BA Fine Art and History of Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
About this program
BA Fine Art and History of Art
This distinctive degree supports your individual concerns and development and enables you to navigate your way through theory and practice, various fine art media, and thematic strands within the study of art history and visual cultures.
Admission requirements
Our entry requirements for this programme are usually:
- Successful completion of three A-levels, International Baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification
- PLUS successful completion of an Art and Design Foundation diploma
- Portfolio of work
OR
Successful completion of a Foundation Diploma, BTEC Extended Diploma in Art and Design (completed by the end of the academic year preceding entry).
Please note, students applying directly from A-Levels who have not completed an Art and Design Foundation or BTEC Extended Diploma in Art and Design will not be eligible for this programme.
Mature students without formal qualifications who have relevant experience are also welcomed.
International qualifications
We also accept a wide range of international qualifications. Find out more about the qualifications we accept from around the world.
If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme. If you need assistance with your English language, we offer a range of courses that can help prepare you for degree-level study.
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Program content
Year 1
- Modernities
- Space and Time
- Beyond Boundaries
Year 2
Studio Practice in Year 2 begins to deal with more complex issues and a selective application of acquired knowledge and practical skills. It is a period of experimentation and synthesis, expanding and deepening your practice.
Your tutors assess your Studio Practice coursework continuously and you make a presentation of selected work for a viva voce in the third term, where you will be asked to discuss your work in depth.
History of Art in Year 2 will involve you taking two option modules. These currently include:
- Beckett & Aesthetics
- Cohabitations/Inhbitations
- Art and Technologies of the Image
- The Fact of Blackness
- Fashion as a Dialectical image
- Ornamentation & Materiality
- Museums, Galleries, Exhibitions
- Popular Modernism
- Patterns of Perception
- Postmodernities
- Radical Imagination & Speculative Voyages
- You will also take the following compulsory module.
- The Link
Year 3
Studio Practice at this level reflects an independent, self-motivated practice and your potential to work as an artist. You will demonstrate a high degree of understanding, critical awareness and independent judgement. At this level, you will have consolidated your practical and critical skills in preparation for the Final Exhibition and further independent practice.
Your tutors assess your Studio Practice coursework continuously and at the end of the year you mount an exhibition of your Studio Practice for assessment, which is then open to the public.
In History of Art you take 45 credits from a list of Special Subjects and option modules, or 15 credits from the list of Special Subjects and option modules, plus a dissertation of 8,000–10,000 words (30 credits).
You will also take the following compulsory module.
- The Link
- Animating Architecture
- Archive and Spectacle
- Film Fables
- Documentary Lives
- Landscape and Power
- Philosophy and...
- Sexual Poetics
- The Truth in Painting
- Research Architecture
- Counter Forensics
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Tuition
- Tuition fee for local students is £9250.
- Tuition fee for International students is £23870
Career paths
Many graduates have continued to be successful, practising artists long after graduating, winning major prizes and exhibiting around the world. The Turner Prize shortlist has consistently included at least one of our former undergraduates. Seven of the prize-winners have studied here: Grenville Davey, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Gillian Wearing, Steve McQueen, Mark Wallinger and Laure Prouvost.
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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