Fine Art BA Honours
UCAS Code: W150
(4 Years)
Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
- FIN1007 Renaissance to Realism: A Critical Investigation
- FIN1008 Art and Ideas: An Introduction to Modernism
- FIN1011 Preliminary Studies in Studio Practice I
- FIN1012 Preliminary Studies in Studio Practice II
This Stage culminates in an extended self-initiated project carried out in the media of your choice.
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
Optional modules
You choose one of the following optional modules:
- FIN2017 Art Since 1945: Post War to Protest
- FIN2018 Issues in Modern British Art
- FIN2038 Modern and Postmodern Photography
And you take one of the following optional modules:
Other optional modules may also be available.
Stage 3
Compulsory modules
You choose one module from each of the following groups, totalling at least 60 credits:
And either:
Optional modules
You can select an additional module, if required, from those listed below (if not already taken at Stage 2) to bring your total credits for each semester to 60:
- FIN3018 Issues in Modern British Art
- FIN3038 Modern and Postmodern Photography
- FIN3022 Issues in Portraiture
- FIN3036 Art and War
- FIN3037 Contemporary Art and Globalisation
- FIN3027 Art Since 1945 – Post War to Protest
In this Stage, you may also choose to spend semester one on an international exchange at one of our partner institutions.
Stage 4
Optional modules
You choose one module from the following list:
- FIN4012 Studio Practice II
- FIN4013 Studio Practice III
- FIN4014 Studio Practice IV
- FIN4015 Studio Practice V
Depending on which module you choose above, you may also take modules from the following list to bring your total to 120 credits:
