Fine Art - 2012 entry
BA (Hons)
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BA (Hons)
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BSc (Hons)
- combined (see 'Combine with...' tab for available combinations)
Typical A-level offer: BBC or equivalent
Overview
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As a student of Fine Art at Oxford Brookes you can expect to receive a very high standard of education.
Our course enables you to develop and produce challenging contemporary artworks that often emphasise audience and context, and investigate the role of the artist in the 21st century. As a Fine Art student at Oxford Brookes you can expect to be exposed to a range of practices that will enable you to link traditional skills and approaches with alternative media in order to develop an imaginative, critical and informed fine art practice.
You'll also benefit from special relationships with the contemporary galleries Modern Art Oxford and OVADA. Regular exhibitions of student work take place in and around Oxford, which offers a wealth of arts and architectural resources.
Fine Art BA (Hons) is one of several art courses offered by Oxford Brookes; other courses include the Foundation Diploma and postgraduate degrees.
Why Brookes?
Oxford Brookes offers one of the very best undergraduate Fine Art BA programmes in the country. We are very highly ranked by the Guardian University Guide 2011 with 91% of students satisfied with their art course.
As a student here, you'll benefit from excellent and well-equipped facilities, 24-hour access to your own studio spaces and the help and support of our team of practising artists and our other specialists in the field.
Teaching, learning and assessment
Our Fine Art teaching staff have a wide range of practice and research interests, and expertise. They are involved in:
- making work for galleries all over the world
- curating exhibitions that travel nationally and internationally
- writing about art.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course you will be able to:
- research and develop your creative art practice through independent study and collaborative processes, with a thorough working knowledge of the relevant strategies, theories, techniques and skills
- formulate and consider questions of context and reception in different kinds of art practice and employ methods for reflection and evaluation
- engage with cultural, environmental, global, political, societal, historical, philosophical, ethical and theoretical issues relevant to contemporary art practice
- position your work in relation to current and emerging contemporary art practices, technologies and debates
- display some knowledge and understanding of the history and theories of art, including the institutions, conventions and debates, and their relationship to current practice
- engage in creative decision-making processes, problem solving and risk taking
- identify and communicate your strengths and promote your skills, interests and abilities to others, for example in applying for further study or employment.
In detail
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Course content
We provide opportunities to acquire creative and analytical skills to research and develop a body of practical and written work through a structured programme. The course will engage you in creative strategies for the production of contemporary artwork, equip you with basic and specialist technical skills, and encourage dialogue on a variety of issues within art and culture. You will be able to develop your ideas and working methodologies in traditional media areas such as painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, as well as in lens-based media, sonic art, artists' books, live/time-based art, installation, site-specific work and interdisciplinary practices.
In Year 1 you will be introduced to a range of technical skills, theoretical perspectives and creative strategies for generating and developing experimental contemporary artwork in a range of media.
Year 2 will support and develop your individual working methodologies. You will be engaged with your own work through a core spine of Fine Art Practice modules and Media Pathway options in which you will be able to develop your technical skills to an advanced level. You will also further engage with critical debates in contemporary art through theory modules, and will learn about career prospects through the Professional Practice module.
In Year 3 you will research and develop a body of independent visual work, which will culminate in the end-of-year degree show. In addition you will write an extended Critical Essay on a topic of your choosing. Outside formal teaching sessions, which include individual and group tutorials, lectures and seminars, you will continue to work independently in your own base studio.
As courses are reviewed regularly, the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here.
Year 1
- Fine Art Practice I: Media and Context
- Fine Art Practice II: Studio/New Media Practice
- Introductory Technical Skills for Artists
- Fine Art Theory I: Modernism and Avant-Gardes
- Fine Art Theory II: Postmodernisms
Years 2 and 3
- Fine Art Practice IIIA: Developing Studio/New Media Practice
- Fine Art Practice IIIB: Alternative Media Practices
- Fine Art Advanced Media Pathway
- Fine Art Theory III: Critical Issues in Contemporary Art
- Fine Art Theory IV: Critical Essay
- Professional Practice for Artists
- Placement in the Creative and Cultural Industries
- Independent Study in Fine Art
- Fine Art Practice IV: Research and Development
- Fine Art Practice V: Major Project
- Fine Art Evaluation
Study abroad
Information about exchanges, European work placements and other study abroad programmes, is available here.
Free language courses for students - the Open Module
Free language courses are available to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying any course on our Headington (including Marston Road), Harcourt Hill or Wheatley Campuses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.
Key facts
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Department
Course length
Full-time: 3 years
Part-time: 5 - 8 years
Teaching location
Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane
Start date
September 2012
UCAS code
E100 BA/FD
W100 BA/FDD (Route A)
Combine with...
