Course code: 0308
The Department of Fine Art offers a three-year full-time Bachelor of Arts course in painting, printmaking, sculpture and tapestry, with support in drawing, history of art and aesthetics.
The fine arts are disciplines that require and uphold freedom of thought and expression. Contemporary practitioners are expected to seek and define their own areas of interest and develop forms that enable their concerns to reach the fullest expression. These concerns may be of a philosophical, social, psychological, personal or aesthetic nature.
The course seeks:
Applicants will be required to attend an interview and present a folio. All applicants must contact the office of the Department of Fine Art by the end of September, to arrange an interview (telephone (61) (3) 9903 2815 or (61) (3) 9903 2711). Interviews and folio presentation will be held in December. Applicants will be notified of interview arrangements by mail.
Full attendance in all relevant studio and non-studio units is expected of students.
Progression through the course will depend on the successful completion of each semester or year. If a student fails in a single subject, the examination panel will decide, at its discretion, whether that student has failed or completed the year successfully. However the failed subject must be satisfactorily completed as recommended by the examining panel. Only in exceptional circumstances will a student who has failed in a subject be allowed to undertake more advanced studies; this will be subject to the approval of the head of the department together with the director of the College of Art and Design.
1 All studio subjects are assessed by a panel at the completion of each semester. A mark of up to 40 per cent is awarded for the first semester, with the remaining mark of up to 60 per cent awarded at the completion of the academic year.
2 A candidate's progression through the course is dependent on the successful completion of each semester and year, except in the case of a candidate who has achieved at least a credit in the major studio subject, but has failed one other subject, who after making application to the chairman may be granted a pass on the year in that subject. A pass on the year is granted only on conditions agreed by the college board and is available only once during a candidate's course of study.
In the first year of the course students must study two of the following subjects: painting, printmaking, sculpture or tapestry. One of these subjects must be a major study and the other a submajor study. In second and third year only one subject is studied as a major in greater depth. Drawing is considered a fundamental discipline common to all major-study areas and maintains a prominent position throughout the three years of the course. History of art is taught at all levels of the fine art program. It provides the student with an historical and contemporary perspective of the role of the arts in various cultures. There is an annual exhibition of the work of all final year degree students.
First year
Major studies - one only
Major studies - one only
Major studies - one only
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