Honours in Fine Arts
An Honours in Fine Arts aims to develop critical and creative skills and provides an opportunity for students to undertake dedicated advanced research. The framework of the honours specialisation refines the praxis between critical thinking and creative application within the major. The Fine Arts honours directs undergraduate experimentation into a research-based framework of dedicated learning—it aims to prepare a student for advanced self-directed investigation in postgraduate study and entrepreneurial art practice.
The focus upon knowledgeable art investigation is given opportunity for greater debate and sophistication in the honours specialisation and privileges independent research within its structure. Individually supervised research will be informed by seminar-based study that integrate an understanding of current trends and practices, historical ideas and theoretical paradigms relevant to contemporary art practice and thinking. Self-directed research will form more individualised approaches to art practice, develop innovative characteristics and communicate fresh understandings about art.
Outcomes: Students are able to (1) maintain a disciplined approach to self-directed research; (2) exhibit a sophisticated use of materials, methods, techniques and approaches in the making of art; (3) display an exceptional ability to identify and apply appropriate strategies to resolve conceptual problems; (4) apply advanced skills in oral presentations and academic writing; (5) structure and write a research dissertation in a coherent manner; and (6) understand the requirements of ethical research.
Entry requirements: the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Fine Arts major.
Intake periods: Beginning of year only
Honours sequence
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| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2 |
Take all units (48 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit rules |
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| S1 | VISA4001 | Fine Arts Honours Seminar 1: Survey and Situate |
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| S1 | VISA4002 | Fine Arts Honours Seminar 2: Critical Thought |
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| S2 | VISA4003 | Fine Arts Honours Dissertation | |
| S1 | VISA4004 | Fine Arts Honours Project Part 1 |
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| S2 | VISA4005 | Fine Arts Honours Project Part 2 |