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Learning outcomes & discipline specific guidance

Fine Art guidance


New BA (Hons) Fine Art units: 

  1. Fine Art 1.1: Fine Art Practices; Studios 2D & 3D (FA4SSD)
  2. Fine Art 1.2: Fine Art Practices; Studio 4D (FA4SOD)
  3. Fine Art 1.3: Materials and Making (FA4MAM)
  4. Fine Art 2.1: Ideas, Research and Writing (FA5IRW)
  5. Fine Art 2.2 Experimental Encounters (FA5EES)
  6. Fine Art 2.3 Presenting the Narrative (FA5PTN)
  7. Fine Art 3.1: Practice and Research (FA6PAR)
  8. Fine Art 3.2 External Projects (FA6EPS)
  9. Fine Art 3.3 Major Project (FA6MPT) 
Teach Out BA (Hons) Fine Art units: 

  1. Drawing 1: Exploring Drawing Media (DR4EDM) - See Drawing guidance
  2. Painting 1: Understanding Painting Media (PT4UPM) - See Painting guidance
  3. Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking (PM4PMI) - See Printmaking guidance
  4. Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D (SC4SCL) - See Sculpture guidance
  5. Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture (AH4UVC) - See Visual Studies guidance
  6. Drawing 2: Investigating Drawing (DR5DRA) - See Drawing guidance
  7. Drawing 2: A Personal Approach to Drawing (DR5PAD) - See Drawing guidance
  8. Painting 2: Studio Practice (PT5STP) - See Painting guidance
  9. Printmaking 2: Developing your Style (PM5PMD) - See Printmaking guidance
  10. Sculpture 2: Studio Practice (SC5STP) - See Sculpture guidance
  11. Visual Studies 2: Understanding Visual Culture (AH5UVC) - See Visual Studies guidance
  12. Fine Art 3: Advanced Practice (FA6APR) 
  13. Fine Art 3: Research (FA6RES) 
  14. Fine Art 3: Sustaining your Practice (FA6SYP)

Assessment requirements

When considering the learning outcomes for your course unit, it is important to know what you are being asked to submit. These are known as your assessment requirements. In summary, these will include: 

  1. A selection of learning log entries evidencing the connections between your coursework and learning outcomes. 
  2. A selection of creative work, such as a portfolio, or other presentation of your final or strongest pieces. 
  3. Any critical reviews, essays, or other written reports. 
  4. A reflective presentation or evaluation reflecting on your work and learning journey as a whole. This will either take the form of a 6 minute presentation, or a 750 word written evaluation. 
  5. Your tutor reports. You should have received five or six reports, depending upon your course unit, from your tutor.

Additional advice for Fine Art students 

At HE6

Research 

  1. A selection of Learning Log entries documenting and reflecting on practice and research activities in relation to learning outcomes. Please provide between 2 to 3 learning log entries for each learning outcome. In selecting your learning log entries, ensure you have articulated the journey of your developing research as you refine your writing. This may include examples of your visual work where it has featured in your Research unit learning log as a means to articulate the synthesis between your visual and written work. 
  2. Project Proposal of 1000 words 
  3. Extended written project or Dissertation of 5000 words 
  4. Reflective Presentation / Evaluation (written or presentation) of 750 words or 6 minutes presentation 
Advanced Practice 

  1. A selection of Learning Log entries documenting and reflecting on practice and research activities in relation to learning outcomes. Please provide between 2 to 3 learning log entries for each learning outcome. Try to include sketchbook work and the journey of how you developed your final pieces.
  2. A selection of creative work, demonstrating resolved pieces. Please also include some relevant developmental work demonstrating how you have refined your ideas. 
  3. A selection of written work of 1000 words 
  4. 4. Reflective Presentation / Evaluation (written or presentation) of 750 words or 6 minutes presentation 
Sustaining your Practice 

  1. A selection of Learning Log entries documenting and reflecting on practice and research activities in relation to learning outcomes. Please provide between 2 to 3 learning log entries for each learning outcome. Try to include sketchbook work and the journey of how you developed your final pieces.
  2. Practice Plan of 1250 words or 10 minutes presentation
  3. A selection of creative work, that evidences your final body of work and its presentation. 
  4. Reflective Presentation / Evaluation (written or presentation) of 750 words or 6 minutes presentation