F2003 Bachelor of Fine Art

The course develops through theme studies in history and theory, drawing, and fine art knowledge and practice. In the art history and curating specialisation, these will come together through an internship and a final research project. In the fine art and visual arts specialisations, these will come together in the form of a graduand exhibition normally developed during the final two studio units in the third year of the course.

Part A. History and theory studies

History and theory units will equip you with the skills necessary to research fine arts issues and provide the research methods relevant to your studio or workshop practice. They will enable you to contextualise your own practice and communicate ideas and strategies. Through the prism of history, as well as reference to bodies of knowledge relevant to cultural production, you will begin to situate the place of art in society.

Part B. Drawing foundation

This will assist you to develop the perceptual, practical and intellectual skills required by art, design and architecture students in the discipline of drawing.

Part C. Fine art knowledge and practice

Through this component of the course you will develop key skills and concepts particular to your fine art specialisation. Through lectures and seminars, studios or practice driven workshops, you will develop the capacity for independent cultural production within fine art and related fields. Interdisciplinary skills and practices will be explored in conjunction with critical thinking. Students specialising in art history and curating will have the opportunity to interact with topics and students from a range of relevant fields in the arts. Students specialising in visual arts will engage with and integrate specific professional fields from related areas into their practice.

Part D. Occupational health and safety study

This will introduce you to occupational health, safety and environmental training particularly within the context of studying art, design and architecture.

Part E. Free elective study

Electives will enable you to further develop your knowledge of fine arts, or to select units from across the faculty or the University (in which you are eligible to enrol).

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

The course comprises 144 points, of which 96 points are focussed on the study of fine art and 48 points are free electives. The course develops through theme studies in: A. History and theory, B. Drawing, and C. Fine art knowledge and practice. In the art history and curating specialisation, these will come together through an internship and a final research project. In the fine art and visual arts specialisations, these will come together in the form of a graduand exhibition normally developed during the final two studio units in the third year of the course.

You must ensure that you complete no more than 10 units (60 points) at level 1 and at least 24 points at level 3 or higher.

Units are 6 credit points unless otherwise stated.

Part A. History and theory studies (78 points for art history and curating, 18 points for fine art, 24 points for visual arts)

Art history and curating (78 points)

You must complete:

• AHT1101 Introduction to the history and theory of art, design and architecture
• AHT1102 Modernism and the avant-garde
• AHT1202 Introduction to curating
• AHT2102 Post-war practices 1945-1990
• AHT2301/AHT3301 Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowing or AHT2740/AHT3740 Australian art 
• AHT2712 Curating: Histories and theories
• AHT2722 Curating practices
• AHT3001 Art writing and criticism

and five additional art history and theory units from:

• AHT2011/AHT3011 Baroque to enlightenment: European art before modernism
• AHT2025/AHT3025 The body in contemporary art
• AHT2031/AHT3031 World wide: art beyond the Western canon
• AHT2105/AHT3105 Contemporary international art
• AHT2130/AHT3130 Renaissance to Baroque: Italian art and architecture in context*
• AHT2137/AHT3137 Art and the moving image
• AHT2138/AHT3138 Space, place and society
• AHT2301/AHT3301 Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowing**
• AHT2440/AHT3440 Photography: History and theory
• AHT2530/AHT3530 Neo-Baroque aesthetics: History and theory
• AHT2740/AHT3740 Australian art**
• AHT2882/AHT3882 Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions

* Taught in Prato, Italy

** If not completed previously.

Fine art (18 points)

You must complete:

• AHT1101 Introduction to the history and theory of art, design and architecture
• AHT1102 Modernism and the avant-garde
• AHT2102 Post-war practices 1945-1990

Visual arts (24 points)

You must complete:

• AHT1101 Introduction to the history and theory of art, design and architecture
• AHT1102 Modernism and the avant-garde
• AHT2102 Post-war practices 1945-1990
• one additional unit (6 points) from art history and theory AHT-coded units listed above or any other AHT unit as long as you have the prerequisites and there are no restrictions on admission to the unit

