Program Overview

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Programme: BA (Fine Arts) Fine Arts

The BA (Fine Arts) programme focuses on the main disciplines in fine arts, including painting, sculpture, graphic printmaking, drawing, and new media, as well as the theories and concepts of art. Graduates qualify as professional artists. The programme aims to promote aesthetic awareness and broaden visual, critical, and creative thinking. It also incorporates art management, art communication and marketing, digital training, and the use of a wide range of artists' materials, media, and techniques.

Programme Information

• Duration of study: 4 years
• Total credits: 633
• The programme is aimed at the promotion of aesthetic awareness and the broadening of visual, critical, and creative thinking.

Admission Requirements

• Candidates who achieved an APS of 30 in Grade 11 and comply with the minimum subject requirements and achievement levels of these study programmes will automatically be granted placement in the study programmes, subject to the availability of space.
• To retain admission, learners will be expected to obtain an APS of at least 28 in Grade 12.
• Prospective students who have already been granted provisional admission in these study programmes but obtained at least an APS of 27 in Grade 12 will be considered by the Admission Committee, should space be available.
• The Faculty will assess satisfactory performance in the NBT in the light of its commitment to ensure that an appropriate proportion of the applicants will be drawn from the historically disadvantaged category of the population.
• Applicants with an APS of 30 but who do not comply with the subject requirements must write the NBT.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• An APS of 30, as well as Departmental selection, is required for BA (Fine Arts).

Additional Requirements

• Departmental selection is necessary prior to admission to this programme.
• Although Art as a Grade 12 subject is not a requirement, a candidate must be able to demonstrate his/her creative potential and commitment to the chosen field of study.
• Candidates are therefore required to submit a portfolio of work for a merit selection review and, if invited, undergo a series of tests and be interviewed by a selection committee.
• A student who chooses this programme must work in an appropriate design studio, approved by the coordinator, for at least six weeks during the third and fourth years.

Other Programme-Specific Information

• Students who are deemed NOT to be at risk of their level of academic literacy are exempted from ALL 110 and ALL 125.

Promotion to Next Study Year

Promotion to the Second Year of Study

• Pass: BKK 100, VIT 100, VKK 111, 121, and 123.

Promotion to the Third Year of Study

• Pass: BKK 200, VKK 211 and 222.

Promotion to the Fourth Year of Study

• Pass: BKK 300, VKK 311 and 321.

Pass with Distinction

• The degree is awarded with distinction to a candidate who obtains at least 75% in BKK 400 and in VKK 401.

Fundamental Modules

• VKK 111: Visual culture studies 111
• AIM 101: Academic information management 101
• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ALL 110: Academic literacy 110
• ALL 125: Academic literacy for Humanities 125
• UPO 101: Academic orientation 101

Core Modules

Year 1

• BKK 100: Fine arts (1) 100
• VIT 100: Professional art practice (1) 100
• VKK 121: Visual culture studies 121
• VKK 123: Visual culture studies 123

Year 2

• BKK 200: Fine arts (2) 200
• VIT 200: Professional art practice (2) 200
• VKK 211: Visual culture studies 211
• VKK 221: Visual culture studies 221
• VKK 222: Visual culture studies 222

Year 3

• BKK 300: Fine arts (3) 300
• VIT 300: Professional art practice (3) 300
• VKK 311: Visual culture studies 311
• VKK 321: Visual culture studies 321
• VKK 322: Visual culture studies 322

Year 4

• BKK 400: Fine arts (4) 400
• VKK 401: Contemporary discourses in fine arts 401

Elective Modules

• AFR 110: Afrikaans 110
• AFR 120: Afrikaans 120
• APL 110: Anthropology 110
• APL 120: Anthropology 120
• ENG 110: English 110
• ENG 120: English 120
• FIL 110: Philosophy 110
• FIL 120: Philosophy 120
• SLK 110: Psychology 110
• SLK 120: Psychology 120
• REL 110: Religion studies 110
• REL 120: Religion studies 120