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This course can be combined with one of the following subjects:
Film Studies
W1P3 Mod/FXFM
French Studies
W1F1 Mod/FXFC
History of Art
W1V3 Mod/FXHA
Music
W1W3 Mod/XFMS
Publishing Media
W1P4 Mod/FXPJ
Spanish(Minor)
W1R4 Mod/FXSX
Fees / funding
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International students
Full-time: £11,000
Find out how to pay your fees.
Questions about fees?
Contact Student Finance on:
+44 (0)1865 483088
finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk
Funding and scholarships
For general sources of financial support, see:
Apply / Entry reqs
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Typical offers
A-level: BBC or equivalent
IB Diploma: 31 points
Advanced Diploma: grade C, including A-level Art or arts-based subject at grade B
A-levels should include minimum grade B in Art.
Other typical offers:
- BB at A-level (including grade C in Art) and CC at AS-level
- C at 12-unit vocational A-level and B at A-level Art.
Specific entry requirements
A-level: normally a grade B in Art
- Foundation Art and Design is normally required. If you have not taken a Foundation Art and Design course (or equivalent) and are applying direct from A-levels, we would expect A-level Art grade B.
- Presentation of a portfolio of recent work of an appropriate standard.
- Applications are welcomed from candidates with alternative qualifications, and from mature students.
Please also see the university's general entry requirements.
English language requirements
Please see the university's standard English language requirements.
English language requirements for visas
If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Border Agency's minimum language requirements as well as the university's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.
Full-time students should apply for this course through UCAS.
Applicants are required to attend an interview, and present a portfolio of work. Applicants from outside the UK who are not able to attend an interview in person will be asked to send a portfolio by post or email, and undergo a telephone interview. For further enquiries regarding the interview process, please contact the Senior Tutor on +44 (0) 1865 484995 or email art@brookes.ac.uk.
Part-time students should apply directly to the university.
Conditions of acceptance
When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.
Credit transfer
Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All undergraduate single modules are equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and double modules to 15 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.
Student experience
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Why Oxford is a great place to study Fine Art
Oxford is an excellent centre for the study of art with the Ashmolean Museum, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Modern Art Oxford and a rich variety of architecture. As an Oxford Brookes student you will benefit from special relationships with contemporary galleries Modern Art Oxford and OVADA. Regular exhibitions of student work take place in and around the city. We are also conveniently located for London's galleries, exhibitions and museums.
Specialist facilities
Course participants can access our extensive facilities and resources, based at the Richard Hamilton Building which was built in the 1870s as the stables for Headington Hill Hall. The building was reopened as the home for the arts at Oxford Brookes in 1996. Combining fascinating historical spaces with the latest creative facilities, our courses make the most of its leading-edge equipment and resources, including:
3D Workshop
Facilities include equipment for casting with metals, resin and acrylic, plaster, glass and wax. These include the production of vinyl and latex mould making, and a kiln for ceramics and glass work. We also have a fully-equipped woodworking area, sheet metal cutting equipment, welding facilities, a laser cutting system and a heat press.
Bookworks and Digital Media Workshop
Includes a comprehensively-equipped bookbinding area, a large format printer and several PCs, each installed with Photoshop and other image manipulation programs.
Printmaking Studio
Features facilities for etching, monoprinting, lino, woodcut, drypoint, screenprinting and photo polymer etching.
Darkroom and Photography Suite
Includes professional lighting, photo floods and red heads. We have digital SLR and film SLR cameras and we can process film using our black and white processing suite.
Video and Film Unit
Features high-definition cameras, specialist microphones and extensive computing facilities with professional animation tools and digital editing software.
General support services
Supporting your learning
From academic advisers and support co-ordinators to specialist subject librarians and other learning support staff, we want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies.
Personal support services
We want your time at Brookes to be as enjoyable and successful as possible. That's why we provide all the facilities you need to be relaxed, happy and healthy throughout your studies.
Accommodation
At Brookes we understand that when you live away from home it's important to be somewhere that you feel comfortable and safe.
After graduation
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Career prospects
A supportive and intellectually challenging environment is provided to enable you to:
- develop into a confident, reflective and self-motivated graduate
- become a skilled and practical maker, exhibiting high levels of professionalism
- acquire skills that will enable you to thrive in the art world and wider society
- learn to articulate your views and ideas, and to communicate clearly about your work and the work of others.
The professional strand of the course will enable you to maximise these skills for employment, postgraduate education or self-employment and will provide you with opportunities to engage with a range of arts-related professionals. Many of our graduates continue to work as artists, generating their own projects as well as working for others through commission or on community-based projects. Others go on to careers as teachers, arts administrators, art therapists and arts journalists, or continue their studies at postgraduate level.
