Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

This course requires students to develop practical and theoretical knowledge and understanding of: • Relevant materials, processes, technologies, and resources • How ideas, feelings, and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artifacts • How images and artifacts relate to the time and place in which they were made and to their social and cultural contexts • Continuity and change in different genres, styles, and traditions • A working vocabulary and specialist terminology. All universities recognize the course as an academic A level and allow for students considering a career in Art and for those wishing to develop their creative abilities. It may lead to an Art and Design Foundation Course followed by a Degree course in any area of art and design e.g. fine art, fashion and textile design, furniture and interior design, graphic design, media studies, architecture and landscape architecture, and many new expanding areas in the art industries.