Creative Art Practice – BA (Honours)

This course focuses on traditional art forms and practices. You develop your art practice using traditional media.

Drawing is a central part of the course in levels one and two.

At level one, you take workshops in • sculpture • painting • printmaking • photography. You study art, history and theory to help place your practical work in a wider context. You also choose an optional module from any available in the faculty or take a foreign language.

During level two, you choose two subjects from • sculpture • painting • printmaking • photography. You choose another optional module from any available in the faculty or continue studying a foreign language.

At level three, you specialise in either • drawing • sculpture • painting • printmaking • photography. You also study a module that develops business and work-based knowledge to help you reach your goals after graduation.

Towards the end of the course, you develop a large body of work which you exhibit in a professional environment.

To develop your ability, you attend specialist workshops with skilled technicians. We have modern and well-equipped facilities for art practice, such as• wood machinery
• metal machinery including welding and foundry facilities
• printmaking – this area supports activities including • etching • drypoint • cyanotype • lithography • screen printing
• a photography department with black and white, and colour dark room facilities

There is also a full-time version of this course.