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Fine Art Undergraduate Degrees 2022
Everything you want Degrees and
from a Fine Art Degree entry requirements
Fulfil your creative potential and ambitions in Fine Art. Our mix of studio
practice, art history and professional practice develops the skills needed to
Degree title Award Degree length UCAS code Typical offer
succeed as an artist, curator, academic or arts professional in the creative
economy. In the bespoke facilities of our School of Art, you will be taught by Fine Art BA (Hons) 3 years W100 ABB, plus portfolio
practicing artists who are keen to help you develop work that reflects your
aims as an aspiring artist. You will be able to work across painting, drawing, Fine Art and Creative Writing BA (Hons) 3 years WW18 ABB, plus portfolio
sculpture, digital, live art and their hybrids. In your final year, you will have
Fine Art and Film BA (Hons) 3 years WP13 ABB, plus portfolio
the opportunity to showcase your work in a solo exhibition and end of year
degree show. Fine Art and Theatre BA (Hons) 3 years WW14 ABB, plus portfolio
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Fine Art and Design BA (Hons) 3 Years W1W2 ABB, plus portfolio
Placement year degrees
for Art and Design These are options for most of our degree programmes. See our website for details. www.lancaster.ac.uk/placement-year
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Study abroad degrees
These are options for most of our degree programmes. See our website for details. www.lancaster.ac.uk/study-abroad
Please note that overseas opportunities may be impacted by international travel or Government border restrictions.
Dedicated For information on other entry qualifications such as BTECs and International Baccalaureate, as well as fees, scholarships and
studio space any additional costs you might need to consider, please see our website: www.lancaster.ac.uk/study
Every art student at Lancaster has their About Covid-19
own dedicated studio space from day one, Our thoughts are with all who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic. For the latest information in relation
accessible 24/7, day and night to applying to Lancaster University, please visit: www.lancaster.ac.uk/coronavirus/applicants
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“I had many opportunities to
exhibit my work outside the
University through the Up North
Arts society.
The city has a variety of arts
I looked forward to our Degree
Show and I was heavily involved in
marketing the show which was a
showcase for the work of my year
group.“
Complete University Guide 2021 centres that students can work Nathalie Brockmeyer-Jones
with and there is a strong sense of BA (Hons) Fine Art, graduated
Meet
community. I curated an exhibition 2019
at The Storey in Lancaster. In
Peter Scott
Follow Nathalie and Up North Arts
2018, Turner Prize winner Lubiana on Instagram:
Nathalie
Humid gave a two hour talk at The
Gallery Gregson, a small community art
centre in Lancaster.
@upnorthartsuna
@natbrockfineart
Art gallery on campus with an international
collection of artwork
Your
degree
Year 1 Fine Art at
Lancaster
The degree is studio-based and every student has their own studio from the start of Year 1. The first year
forms an introduction to your studies, integrating studio-based practice and the study of both art theory
and history. In Years 2 and 3, you can opt to focus solely on Fine Art, or expand the scope of your studies
by selecting modules from other related disciplines, including those within the Lancaster Institute for
the Contemporary Arts (Design, Film, Theatre). In the studio practice modules, we’ll teach you skills and
techniques and encourage you to develop your own ideas in digital art, painting, drawing and sculpture/
installation. The programme is flexible, and through combining core and optional modules you can
choose a programme that suits your strengths. Lancaster is home to a busy arts scene, talks. It houses Lancaster University’s
both on and off campus. We host an international art collection, which includes
annual visiting speaker programme. Our Japanese and Chinese art, antiquities,
guests are artists, curators and scholars works by twentieth century British artists
Fine Art Fundamentals: Minor
at the cutting edge of art and ideas, such and prints by significant European artists
Studio Practice Art Module
as Jill Gibbon, Larry Achiampong, Erica such as Dürer, Miró, Ernst and Vasarely.
Scourti and Graham Dolphin, as well as
Also on campus is the Ruskin Library,
emerging talents and recent graduates.
This module establishes This module will introduce you to There is a wide choice of optional Museum and Research Centre which
fundamental Fine Art practices the key methods, tools and critical modules including: You will curate and exhibit your work presents exhibitions relating to John
and principles and develops concepts used in the study of Fine throughout your degree, culminating in Ruskin, the British art critic and social
+ Creative Writing
a critical understanding of Art at University level. the final year end of degree show which commentator of the Victorian age.
+ Design takes place in June each year. You can
basic concepts, approaches,
We will then move on to explore + Drama, Theatre and Performance get involved in societies that will provide Facilities
possibilities and ways of
Fine Art ideas and movements further opportunities to show your As a Fine Art student, you will have
working. You will engage with the + English Literature
through major exhibitions; from the work and deliver exhibitions. Lancaster access to outstanding facilities including;
practical disciplines of painting,
birth of avant gardes in The Salon + Film Studies University Students’ Union has an Art purpose-built art studios open 24/7,
sculpture, digital art, drawing
des Refusés (1863) to major shows + History Society, and students have formed an excellent access to workshops and
and inter-media practices. You
on digital culture, neoliberalism exhibition group called ‘Up North Arts’ equipment, with free materials for some
will work in your own dedicated + Media and Cultural Studies
and non-Western art in the 21st that provides opportunities to curate and taught workshops, digital art lab and
studio space and learn through + Marketing
century. exhibit across the region. installation space, fully-equipped wood/
a mix of workshops, group work
and more. metal workshop, life-room, digital editing
and one-to-one tutorials. The Peter Scott Gallery on campus
Availability is subject to any equipment, and practical performance
presents a varied programme of
timetabling restrictions. space.
contemporary exhibitions and associated
OR
Joint Degrees
Joint major students take the core
module for their second subject
instead of a minor module. In Years
2 and 3, joint major students take
50% of their modules in Fine Art
and 50% in their second subject.
