Compulsory modules

Experimental Practice (30 credits)

The aims of this module are to:

  • Embolden students to critically interrogate, extend and transform their established practice through sustained experimentation and methodological risk-taking.
  • Empower students to expand their technical, material and conceptual repertoire in contemporary fine art practice.

Researching Practice (15 credits)

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop systematic and critically informed understanding of research methodologies appropriate to contemporary Fine Art practice.
  • Facilitate students to critically evaluate and synthesise theoretical, historical and cultural frameworks, examining how these contexts inform and shape practice-based enquiry.

Contextualising Practice (15 credits)

The aims of this module are to:

  • Develop students’ systematic and critically informed understanding of the theoretical, historical and cultural frameworks that inform contemporary Fine Art practice.
  • Equip students with advanced analytical skills to interpret and evaluate artworks, artistic practices and discourses thereby, enabling them to situate their own practice within relevant contextual, theoretical and historical frameworks.