Fine Art (Extension Degree) BA (Hons) – (B.A.)

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As an Extension Degree student you will be integrated into the BA (Hons) Fine Art programme through the sharing of the mixed level studios and attendance at group presentations. This enables you to benefit from contact and shared activity with other students working across different levels. You are allocated a studio space, which forms the focal point of your activities, and you are assigned a Studio Practice tutor who will support and assess your progress. You take part in regular tutorials and studio seminars with staff and students and you are also introduced to a range of technical laboratories to support your work. A Critical Studies course designed specifically for the needs of the programme runs throughout the year. You attend lectures and seminars that introduce you to key issues and debates relevant to the understanding of contemporary art and you have seminars based on tutor-led visits to museums and galleries. This helps you to understand the context within which the work that you make is seen and understood. The course also helps you to become conversant with the various modes of writing that are used to discuss contemporary art.

English Language: If your first language is not English, the Extension year includes four hours a week of English for special purposes in classes tailor-made for art students; in some cases, and depending on your English proficiency, you may not have to take these. If you need to attend the classes, at the end of the year you take an English Language examination (English for Academic Purposes), which you need to pass to proceed to the next level of your degree.