Part B. Drawing foundation (6 points)

You must complete:

• DWG1201 Drawing 1

Part C. Fine art knowledge and practice (12 points for art history and curating, 72 points for fine art, 66 points for visual arts)

Art history and curating (12 points)

You must complete (12 points):

• PHO1204 Digital imaging for contemporary art
• AHT3150 Project studies
• AHT4406 Curating internship (0 points)

Fine art (72 points)

You must complete:

• FNA1111 Contemporary practices 1 (12 points)
• FNA1112 Contemporary practices 2 (12 points)
• FNA2111 Contemporary practices 3 (12 points)
• FNA2112 Contemporary practices 4 (12 points)
• FNA3111 Contemporary practices 5 (12 points)
• FNA3112 Contemporary practices 6 (12 points)

Visual arts (66 points)

You must complete:

• VPR1011 Visual practices 1
• VPR1012 Visual practices 2
• VPR1113 Research practices
• VPR2011 Professional practice
• VPR2012 Research practices advanced
• VPR3011 Professional practice advanced
• VPR3012 Visual practices 3 (12 points)

and three units (18 points) from the following fine art workshops in drawing, film, glass, jewellery, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture:

• DWG2501 Drawing: Landscape, space and environment
• DWG2504 Drawing: Advanced studies 1
• DWG2506 Drawing: Social based strategies
• DWG2507 Drawing: Conceptual studies 1
• DWG2508 Drawing: Conceptual studies 2
• DWG2509 Drawing: The body 1
• DWG2511 Drawing: Anatomy 1
• DWG3516 Drawing: Anatomy 2
• DWG3518 Drawing: Advanced studies 2
• DWG3519 Drawing: The body 2
• FNA2003 3D digital modelling for artists
• FNA2903 Art and design in film
• FNA3903 Film practice
• GLS1211 Contemporary glass practices
• GLS2213 Contemporary glass sculpture
• JWL1311 Jewellery practice and theory 1
• JWL1312 Jewellery practice and theory 2
• JWL2313 Jewellery practice and theory 3
• JWL2314 Jewellery practice and theory 4
• PHO1203 Photographic imaging
• PHO1204 Digital imaging for contemporary art
• PHO2202 Advanced digital photography
• PHO2204 Video art and the moving image 1
• PHO2207 Photographic processes
• PHO2208 Photo light studio
• PRM1001 The contemporary print: Etching and relief printmaking
• PRM1511 Artists' books
• PRM2401 Screenprinting and the contemporary poster
• PRM2512 Artists' books 2
• PTG1001 Painting introduction: Materials and methods
• PTG2031 Abstraction and non-objective painting
• PTG2032 Painting: Installation and the expanded field
• PTG2033 Representational painting: Narrative and figuration
• PTG2034 Sound in the space of art
• PTG2035 Interventions: Feminist and conceptual practices
• SCU1021 Contemporary casting
• SCU1022 Sculptural construction: Woodworking and welding
• SCU2021 Advanced moulding and casting
• SCU2022 Site specificity: Sculptural and installation interventions

Part D. Occupational health and safety study (0 points)

You must complete:

• OHS1000 Introduction to art and design health and safety

Part E. Free elective study (48 points)

Electives may be chosen from units available in the Bachelor of Fine Art course. Elective units may also be used to sample from across the faculty and University, or to complete a major or minors from another course as long as you have the prerequisites and there are no restrictions on enrolment in the units.

Free electives can be identified using the [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search][browse units]] tool and [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/][indexes of units]] in the current edition of the Handbook. [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-bydomain_type-major.html][Majors]] and [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-bydomain_type-minor.html][minors]] can also be identified using the Handbook indexes. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3. You may need permission from the owning faculty to enrol in some units taught by other faculties.

If you are in a double degree course, some units required for the other degree are credited as electives towards the visual arts degree.