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University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts

The Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts in Arts is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Subjects: 20.

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

The BA Fine Arts degree combines fine art studio practice with academic study in Art History, Theory, and Criticism.

Explore all aspects of contemporary fine art.

Painting, sculpture, photography, print-making, video, installation, and digital media form the core of the studio programme, which is supplemented by a course in Professional Practice and Curating, along with a number of interdisciplinary options from other courses in the WSoA.

Curriculum

First year

• Fine Arts I
• Film, Visual and Performing Arts I

one of the following:

• Concepts in Theatre and Performance IA and IB
• Drawing and Contemporary Practice IA and IB
• Music Literacies and Skills IA and IB
• Performance Studies IA and IB

two BA semester coursesORone BA year course

Second year

• Fine Arts II
• History of Art II

one of the following:

• Design and Production IIA and IIB

AND

• Writing IIA and IIB
• Drawing and Contemporary Practice IIA and IIB
• Performance Studies IIA and IIB

ORTwo BA semester coursesORone BA year course

Third year

• Fine Arts III
• History of Art III

two of the following:

• Introduction to the World Wide Web as a Creative Medium
• Introduction to Principles of Animation
• Drawing and Contemporary Practice IIIA and IIIB
• Theories of Art
• Design IIIA and IIIB

Fourth year

• Fine Arts IV
• Critical Theories and Visual Cultures
• Research Project

one of the following:

• Professional Practice
• Applied Concepts in Networked Digital Media
• Introduction to 3D Computer-Based Animation
• Design IV
• Key Moments in 20th Century Arts:
  • Tradition and Innovation
  • Memory and Visual Culture