BA Fine Art [W100]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2003/2004

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AH11520

Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding

AR11720

Studio Practice

AR12020

Media Exploration

Year 1 Options

Select 60 credits from:

Semester 2
AH11220

Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums

AH11420

Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century

AH11720

Representing the Body

AR10020

Life Studies Begins

AR10320

Printmaking: Material Transformations

AR10420

Contemporary Painting

AR14020

Photography: Introduction to Darkroom and Digital Practice

AR14420

Illustration: Foundations to Storytelling

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AR25620

Digital Skills

Year 2 Options

Fine Art students must take 60 to 80 credits from the list of AR2 modules.

Semester 1
AR20020

Painting: Studio Practice

AR20340

Painting: Studio Practice

AR20720

Photography 1

AR21220

Life Studies 1

AR22320

Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (A)

AR23340

Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (B)

AR24520

Illustration: Worlds and Characters (1)

AR24640

Illustration: Worlds and Characters (2)

AR25320

Site Specific Practice

AR27040

Photography 2

Semester 2
AR20420

Painting: Practice Development (1)

AR20540

Painting: Practice Development (2)

AR22520

Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (A)

AR22720

Life Studies 2

AR24720

Illustration: Binding Stories (1)

AR24840

Illustration: Binding Stories (2)

AR25120

Photography: Advanced Darkroom and Digital Practice (1)

AR25240

Photography: Advanced Darkroom and Digital Practice (2)

AR25420

Site Specific Exhibition

AR25540

Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (B)

Year 2 Options

Fine Art students must take at least 20 credits from AH2 modules during the second year.

Semester 1
AH20520

Modernisms: Art in the Early Twentieth Century

AH21120

Portraiture:Identity

AH21620

The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400

AH23620

Drawn to Order: British Illustration since 1800

Semester 2
AH20020

The Pre-Raphaelites

AH20620

Postmodernism and Contemporary Art

AH24020

Documentary Photography

Final Year Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AR30240

Exhibition Preparation (2)

Semester 2
AR30020

The Professional Artist

AR32540

Exhibition: Graduation Show

Final Year Options

Fine Art students must take 20 credits from AH3 modules during their final year.

Semester 1
AH30620

The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400

AH31120

Portraiture:Identity

AH32720

Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting and Displaying