COURSE: BACHELORS IN VISUAL ARTS

This degree offers professional training in the visual arts, and is aimed at students wanting to become professional artists or enter another art-related career. As the programme focuses strongly on practical application of techniques and skills, students are strongly advised to attend at least one workshop every semester. Workshops are usually held at least twice a year, for three to five days each, in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 years part time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Drawing


• Painting


• Sculpture


• Visual literacy


• Art today

Second year subjects:

• Graphic processes


• Visual arts


• Art and ideology


• Art and transcendence


• Art theory and criticism


• Art and patronage

Third year subjects:

• Professional art practice


• Visual Arts


• Art and ideology


• Art, craft and design


• Art theory and criticism


• Popular visual culture

Fourth year subjects:

• Professional art practice


• Visual Arts


• Contemporary international art

Careers: professional artist, art administrator, gallery curator, museum guide, art critic, art archivist.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za​​​