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BA in Fine Arts 4-year programme at University of Pretoria

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Programme overview

Four-year Bachelor of Arts covering a broad spectrum of professional art practices, with training in painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, new media, photography and art theory. Increasingly challenging goals require inter- and multidisciplinary skills and artistic research, and multimedia, video and digital art are firmly established in the programme.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Duration: 4 years, full-time  |  Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

Two majors: the studio-based Fine arts (BKK) or Professional art practice (VIT), and the theoretical subject Visual culture studies (VKK).

Career pathways

Gallery managers, arts facilitators and educators, art consultants and advisors, artists in fine arts, new media and applied arts.

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Application information

Entry requirements

NSC/IEB: English Home Language or First Additional Language at achievement level 5; minimum APS of 30 based on Grade 11 results (28 required in the final Grade 12 results to retain admission), Life Orientation excluded. An A4 portfolio must be submitted and is evaluated with a UP competency test with practical and theoretical components; applicants must pass with at least 60% in each of the conceptualisation test, drawing, interview and A4 portfolio. Admission is ranked and subject to available space.

Duration: 4 years, full-time

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