BA (Honours) Creative Art Practice

Attendance

Part-time

Part-time – typically six years, maximum eight years

At a glance

About this course

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

Associated careers

This course helps you to develop a career as a professional visual artist working as a • painter • printmaker • sculptor • photographer.

Some of our previous art graduates now work in the visual arts as • curators • writers • managers • technicians • set designers • prop makers • art directors • animators.

Course content

Level one core modules

• drawing • printmaking • sculpture • painting • photography • art history and theory • study and professional development

Level one options
One from • option module • foreign language

Level two core modules

• advanced drawing
plus
two from • advanced printmaking • advanced sculpture • advanced painting • advanced photography

Level two options
One from • option module • foreign language

Level three core modules

• professional practice • final exhibition
plus
one from • specialist drawing • specialist printmaking • specialist sculpture • specialist painting • specialist photography

Assessment

• exhibition • portfolio • essay • visual and verbal presentation

Entry requirements

Normally one of the following

• 240 points from at least two GCE/VCE A levels or BTEC National qualifications including art and design or a media-related subject. 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, media or similar

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

• pre-2003 BTEC/SCOTVEC National Certificate/Diploma – overall pass in art or design

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

• Irish Leaving Certificate – four grade Cs at higher level including a relevant subject

• Access – an Access to HE Diploma from a QAA-recognised Access to HE course, preferably in an art or media-related programme, or an equivalent Access to HE certificate

• Foundation Diploma – pass in an art and design

We are looking for students with
• a passion for and awareness of fine art
• self-motivation
• creativity and visual awareness
• portfolios that include sketchbooks and project work
• 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 email aces-reception@shu.ac.uk