We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified*:
IELTS Academic module overall 6.5 with 5.5 in each component.
TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition) 92 or above with 20 in each section. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
Cambridge English: Advanced or Proficiency overall 176 with 162 in each component.
Trinity ISE: ISE II with a distinction in all four components.
We also accept a wider range of international qualifications and tests.
English language qualifications must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the degree you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, or Trinity ISE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.
Intermedia art operates in a fine art context and is the area of artistic practice between different media. During the late 20th century visual art developments introduced new processes and situations, which resulted in an expanded notion of artistic practice.
Our programme encourages you to test boundaries and introduce new vocabularies into the artistic conversation. You can work across a number of different and overlapping areas central to intermedia art study. These include sound, object making, installation, performance, publications, participatory practice, and moving image.
A visual culture strand provides a multidisciplinary context for your study across all our art programmes. This involves the imaginative research, analysis and communication of issues raised by the visual aspects of culture. You will engage in a critical and creative dialogue with the work of your peers and gain an understanding of the nature of today's diverse visual cultures.
You will study the artistic, intellectual, social and professional contexts that shape creative practice in visual arts and learn how to best communicate this in a range of written, oral, visual and practical forms.
Year 1
Each of our four-year BA (Hons) programmes in art shares common elements of study during the early part of Year 1. All Year 1 Art students work together in the first semester.
During Year 1 you will experience a wide range of art practices including painting, photography, sculpture and intermedia art and we introduce you to studio practice, workshops and the types of teaching you will experience. For example: What a project brief is for, what a crit is, how a seminar works, what to expect from a tutorial, what feedback is for and how you use it.
We introduce you to key visual culture texts, methods and methodologies of art theory and practice. As the year progresses you have project options to enable you to specialise in the subject most appropriate to your work. In semester two students make decisions about which programme they wish to study supported by feedback and advice from staff.
In Years 1 and 2 your choice of option courses allows you to, in effect, construct a suite of courses that reflect your interests and enhance your main study. The choice of option courses in Year 1 comprises a total of 40 credits, nominally made up of two 20-credit courses, which can be taken within ECA, or across the wider College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - subject to availability.
Subsequently you will develop your creative, technical and intellectual ability through projects, installations and exhibitions, as well as enhancing your learning by being exposed to a wider range of methods and knowledge beyond the confines of the studio through a choice of option courses.
Year 2
You will be introduced to using multiple approaches to work, encompassing expanded ideas of drawing, video, photography, performance, sound recording, installation and other possibilities. A range of projects will emphasise making and action, whilst introducing core working methods pertinent to contemporary art.
You will be assigned a subject tutor and also have the opportunity to speak with a range of visiting artists. In Year 2 there are a total of 40 credits of option courses available. We offer more than 20 optional courses and there are many more option courses from across the wider university to choose from – subject to availability.
Year 3
Your research will develop through a more focussed area of personal interest and a growing individuality of approach. Regular project space presentations place great emphasis on how an audience reacts to an artwork increasing awareness, artistic responsibility and contextual understanding.
You will work on external site-responsive projects and tackle more ambitious work, developing a personal language both technically and intellectually.
Year 4
You will pursue your own research interests and develop self-initiated projects, supported by studio staff. Creative ability and technical expertise is consolidated and extended, and the dissemination and siting of artistic work gains greater importance.
You will be encouraged to exhibit work and participate in external opportunities in the city and further afield. You will encounter a range of permanent and visiting staff whose diverse practices encompass performance, installation, process, site-specific work, moving image and sound.
Programme structure
Find out more about the compulsory and optional courses in this degree programme.
To give you an idea of what you will study on this programme, we publish the latest available information. However, please note this may not be for your year of entry, but for a different academic year.
Many graduates pursue careers as artists or enter other art-related professions and go on to undertake residencies and commissions in a global context. A high percentage of graduates establish themselves in workshops and studios. Many have achieved considerable success and built international reputations.
Our programmes provide a progressive education in contemporary art practice. Our students develop analytical and practical skills, the ability to work with others in an organised manner and the ability to think laterally. These attributes can be applied to a wide range of career possibilities.
Some students continue their studies at postgraduate level. Others have gone on to teach or to make an impact in the wider creative industries
