MArt Fine Art

Attendance

Part-time

Typically eight years part-time

At a glance

About this course

Our MArt combines undergraduate and postgraduate study in a single course. It is informed by critical theory and research, and includes an industry placement or international exchange.

In your first level we introduce you to various approaches to fine art production and thinking through • lectures • tutorials • group critiques • seminars • reading groups • specialist workshops.

We encourage you to question and challenge existing practices and develop approaches of your own.

Practical workshops introduce you to skills in • drawing • printmaking • painting • photography • sculpture • video • audio • film • performance • digital imagery.

From day one, all your work ideas and direction come from you, with support from tutorials, seminars and critiques. In the second year, we encourage you to take creative risks, push your practice and your contextual understanding, and help you exhibit and articulate your work.

You take advanced workshops and sessions on exhibition theory and practice, to prepare you for the professional world of art exhibiting.

In the third level, we combine BA and MA teaching with the emphasis moving towards research and professional practice. You take an optional module from writing art, curating art or art in space and place, and prepare for professional placement exchange.

In the final level, you spend the first half on placement or international exchange. During the second part you develop your final exhibition of work.

We try to offer all applicants an interview, where geographically possible. We like to see samples of your work. Provided you meet our minimum entry requirements, we base our offer on your application, interview and work portfolio.

Come and see for yourself
We welcome visitors between October and Easter. You can bring a selection of work with you and discuss how you might prepare for an interview. Please visit the Sheffield Institute of Arts open days for dates and details of how to register.

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

Associated careers

When you graduate from this course, you have the skills and confidence to exploit work opportunities in fine art and art-related culture.

Many of our graduates become artists. However some of our recent graduates have developed careers in commercial and public arts sectors such as • film directing • producing • editing • sound recording • lighting • camera.

Some work in the visual arts as • curators • writers • managers • technicians. Others work in the performing arts as • performance artists • actors • set designers • prop makers.

Some graduates have become successful • comedians • novelists • scriptwriters • art directors • animators • musicians.

You can also become a teacher or art therapist after further training.

There are opportunities to register for further study at MPhil/PhD level with our Art and Design Research Centre.

Course content

Level one modules

• associated studies • studio and workshop practice • contemporary cultures • contextual study for contemporary art

Level two modules

• contemporary art studio, workshop and exhibition practice • contemporary art theory • contextual analysis for contemporary art

Level three core modules

• research methods and directions • art practice • professional practice 1

Level three options

One from • writing art • curating art • art in space and place

Level four modules

• professional practice 2 – placement or international exchange • advanced art practice

Assessment

• exhibition • studio work • essays • assessed seminars • report

Entry requirements

A portfolio of creative work including sketchbooks and project work available for consideration at interview, plus one of the following

• 240 points from at least two GCE/VCE A levels or BTEC National qualifications including art and design. AS levels and Key Skills may count towards these points.

• pre-2002 A levels – 18 points from two relevant A levels, one of which should be art or similar

• GNVQ – advanced level 3 merit plus an A level or AS level in a relevant subject

• Scottish Highers – 240 tariff points from at least four Highers to include a relevant subject

• Access – an Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level 3 from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, in an art and design-related programme, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate

• Foundation Diploma – pass in art and design

We are looking for students with
• a passion for and awareness of fine art
• self-motivation
• creativity and visual awareness
• the ability to develop ideas

If English is not your first language you need an IELTS score of at least 6.0.

Fees

Home and EU students

2013/14 academic year

Typically £4,500 a year

How to apply

Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form

Contact details

For further information please contact the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield S1 1WB. Phone +44 (0)114 225 2646, fax +44 (0)114 225 3433 or e-mail aces-reception@shu.ac.uk