About Course

• 1 Year
• Level 8 • 120 credits • 1 academic year full-time  

• The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) programme is a stand-alone postgraduate qualification, directly following on from the Level 7 Bachelor of Fine Arts programme.

  Whitecliffe BFA (Hons) students consolidate the learning and achievements of the BFA undergraduate study through the realisation of a sustained practice-based research inquiry to prepare students for professional life in the creative industries. Students often undertake the Honours qualification to develop foundations for further research in a higher degree, pathwaying into a Master of Fine Arts (or equivalent), or where conditions are met, directly into a Doctorate programme.

  Students undertake two courses of study across two Semesters: Studio Research and Critical Contexts. Both courses work to develop and integrate contextual, theoretical, and studio-based learning centred on student’s in-depth research projects. The BFA (Hons) programme culminates in a final exhibition or presentation of studio research outcomes and an accompanying written research summary.

  GRADUATES WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Critically analyse and adapt relevant conceptual, critical, and theoretical frameworks to independent studio-based research

  • Frame, refine, and resolve complex ideas through advanced research methodologies in creative contexts

  • Generate and present bodies of work to a professional industry standard, evidencing a contextually informed sustained inquiry

  • Reflexively innovate creative practice to connect and confidently contribute to wider contemporary discourses

  FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS

  Upon successful completion of this programme, you can further enhance your Fine Arts and Photo Media career opportunities with the following programmes at Whitecliffe:

  • Level 9: Master of Fine Arts