COURSE: BA IN FINE ARTS

This package focuses on the main disciplines in Fine Arts i.e. Painting, Sculpture, Graphic printmaking, Drawing and New Media. Graduates qualify as professional artists. The package is aimed at the promotion of aesthetic awareness and the broadening of visual thinking within the community. The package also incorporates art management, art communication and training, digital training and the use of artists materials, media and techniques.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• Information literacy


• Academic literacy


• History of art


• Fine arts


• Professional art practice


• Visual communication

Second year subjects:

• History of art


• Fine arts


• Professional art practice


• Visual communication

Third year subjects:

• History of art


• Fine arts


• Professional art practice


• Visual communication

Fourth year subjects:

• Fine arts


• Visual communication

Careers: artist, painter, sculptor.

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