BA Fine Art (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
Applicants must achieve a minimum of 72 UCAS points for entry on to this course. UCAS Tariff points can be made up from a range of qualifications.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Fine Art, combining studio practice with art history and professional practice. Core topics include research methods, project management, critical and analytical thinking, ethics and professional practice, and design and creative practice. The final year includes a 5,000-word research project and a public exhibition in Liverpool. The programme is ranked 9th in the UK (The Guardian University Guide 2025).
Modules
- Contemporary Approaches to Fine Art
- Applications and Uses of Drawing
- Visual Awareness/Critical Skills in Relation to Studio Practice
- Methods and Practice
- Themes and Issues in Art History
- Art and Design History: Close Up Lecture
- Close up investigation of a single artwork or artefact incorporating both formal and contextual analysis
- Considering a range of diverse historical and cultural contexts for individual artworks, artefacts and practices
- Challenging the ’grand narratives’ of art history by drawing attention to marginalised areas of practice
- Workshop, studio or museum/gallery visits in order to handle and discuss materials/artefacts/artworks at first hand.
- Tutorial
- Establishing Autonomous Studio Practice
- Professional Practice
- Special Topics in Art History
- Tutorial
- Advanced Studio Practice
- Research Project/Studio
- Advanced Professional Practice
- Contemporary Curating: Display, Interpretation, Audiences
- Aesthetics
- Tutorial
- Research Project