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Course
code: 2119
Campus and modes of offering: Caulfield campus. Internal mode.
The
Bachelor of Fine Art is a three-year degree program of education within the
discipline and practice of the fine arts. A fourth year of honours studies is
available for students of merit to pursue specialist study and research.
The fine arts are involved with perception and imagination, aesthetics and
social and cultural issues: they frequently concern cultural and philosophical
inquiry (such as mainstream and marginality), but are often practiced solely as
an expression of intellectual or spiritual freedom.
The fine arts have a rich and long history intimately bound up with the history
of ideas and the evolution of societies and civilisations. Within the
contemporary era they range across a diversity of multidisciplinary activities
and concepts that challenge the traditional boundaries of media and cultures
and develops new modes of perception and understanding and expression.
The fine art studio subjects include painting, printmaking, sculpture,
tapestry, conceptual practice, photomedia and digital art and are supported by
specialist subjects in drawing, professional practice and the theory of art and
design. Elective offerings open up possibilities of studying media and ideas
beyond the chosen specialisation.
To
educate graduates who have:
1 a knowledge and understanding of the discipline of the fine
arts;
2 a strong focus in a particular medium of the fine arts;
3 the ability to undertake sustained studio practice;
4 concepts and skills pertinent to their chosen medium;
5 the capability to assess critically contemporary discourse on
fine art;
6 knowledge, understanding and imagination in aesthetics, history,
theory and cultural issues;
7 the ability to evolve their own aims, interests and vision, to be
expressed through their studio work;
8 the initiative to work independently.
For the honours degree, the same objectives as the pass degree with the
addition of:
9 the capability to practice at a professional level in their
studio medium;
10 understanding of research issues and concepts and their
application in the fine arts;
11 an advanced understanding of the discipline of the fine arts and
the ability to position their studio practice critically within it.
The course provides a strong focus of fine art activity oriented to the student's chosen studio. The course is structured to give students the following areas of study:
The major studio are offered at each year stage. Subjects commence at a basic level of understanding and progress to the achievement of a high level of competence. The knowledge and capabilities acquired in the other subjects of the course are progressively incorporated into the work of the major studio subjects. The course provides the following major studios:
Students take sixty-six credit points in the major studio. In order to permit the possibility of movement between studios at the end of first year (subject to selection), without requiring a repeat of first-year studies, the credit point requirement for graduation in a studio major is fifty-four credit points.
Students study theory, context and cultural aspects of art and design. Twelve credit points are taken in core subjects in the first year of study and a further twelve credit points are taken in elective theory subjects in the second and third years of study.
All students take a professional practice subject. A number of other Professional practice subjects are available as elective subjects including 'Accounting', 'Intellectual property', and 'Administration and marketing in art and design'.
Students take two compulsory six credit-point subjects in the first year. These studies are concerned with the development of perception and visual concepts using drawing. It is anticipated that all students will take further studies in the drawing studio - up to eighteen credit points may be taken this way.
This is a preferred elective strand and it is anticipated that most students will at minimum take the subject 'Digital imaging 1'. Students are expected to have taken a basic computing course prior to enrolment in 'Digital imaging 1'.
Elective studies are selected in consultation with the course coordinator. Subjects will generally be taken from those available within the Faculty of Art and Design. However, subjects elsewhere in the university are also available. As well as the drawing and digital imaging electives, it is likely that many students may also wish to take photomedia and/or other studio studies, and visual communication. A typical program for the balance of the electives might include:
Total: thirty-six credit points.
This one-year course provides intensive study in the student's selected area of studio practice. This is supported by theory and elective studies.
The student's study program is developed in conjunction with the course coordinator. Practice is closely linked to the research methods and seminar studies provided in the theory program.
The program reviews research concepts and methodologies and develops student's capability to apply them both theoretically and in their studio practice.
Selected in consultation with the course coordinator. These may provide support for the students major studio studies or honours project, address areas complementary to the students previous studies or address issues relevant to the students career objectives.
Three years of full-time study. The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight (contact and non-contact) with appropriate adjustment for any part-time study. An eighty per cent attendance record for studios, lectures, seminars etc. is required before a student may present for assessment in any subject. Exceptions will be subject to the approval of the course coordinator.
One year of full-time study, or two years part-time. Workload as for the pass degree.
The course will be offered through the VTAC system. Entry on the basis of portfolio, interview and ENTER. Students must have completed English units three and four with an average grade of at least C. Applications will also be considered on the basis of other qualifications assessed as equivalent to the VCE.
Completion of the Bachelor of Fine Art or the Bachelor of Visual Arts with a major study in one of the studio areas of the Bachelor of Fine Art or equivalent pass degrees, at a credit level average or higher. Depending upon the number of places available, students may also be required to submit a portfolio of studio work for selection into the course.
Credit will be granted for equivalent studies completed elsewhere at approved institutions. Advanced standing in the course for students who have completed part of similar courses at Australian or international universities will be considered up to a maximum of two years and in accordance with other regulations of Monash University. Each application for credit or advanced standing will be considered on its own merits.
No credit or advanced standing will be provided in this course.
For students with Australian residency, these courses falls within the lowest band of HECS liability. The fee for international students will be set by the vice-chancellor from time to time, and is currently $12,500 per annum.
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