–– Becky Bowman on her
placement as a glazier at
Reynteins Studio in London
Year 2
Fine Art Critical Reflections Select from Optional
Studio Practice (Contemporary Arts Theory) Modules:
You will direct your own research You will learn about critical theory + What is the Contemporary?
and develop, through negotiation, in the arts and its application to + Documentary Drawing
a self-reliant and independent aesthetics and art practice. To
+ Expanded Painting Practice
approach to studio practice. You support and inform your studio
will take increasing responsibility practice you will study: Form + Art, Site and Interaction
for the creative and conceptual and Structure, Semiotics and You can also choose from optional
direction of your work with support Authorship, Phenomenology and modules in other LICA disciplines
from one-to-one tutorials. You will Spectatorship, Sexuality and (Design, Film, Theatre) or related
also have group tutorials, where Gender, Race and Ethnicity, and subjects in other departments.
you will be grouped together with Class and Society. Weekly plenary
others according to your shared lectures make connections across
broad discipline area - painting, the arts, and seminar workshops
drawing, sculpture, digital - and the allow students to work together
group will be supervised by tutors on ideas and examples specifically
who are specialist artists working tailored towards their discipline.
in that field. You’ll also participate
in technical workshops, as well as
benefiting from peer-feedback.
Year 3
Advanced Studio
Dissertation Select from Optional
Practice Modules:
Studio practice is student-centred You will conduct independent + Creative Enterprise
and self-directed, leading to an research on a topic of your choice. +C
ontemporary Dance and the
independent Fine Art practice You will learn research skills Visual Arts
that can be continued beyond via lectures and seminars and
You can also choose from second
your degree. The module is have regular meetings with your
year and third year optional
structured around one-to-one dedicated supervisor to support
modules in LICA or related
tutorials with specialist tutors your development.
subjects in other departments.
working in your area of interest.
Individual and group tutorials, as
well as peer feedback, support
your work alongside workshops
Creative Enterprise module
on professional development. The
module culminates in the student The Creative Enterprise module in Year 3 enables you to learn about the
degree show, a public exhibition innovative ways in which creative practitioners produce and deliver their
of work. In curating this exhibition, work. You will develop a working understanding of the key management
with guidance from tutors, you and enterprise skills involved in delivering creative projects.
will learn skills in curating and
marketing, as well as visual and
written communication.
We keep our degree programmes under constant review, and regularly introduce and update modules. In any
academic year, the modules offered may therefore differ from those presented here. Similarly, the structure of our
degrees may change, in response to curricular developments and following consultation with students. Please
check our website for the latest information www.lancaster.ac.uk/study.
Your future
career
Throughout your degree we will support you in developing skills and gaining experience that
will give you a head start in your chosen career.
Placements Study abroad and independent artists. Others move
into careers in areas such as
and internships vacation travel
creative agencies, television and
Placements and internships You can apply for a study the media, or for museums and
are great ways to gain work abroad year when you arrive at galleries.
experience, make professional Lancaster. On our three-year
Other graduates choose
contacts and help you decide study abroad degrees you spend
to continue their studies at
your career path. A wide range Year 2 studying at one of our
postgraduate level, either at
of opportunities is available, international partner universities.
Lancaster or at other high
some are paid, and there are
There are also exciting quality institutions, such as the
opportunities to gain experience
possibilities for short vacation Royal College of Art, London;
working in schools on volunteer
travel. These opportunities Goldsmiths College, University
placements. Places are not usually
provide you with a chance to of London; Ruskin School of Art,
guaranteed but we will help you
travel, experience new cultures, Oxford University; and the Royal
prepare for the competitive
and make life-long friends. Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent.
application process.
Please note that overseas Throughout your degree, a wealth
The majority of our degrees are
opportunities may be impacted by of career guidance and support is
also available as placement year
international travel or Government available from the Department and
degrees that you can apply to via
border restrictions. the University’s Careers Service,
UCAS. With specialist support, you
which has subject specific Careers
apply for a professional, paid work www.lancaster.ac.uk/
Consultants. We have connections
placement in Year 3 and return your-global-experience
with some of the world’s top
to Lancaster to complete your
graduate recruiters and employers
degree in Year 4. Careers across every sector, and organise
www.lancaster.ac.uk/ A Fine Art degree at Lancaster careers fairs, workshops, and
fass-placements will support you in developing networking opportunities
the confidence, knowledge and throughout the year.
skills to produce fine art work at
www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers
a professional level. A significant
number of our graduates become
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