Борнмутский университет искусств, BA (Hons), Fine Art

Level 4

Your first year builds upon your previous learning; you’ll experiment broadly and acquire new skills and knowledge, from a combination of both practice and theory sessions.

You’ll attend various workshops, learn about curating and exhibit your work. An important part of the first year is helping you to confidently speak and write about your work. In the final unit of this year, you will define your practice and determine which areas you wish to specialise in.

You’ll work in a mixed practice studio.

Level 5

Your second year encourages you to examine the positioning of your work within the Fine Art industries and to consider its relationship to audiences.

At the beginning of Level 5, you’ll decide where to locate your practice and which practical working zone of the course to locate yourself in. You can also move between zones.

You’ll continue to improve your practical skills whilst simultaneously clarifying the research questions you are investigating.

You’ll have opportunities to study abroad and participate in challenging projects.We encourage work experience in this year if you decide to opt for the independent study unit. Your research into career options and professional practice will also begin.

Level 6

In your third year, you’ll continue to develop and refine your understanding of your own practice, specifically the Fine Art discipline, the language it operates within and how it is interpreted by viewers.

This is the crucial year where you consolidate your previous experience and experiments and pursue a focused practice. This is celebrated in your two degree exhibitions, one at AUB and one in London, allowing your work to be viewed by hundreds of people and giving you a springboard into professional life.

• High School Attestat + Foundation Diploma at Art and Design at Pass.
• IELTS minimum overall score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, speaking, listening).

The course considers fine art in its widest sense, this means you can test out many different approaches or choose to specialise in one. Experimental workshops in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, video, digital media and sonic arts provide you with a solid foundation in testing the physical and conceptual potential of materials that you can then develop further.

Regular lectures, group critiques, artist talks, study visits and independent study all assist in developing your practical and critical skills. AUB has an outstanding teaching team of permanent tutors, technicians and visiting professional artists who are on-hand to assist you and develop the work that you make.

Why choose this course?

• You will become a part of a supportive community of ambitious artists, and will have the option to engage in international and national exhibition and residency projects. We currently have opportunities in Amsterdam, Milan, Antwerp and London.
• Our course fosters a flexible and entrepreneurial attitude by encouraging the consideration of the broader cultural environment, to help you understand your place within it. You will leave as an independent thinker with confidence in your own practice.
• Highly motivated graduates from this course go on to become leading contributors in a variety of fine art disciplines, whether as the next generation of contemporary artists, inspiring teachers, curators, or as assistants to renowned artists.