The BFA in Visual Arts programme aims for future graduates to have the art practice, digital strategies, and critical thinking skills that are in line with the 21st century, enabling them to make a mark locally and also stand out on a global platform.
The Visual Arts programme is committed to nurturing artistic excellence and providing a dynamic learning environment for aspiring professionals. Our holistic ethos and multidisciplinary approach, acknowledges and promotes, the inter-connection of the various disciplines of visual art, with focus on traditional, contemporary, and alternative practices. It provides students the opportunity, to delve into mix-media practice to create innovative outcomes that incorporate traditional fine arts and digital media.
The programme fosters integrated learning within a collaborative environment that will help future graduates to flourish in the art community, market, and industry. Students will acquire a variety of visual art skills, while also developing critical thinking and awareness of artistic concerns, issues, and developments that define the artistic field of the past, present and future, locally and globally.
By choosing Visual Arts for their undergraduate degree, students will be opting for an inclusive environment where their creativity and individuality is celebrated, and their artistic voice is nurtured. They will gain exposure to the art field and industry through experiential learning, led by curatorial projects, residencies, competitions, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, symposiums, as well as collaborations with specialists of the field.
As a visual artist, there are a diverse range of career opportunities that not only cater to the creative expression of the graduates, but also aim at simulating a progressive professional growth. Potential career paths include in the sectors of: Advertising, Computer Graphics, Entertainment Industry, Fashion Industry, Film and TV, Public Arts. The career positions our graduates would be working as: Art Critic, Art Dealer, Art Director, Art Educator, Caricaturist, Ceramicist, , Entrepreneur, Creative Director, Curator, Animator, Digital Illustrator, Exhibition/ Event Designer, Fine Artist, Gallery Owner, Graphic Designer, Installation Artist, Interior Designer, Miniature Artist, Mixed-Media Artist, Model Maker, Motion Graphics Designer, Multimedia Artist, Muralist, Museum Educator, Painter, Photo Editor, Photographer, Printmaker, Sculptor, Set Designer, Storyboard Artist, Videographer, Visual Artist, Visual Effects Animator, and more.
The Visual Arts programme is committed to nurturing artistic excellence and providing a dynamic learning environment for aspiring professionals. Our holistic ethos and multidisciplinary approach, acknowledges and promotes, the inter-connection of the various disciplines of visual art, with focus on traditional, contemporary, and alternative practices. It provides students the opportunity, to delve into mix-media practice to create innovative outcomes that incorporate traditional fine arts and digital media.
| Semester III and IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Title | ||
| Visual Art Studio-I, II (Integrated Studio) | ||
| History of Art-1: South Asia | ||
| Photography and Editing | ||
| Creative Studio-I: Painting | ||
| English-III: Expository Writing | ||
| Art as Narrative | ||
| Technique-III: Sculpture | ||
| Printmaking | ||
| History of Art-II: Islamic Art and Architecture | ||
| Stop Motion Animation and Claymation | ||
| Creative Studio-II: Miniature Painting | ||
| English-IV: Content Writing | ||
| Spatial Art: Object and Site | ||
| French-I | ||
| Introduction to Art Practices and Visit to Galleries | ||
| Civics and Community Engagement | ||
| Semester V and VI | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Title | ||
| Visual Art Studio-III (Integrated Studio) | ||
| History of Art-III: Western Art | ||
| Studio Photography and Post-Production | ||
| Creative Studio-III (Pathway) | ||
| Digital Art | ||
| Typography and Calligraphy | ||
| French-II | ||
| Elective I | ||
| Elective II | ||
| Visual Art Studio-IV (Integrated Studio) | ||
| History of Art-IV: Modernism to Contemporary Art | ||
| Motion Graphics | ||
| Creative Studio-IV (Pathway) | ||
| Professional Practices and Art Management | ||
| Digital Illustration and Painting | ||
| English-V: Professional Public Speaking and Presentation Skills | ||
| Capstone Project: Mini Thesis | ||
| Semester VII and VIII | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Title | ||
| Visual Art Studio-V (Integrated Studio) | ||
| Creative Studio-V: Research and Concept Development | ||
| Professional Practices | ||
| Digital Portfolio-l | ||
| Creative and Critical Art Theory | ||
| English-VI | ||
| French-III | ||
| Internship | ||
| Thesis: Concept Realization | ||
| Thesis: Material and Processes | ||
| Thesis: Execution | ||
| Thesis: Exhibition and Curation | ||
| Digital Portfolio-II | ||
| English - Extended Essay / Research Report | ||
Note: *Ethics (ETH-162) shall be offered for Non-Muslim students.
