Fine Art (Digital Media, Drawing and Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture)

Description

Why study Fine Art at Dundee?

Fine Art's position within a world class university creates exciting opportunities for cross-disciplinary research and teaching. Our programmes are enriched by the diverse backgrounds and multicultural perspectives of our students. Innovation and creativity are key to our success, preparing our students for a wide variety of careers in creative practice and industry.

Our students work with drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking performance, film, photography, digital and computer bases, imaging, moving image, sound, artists books and creative writing. Some students focus on a single discipline whilst others deploy a multidisciplinary approach.

Facilities and workshops

Fine art students have access to well equipped workshops for wood, casting and welding and a printmaking workshop with facilities for etching, screenprinting, lithography and digital printing.

At the end of the course you will be able to:

• produce a work of art to a professional standard
• manage your own projects to reflect your artistic expression and individual philosophy with good time management and self-reflective critique

Student exchange

The academic perspective is enhanced by opportunities for you to study abroad through exchange schemes that operate with centres of excellence in many European and transatlantic countries.

In addition, the department normally organises an overseas study visit for all Level 3 students.

Art & Media Programme

Fine art is one of three courses that comprise the art & media programme (art, philosophy, contemporary practices, art, philosophy, contemporary practices, time based art & digital film). This programme has an already established reputation as the only interdisciplinary arts curriculum in Scotland. The bringing together of three distinct pathways under the art and media programme offers a broad educational experience and access to a wide range of staff expertise while also allowing you to gain deep knowledge and expertise in your chosen subject pathway of fine art.

Careers

Fine Art encourages independent thinking, imagination and interdisciplinary skills, qualities that equip graduates at all levels for future careers and which potential employers value. Our graduates have found their career paths in many areas of the visual economy and in related professions.

Dundee graduates have developed careers in exhibition curation and gallery management, working in and establishing artists' organisations, in art administration and project management. Our graduates enter all industries that require visual skills and knowledge, including the media and the film and entertainment industries.

The course has a strong record of producing graduates who have gone on to establish successful careers as artists, exhibiting and making work nationally and internationally. Many have also pursued careers in teaching in community, school, further and higher education, while continuing their own practice.

Susan Philipsz graduated with BA (Hons) Fine Art in 1993. She was awarded the 2010 Turner Prize and continues to receive critical acclaim for her art.

Simon Reekie graduated in 2004. Since that time he has exhibited in London, Scotland and Chicago. He writes: "I was awarded a Fulbright Postgraduate scholarship which helped fund an MFA in drawing and painting at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. This was a wonderful experience. I was exposed to yet more ideas and viewpoints, and I taught undergraduates at the Art Institute which was a great experience. My MFA show was picked up by a gallery in Chicago and I am currently making work for a solo show at the gallery."

Postgraduate study

Significant numbers of Fine Art graduates progress to taught postgraduate programmes in the UK and abroad. Some continue further on the academic track to undertake practice-led or theoretical research at doctoral (and post-doctoral) level.

Some graduates choose to continue their studies at postgraduate level on our taught Masters degree or PhD programmes.

Enterprise/Freelance

Others have gone on to freelance and establishing their own successful businesses. Extra curriculum activities such as the Enterprise Gym help students cultivate entrepreneurial skills. The Greenhouse Business Pre-Incubator facility provides ambitious students with an office space to explore their business idea.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

The fees you pay will, in most cases, depend on your current country of residence.

The fee shown is annual, and may be subject to an increase each year.

Fee category

Fees for students starting September 2015

Scottish students

£1,820 per year of study (for Sept 2014 entry). Fees for September 2015 will be confirmed by the Scottish Government in early 2015.

Rest of UK students

£9,000 per year, for a maximum of 3 years, even if you are studying a four year degree. See our scholarships for rest of UK applicants.

EU students

£1,820 per year of study (for Sept 2014 entry). Fees for September 2015 will be confirmed by the Scottish Government in early 2015.

Overseas students (non-EU)

£12,950 per year of study. See our scholarships for international applicants.

Not specified Start date September 2015 Course starts in September Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

Our teaching staff also work professionally as artists and fine art researchers, nationally and internationally, instigating projects, exhibitions and events from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

How you will be taught

Throughout the four year programme, studio work is strongly supported and contextualised through the study of relevant History and Theory. Contemporary attitudes and issues are discussed and developed through:

• Lectures
• Seminars and group critiques
• (Enhanced by an introduction to Professional Practice)

All programmes have written elements which are fully integrated with practice.

The School is firmly committed to the principle of individual tutorial support, delivered by a wide range of specialist staff, themselves practising artists. Senior students are allocated a personal tutor whose role is to negotiate an appropriate programme of work and to support them in the development of their individual research and studio practice. Students have access to all School staff.

The majority of teaching takes place in the studios and is a combination of:

• one-to-one tutorials
• group critiques between students and studio staff
• joint critiques between students and studio staff and critical and contextual study staff

Further enrichment comes from a programme of visiting lecturers. Students in recent years have greatly benefited from close access to exhibitions, lectures and workshops at Dundee Contemporary Arts.

What you will study Level 1

Students can enter Fine Art after successfully completing our Art and Design (General Foundation) course (apply for course WW12) or on successful completion of a recognised Foundation Course or equivalent (apply for course W100). This is normal for many art and design courses.

In the Art and Design (General Foundation) course you will learn the core values which will enrich and expand your personal visual language, preparing you nicely for a further 3 years in Fine Art.

Level 2

• Foundation of Contemporary Practice
• Technical skills and workshops
• An introduction to Critical and Contextual Studies

Level 2 broadens your understanding of the creative possibilities for personal development. We will also introduce you to the wide range of facilities we offer and you will begin technical training. You will also attend Contemporary Practice courses where you will begin to understand the practice of art in todays society.

Level 3

• Self-Directed Practice: Experimentation and Investigation
• Professional Practice Placement
• Elective modules such as Materiality and Meaning, Contemporary Portrait, Printmaking, Ephemeral Practices, etc
• Optional one semester of exchange study at an international institution

In level 3 you begin to take ownership of your own learning. You will develop a relevant programme of study and research with multi-disciplinary options. You will develop your professional knowledge and your technical ability. You will also be given the opportunity to take part in a cultural trip or an exchange programme to gain an understanding of art from a different country and widen your horizons.

Level 4

• Honours degree studies
• Professional Practice, Presentation and Exhibition
• Dissertation
• Degree Show Exhibition

In your final year you will work entirely on your own personal project. From start to finish you will create a work of art to professional levels. You will exhibit your project at the end of the year at the Dundee Degree Show. You will also complete a cohesive dissertation.

How you will be assessed

Work is assessed twice a year, at the end of each semester, while individual reviews offer the student additional guidance.

Audience

Who should study Fine Art? You:

• Artistic
• Creative
• Independent
• Imaginative
• visually stimulated
• experimental

You want to:

• develop your technical ability
• learn professional practices
• develop critical and self-critical understanding

Requirements

See Course Homepage for Full Details

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Dundee.