奥塔哥理工学院

Passionate about art and eager to improve your existing abilities? Want the chance to showcase your creative work and further your career prospects?

The programme provides you with the opportunity to further develop your undergraduate experience of the history and contemporary conventions of your field. Gain a variety of transferable skills and become an effective team worker who can take risks and think laterally to solve problems. Better understanding and advanced learning, including research skills in studio and theory, will present you with higher level employment prospects in education, or the arts industry and management sectors. Alternatively, you may become a practising artist in various disciplines and media.

This research-focused visual arts programme is also ideal if you are a high achiever who intends to pursue further postgraduate study. Extend your ability to work within the Visual Arts in a way that demonstrates a systematic engagement with contemporary thinking in your chosen area. This will culminate in an exhibition and related text that portrays your intellectual rigour and professional expertise. Benefit from our unique range of workshop facilities, the guidance and support from highly-experienced lecturers and the School's focus on individual supervision and student-centred learning.

Skills required

• To be motivated and have a good work ethic.
• Confidence and the ability to accept criticism.
• To be adaptable and open to new ideas.

Further study options

Expand your career options further by studying towards the Master of Fine Arts.

Qualification structure

The two semesters operate in conjunction to build from semester one - in which you develop a body of studio work along with a draft essay of 3,000 words for critical feedback - through to semester two - at the end of which you successfully complete the body of studio work and also extend the essay to a length of 5,000 words. In this programme, writing and studio work generate a single project outcome/grade.

Your workload

You will participate in a weekly public seminar and postgraduate workshop (12.30-5.30pm) where you will have the chance to interact with your fellow students. A one hour weekly meeting with your supervisor(s) will also give you the opportunity to hone your ideas and seek specialist advice in a more intimate environment. The rest of your time will be spent in self-directed study in your studio alongside your postgraduate peers, producing the necessary work to successfully complete the qualification. The School provides around the clock access to its facilities, allowing you the flexibility to study alongside part-time employment or other commitments.