Bachelor of Fine Arts(13C)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts offers a broad visual arts and design education through a wide range of disciplines: Art and Design Theory, Drawing, Electronic Media, 3D Design, Visual Communication, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture. It provides graduates with knowledge and skills in their chosen field and the capacity to continue to develop towards independent and professional practice in the creative arts. The course requires a commitment to studio-based study, and learning through creating and producing works, and requires you to do at least one studio major supported by a minor in Art and Design Theory. Majors may be undertaken in the studio disciplines of Electronic Media, 3D Design, Visual Communication, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture, all of which are informed by rigorous and challenging ongoing theoretical debate. You may also choose to extend the Art and Design Theory minor into a major by adding more units from the Art and Design Theory program, including units cross-listed from other disciplines in the Faculty of Arts. The BFA is a flexible degree and student electives outside the normal BFA schedule of units can be undertaken from another school or faculty, such as Arts, Business, Computing, Music and Science as part of your degree.

By completing the degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts, graduates will be able to demonstrate advanced visual and/or design literacy through the three interdependent aspects of:

• exploration
• Knowledge and
• expression

Exploration refers to investigating and developing processes and skills to communicate ideas and intent. Graduates will be able to generate and develop ideas through:

• exploring and experimenting with diverse media, processes, practices and technical skills
• using critical thinking skills, (such as problem framing and resolution, decision making, reflective practice and researching)
• developing and selecting strategies to communicate intent through producing works.
  working independently and in a group

Knowledge refers to demonstrating and applying knowledge through production and discourse. Graduates will be able to demonstrate and apply knowledge of the following to their own developing practices:

• concepts, principles, media and practice
• historical and contemporary contexts and cultural debates
• ethical and moral roles of art and design
• qualities of their chosen medium and essential terminology
• workplace health and safety practices
• participating in creative and cultural industries

Expression refers to the communication or expression of ideas to a range of audiences through producing works, writing and speaking. Graduates will be able to express ideas by:

- producing works

• through the practical and creative resolution of ideas
• using their own developing mode/s of expression
• working independently and in a group to achieve goals within specified timeframes

- writing:

• using the discourse of the discipline
• contextualising works of art and design
• critiquing (analysing, evaluating and justifying) their own and others work
• adhering to the conventions of the specified genre (e.g. artist statement, proposal, critique)

- speaking :

• using the discourse of the discipline
• critiquing (analysing, evaluating and justifying) own making choices
• adhering to the conventions of the specified genre (e.g. artist statement, pitch, critique, presentation, performance)