F2003 · Monash University · UG specialist
Bachelor of Fine Art
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
- Minimum ATAR
- —
- Full time
- 3 years
- Part time
- 6 years
- Credit points
- 144
- Campus
- Caulfield
- Mode
- On campus
Overview
This course will educate you in all aspects of creative visual practices and cultures and will also enable you to build a high level of expertise in one of two specialisations:
• Art history and curating
• Fine art
You will engage directly with professional artists as well as with practitioners from allied creative fields including art theory, administration, management, education, writing, design and the curatorial.
Art history and curating will prepare you to operate effectively within the expanded field of art history, criticism, curating and cultural production more generally. You will be able to situate fine art in relation to broad social, cultural, environmental, historical and theoretical developments, explore forms of writing about art and visual culture, and study curatorial theories and practice related to the presentation, interpretation and promotion of art works in exhibition settings. This specialisation is also available in a double degree course. You can develop your critical and curatorial practice and integrate this your expertise in the field of your second degree such as arts, business and media communication.
Fine art will prepare you for a career as a contemporary professional artist and will provide you with adaptable creative skills that open up a variety of career options in allied creative and professional fields. You can take an interdisciplinary approach and explore a range of media and techniques, across digital technologies, drawing, glass, installation, jewellery, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sound and video, or you can practice and focus on a single medium. This specialisation is also available in a double degree course.
Your engagement in the field of your second degree such as arts, business, education, or information technology will inform your artistic production. You may also choose to share your artistic creativity and passion through a professional career in teaching by enrolling in the double degree with education.
First-year units
Level 1 units every student in this course takes or chooses from.
- AHT1101Renaissance to romanticismThis unit introduces you to the history of art from the Renaissance to Romanticism. Key historical and theoretical topics from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries will be explored, such as: the rise of the artist and the emergence of…
- AHT1102Modernism and the avant-gardeIn this unit, you will explore major movements in Modern Art from 1850 to 1960, including Impressionism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism and Pop Art. You will investigate key artworks, artists and art-historical texts that have s…
- BLK1000Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowingThe word 'Blak' by Kuku and Erub/Mer multi-disciplinary artist Destiny Deacon differentiates itself from 'Black' as it enables Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a collective identifier to express and locate themselves to.…
- DWG1201Drawing: IntroductionAn intensive program facilitating the acquisition and development of practical and intellectual skills required by art and design students in the practice of drawing. This unit explores the ways drawing methodologies can contribute to the d…
- OHS1000Introduction to art and design health and safetyThis is an online module in Moodle. A quick and easy introduction to occupational health, safety and environmental training within the context of courses and units offered by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.
- FNA1111Studio practices 1This studio introduces you to a wide spectrum of contemporary art practices and interdisciplinary methods. You will experiment with image making and sculptural forming processes across our studio workshop areas. From these experiments you w…
- FNA1112Studio practices 2This studio unit builds on the foundations of Studio 1 by extending your conceptual and technical exploration. You will refine your use of diverse mediums and start producing more resolved works. Ethical and sustainable approaches are intro…
Course structure
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Rules for completing this course
The course comprises 144 credit points of which 96 credit points are focussed on the study of Fine art and 48 credit points are free electives. Elective units may be at any level, however, no more than 60 credit points are to be completed at Level 1 in the Bachelor of Fine Art. You must complete 144 credit points comprising: - 96 credit points of study from Fine art; and - 48 credit points of free electives. You must ensure that you complete no more than 10 units (60 credit points) at Level 1 and at least 24 credit points at Level 3 or higher.
Part A. Critical contexts
24 cpYou must complete the following units
Part B. Disciplinary practices
6 cpYou must complete the following two units
Part C. Studio practices
54 cpYou must complete the following units
Part D. Discipline electives
12 cpYou must complete 12 credit points of Fine Art practical elective units. This can include the following faculty internship unit.
- ADA3406Work integrated learning placement6 cp
Part E. Free electives
48 cpDeepen your knowledge by selecting electives from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, including gaining workplace experience by selecting an internship unit as an elective and enriching your degree by using free electives for Monash Abroad opportunities: https://www.monash.edu/mada/current-students/course-information/electives. Alternatively, you may choose to select electives from across the university (provided you satisfy the unit rules) to broaden your interdisciplinary perspectives.