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Subject: Art
Intermedia Art (BA)
UCAS code: W900
Typical offer
The typical offer is likely to be:
- SQA Highers: BBBB
- GCE A Levels: BBB
- IB: 34 points overall and grades 555 at Higher Level.
Minimum entry requirements
SQA Highers: BBBB or more if 2 sittings (normally including English and Art & Design). Standard Grades: English at Grade 3 (if not at Higher).
GCE A Levels: BBB (normally including Art or a relevant technical subject). GCSEs: English at Grade C.
IB: Award of Diploma with 34 points overall and grades 555 in Higher Level subjects (normally including an Arts subject at Higher Level). Standard Level: English at 4.
All applicants must also meet our general university entry requirements - including SQA, GCSE, or equivalent English language requirements.
Alternative qualifications
Selection and offer making
Additional requirements
- You will be invited to submit a digital mini-portfolio. If your application is of the required standard, you will be invited to bring a full portfolio to an Applicant Day.
- How to submit your mini-portfolio
Introduction
Intermedia Art operates within a Fine Art context and is the area of artistic practice that lies between different media. During the late 20th century, developments within visual art introduced new processes and situations, which resulted in an expanded concept of artistic practice. For example, the legacies of installation, ambient/site-specific work, video, sound, performance, immersive artworks and conceptual art resulted in a new context for artistic practice that is no longer based upon individual mediums and the primacy of vision, but is rather the product of crossing boundaries between media. Students and staff often create new methods of working through blurring these distinct practices.
Entry to second year
Entry to second year is available.The same qualifications are required, plus successful completion (at Merit grade) of an art foundation programme, or equivalent.
Additional costs
Students pay material costs of between £30 - £200 p/yr depending on the programme. In 2011 the average cost was £100 for Years 2,3 and 4 and £50 for Year 1.
Some programmes will offer fieldwork. There is no additional contribution required to the teaching costs involved, but for the residential fieldwork and individual field-based projects, students are usually required to cover accommodation, subsistence and the costs of travel to the fieldwork location. The actual student contribution depends on the degree programme involved and the courses selected.
What you will be studying
Year 1
Each of our four-year BA (Hons) degrees in art or design shares common elements of study during the early part of Year 1. Subsequently you will develop your creative, technical and intellectual ability through projects, installations and exhibitions.
Year 2
You will be introduced to using multiple approaches to work, encompassing drawing, video, photography, sound recording, object construction, psycho-geography and other possibilities. A range of projects will emphasise production whilst introducing Intermedia strategies.
Year 3
Your research will develop through choices of subject matter and a growing individuality of approach. You’ll work on site-specific projects and larger-scale work developing personal areas of interest both technically and intellectually, organising and researching your work in a professional manner.
Year 4
You will pursue your own research interests, supported by studio staff. Creative ability and technical expertise is consolidated and extended, and the dissemination and site of artistic work gains greater importance.
Structure
Find out more about the compulsory and optional courses in this degree programme.
Details
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Tuition fees
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Key Information Set
This article was published on Jun 29, 2012