Art Degrees Online

Taking it beyond the holiday snap and using your camera to capture and comment on the world around you forms the foundations for this inspirational course.

Aiming to inform and enable you to create photographs for news reportage, documentary and photoessays, our degree will give you the skills you need to become an adaptable and confident photographer.

The course blends practice, critical analysis, theoretical studies and self-reflection to develop your professionalism and an informed appreciation of photography.

Creating photographs to tell stories about our world, everyday life and the unusual, you’ll learn how to communicate effectively through images and master the power of photography to provide insight. You’ll also learn about the business of photography, such as how to promote and protect your photographs.

You will explore professional practice through valuable work experience opportunities and be encouraged to develop your own individual style. At the end of the course you will be able to work independently, utilising film and digital technology appropriately, and should be well placed to meet the challenge of working in this exciting area of photography and the media.

What it’s about

The six fine art degree awards reflect the expansion of media that is a hallmark of contemporary fine art practice. All six awards share a common structure, providing the core skills and knowledge required to be a successful practitioner in the ever-broadening sphere of fine art. The courses are dedicated to the development of studio practice and offer a dynamic curriculum that embraces creativity, encourages ambition and cultivates talent and skill. Practical training is combined with stimulating intellectual discussions of key theoretical debates in the visual arts. In addition, there is a programme featuring national and international visiting artists and visits to major national and international exhibitions.

What you do

At Level 1 you are provided with the opportunity to sample a wide range of media that relate to the various pathways. In addition, you will explore critical, theoretical perspectives. At Level 2 you will pursue your chosen pathway at a more advanced stage together with theoretical studies.

At Level 3 you will work towards your final degree exhibition. In addition, you will follow common professional practice modules to equip you with appropriate knowledge and skills for careers in the creative industries.

A broad range of fine art photography will be explored, with an emphasis upon creativity, experimentation and exploration between different media (photo-sculpture, photo-installation etc). There is a great deal of overlap between the discourse of photography and painting, sculpture, installation art, video and digital art. This interdisciplinary degree will expand students’ creative horizons and will also provide valuable digital media skills, enhancing employment options.

Where next

A fine art degree equips students with many of the essential transferable skills needed to be both employable and entrepreneurial in a wide range of creative industries. Production skills, new media skills (photography, video, animation, digital media), communication skills, team-working skills, initiative and an innovative approach to problem solving, are all desirable attributes
to employers.

The variety of awards offered provides a solid foundation for a broad range of arts-related occupations in the public and commercial sectors. Notable fine art graduates from Staffordshire University hold positions that are indicative of this diversity, such as: Senior Pictures Editor of the Independent on Sunday magazine; Director, Goldsworthy gallery, New York; and Model Designer for Hogwart’s Castle on the Harry Potter films. In addition, many UK museums and galleries have our graduates working at the very highest levels, and artists such as Alan Currall and Richard Hughes have won many prestigious contemporary art awards and have been represented in national and international exhibitions.

The six fine art degree awards reflect the expansion of media that is a hallmark of contemporary fine art practice. All six awards share a common structure, providing the core skills and knowledge required to be a successful practitioner in the ever-broadening sphere of fine art. The courses are dedicated to the development of studio practice and offer a dynamic curriculum that embraces creativity, encourages ambition and cultivates talent and skill. Practical training is combined with stimulating intellectual discussions of key theoretical debates in the visual arts. In addition, there is a programme featuring national and international visiting artists and visits to major national and international exhibitions.

What you do

At Level 1 you are provided with the opportunity to sample a wide range of media that relate to the various pathways. In addition, you will explore critical, theoretical perspectives. At Level 2 you will pursue your chosen pathway at a more advanced stage together with theoretical studies.

At Level 3 you will work towards your final degree exhibition. In addition, you will follow common professional practice modules to equip you with appropriate knowledge and skills for careers in the creative industries.

Taking a fine art orientation, the animation pathway will facilitate creative practice in areas such as digital and traditional animation,claymation, stop-motion and computer game design. There is a long history of animation as fine art practice. This degree enables fine artists to enter what has become a rapidly expanding field of practice. The demand for this area has increased three-fold over the past year and reflects the increased demand for on and offline animation-based art practice. The degree will also provide valuable digital media skills, enhancing employment options.

Where next

A fine art degree equips students with many of the essential transferable skills needed to be both employable and entrepreneurial in a wide range of creative industries. Production skills, new media skills (photography, video, animation, digital media), communication skills, team-working skills, initiative and an innovative approach to problem solving, are all desirable attributes
to employers.

The variety of awards offered provides a solid foundation for a broad range of arts-related occupations in the public and commercial sectors. Notable fine art graduates from Staffordshire University hold positions that are indicative of this diversity, such as: Senior Pictures Editor of the Independent on Sunday magazine; Director, Goldsworthy gallery, New York; and Model Designer for Hogwart’s Castle on the Harry Potter films. In addition, many UK museums and galleries have our graduates working at the very highest levels, and artists such as Alan Currall and Richard Hughes have won many prestigious contemporary art awards and have been represented in national and international exhibitions.