Fine Art (Extended Degree) Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

If you want to pursue a creative degree at Arts University Plymouth but feel you have yet to acquire the experience and range of skills necessary, our Extended BA programme will prepare you for entry to one of our BA (Hons) undergraduate courses.

What is Extended BA?\
Our Extended BA (Hons) Degrees offers a unique four-year route for students aiming to delve into the diverse realm of art, design, and media. This programme provides an initial exploratory year, where you'll cultivate insight into various creative skills and approaches, laying a robust foundation before advancing to a specialised degree of your choice. Whether you're returning to education after a hiatus or entering without formal qualifications, our Extended BA equips you with the requisite skills, knowledge, and experience to secure a place in our full undergraduate program.

Our Intensive Extended Degree program is a dynamic blend of lectures, workshops, and practical studio sessions designed to challenge and inspire. Our diverse student body spans from fresh-faced eighteen-year-olds to seasoned creatives in their seventies, fostering a rich collaborative environment. With the freedom to take risks and experiment, you'll develop a diverse skill set through hands-on experimentation with materials, processes, and methodologies. This transformative journey hones critical skills essential for degree-level study, expanding your proficiency in drawing, visual research, contextual studies, digital imaging, and design methods. Gain invaluable experience in a supportive atmosphere that encourages creativity, collaboration, and innovation.

Our BA (Hons) Fine Art course is rigorous and questioning, encouraging an ambitious diversity of approaches in thinking and making. We promote an interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary art, where you will gain skills to critically question and actively create.

The course provides opportunities for working collaboratively, deepening cultural understanding and exploring new processes in workshops, within a learning environment that provides a meaningful link between your studio practice and contemporary art theory.

### At a glance

* Degree: BA (Hons) Fine Art

* UCAS codes: 3-year degree W101 / 4-year extended degree W103

* Typical UCAS points: 104–120

### What you’ll learn and how you’ll study

You’ll participate in workshops that allow you to explore new processes while connecting studio practice with contemporary art theory.

Workshops include opportunities across drawing, sound, glass, installation, video, clay, performance, painting, scale and sculpture, projection mapping, wood, printmaking and critical writing.

You can also explore 3D casting in plaster, alginate and rubber, alongside traditional sculptural practices.

### Why choose this course?

* Our course prioritises contemporary art practice and critical enquiry. As a studio-centred, interdisciplinary programme, it allows you the freedom to work in any medium at any stage, offering the flexibility to shape your own professional journey.

* Partnerships with ambitious and contemporary art spaces, such as our on-site gallery, MIRROR, and our neighbours, The Box. We think beyond our walls and you will get to test, experiment and exhibit work in real-life professional art settings.

* Access to industry connections including: KARST, The Box, Sprite Arts Collective, Plymouth Culture, RAAM, Heart for Art, Stoke Village Hub, MIRROR gallery, WonderZoo, Yourway Project and Make Tank.

### Careers and future opportunities

Career opportunities include: Professional Artists, Curators, Producers, Arts Facilitators, Exhibition Organisers, Digital Content Creators, Art Therapists, Researchers, Photographers, Lecturers and Teachers, Art Conservators and Framers, Art Handlers, Gallery Owners or Curators, Studio Assistants, Technicians, Directors, Printmakers, Writers and Directors of Artist-run Spaces.