/23. The modules relating to the academic year 23/24 will be available from June 2023.

  • Stage 1
    • Critical Study (20 Credits)
      Module code: ART3018

      Status: Compulsory
      The purpose of this module is to enable students to develop a sustained, independent investigation and analysis of a specific topic within the field of Fine Art. It will require the demonstration of advanced personal and independent scholarship skills on a topic selected and approved through consultation with staff. To this end, the module will provide the opportunity for students to negotiate the form the outcome will take.
    • Professional Practice and Employability (20 Credits)
      Module code: ART3019

      Status: Compulsory
      The aim of this module is to provide students with a range of skills and strategies to prepare both their artwork and themselves for the external world. This will include developing the ability to professionally present artwork and manage the many other facets of exhibiting and making both artworks and ideas visible and available to a wider audience. They should build their working knowledge of the creative and cultural industries established at level 5 in Professional Studies.
    • Practice Exhibition (Fine Art Painting and Drawing) (80 Credits)
      Module code: ART4014

      Status: Compulsory
      This module consolidates creative and theoretical interests through a body of work and exhibition informed by contemporary painting and drawing practice. It makes complex demands on the student in the production and dissemination/exhibition of artefacts intended for intellectual and aesthetic consideration.

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• Entry Requirements

  Standard entry requirements apply. Applicants are expected to have studied a Fine Art or related Art and Design subject at Foundation Degree/HND or equivalent.

  We welcome international applications and applications from students with a range of non-traditional educational or professional qualifications.

  Applicants are requested to send a digital portfolio of their own work in Art and Design and attend a 30-minute online interview with a member of the team.

  Receiving an offer may also be subject to qualifications and standard entry requirements.

  For more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.

  If you are an International student and would like information on making an application, please see our How to Apply page.

  English Language Requirements

  All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) with a minimum of 5.5 in all bands
    for study at undergraduate level.

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.

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• Fees and Funding

  2023/24 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 23/24 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  • UK – Full Time: £9,250
  • International – Full Time: £15,500

  2022/23 Tuition Fees

  Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 22/23 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.

  • UK – Full Time: £9,250
  • International – Full Time: £14,500

  For information on the scholarships available to you, please see our scholarships page.

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Careers and Employability

Our recent graduates have progressed into a range of careers in the arts sector, for example:

• Professional artist
• Art Therapist
• Set Designer
• Arts Management
• Art Teacher
• Arts Technician

Postgraduate Opportunities

Our Fine Art postgraduate courses are a great way to enhance the skills you have already learnt. Benefit from our 20% alumni discount on postgraduate fees to give yourself a CV that will catch the eye of employers.

• Fine Art MA