Introduction
Basic information
Type | Bachelor's degrees |
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Faculty or school | Faculty of Fine Arts |
Branch of knowledge |
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Mode of delivery | face-to-face |
Credits | 240 |
Number of places available | 300 |
Length of course | 4 academic years |
Language(s) of instruction | Catalan 76,2%, Spanish 23,5%, English 0,3% |
Admission grade |
8,280 (July 2024, start of process, via official entrance examinations/vocational training)
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Approximate price per credit | 18,46 € |
Compulsory placements | No |
Coordinator | MARTA NEGRE BUSO |
ce.belles.arts@ub.edu | |
Course details | Indicators |
Objectives and competences
Objectives
Competences
BASIC COMPETENCES
- Capacity to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in a field of study that builds upon general secondary education, and is typically at a level that, whilst supported by advanced textbooks, includes some aspects that will be informed by knowledge of the forefront of the field of study.
- Capacity to apply knowledge in professional practice and to develop specific competences for formulating and defending arguments and for solving problems related to the area of study.
- Capacity to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within the area of study) to make judgements based on reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
- Capacity to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Learning skills required for further study with a high degree of independence.
GENERAL COMPETENCES
- Commitment to ethical practice (critical and self-critical capabilities, and capacity to demonstrate attitudes consistent with accepted notions of ethical practice).
- Ability to work in a team (capacity to collaborate with others and contribute to a common project, and capacity to work in cross-disciplinary and multicultural teams).
- Creative and entrepreneurial skills (capacity to conceive, design and manage projects, and capacity to research and integrate new knowledge and approaches).
- Concern for sustainability (capacity to assess the social and environmental impact of actions taken in a particular setting/capacity to adopt integrated and systemic approaches).
- Critical reasoning and commitment to the plurality and diversity of realities of society.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
- Capacity to apply the vocabulary and codes of the visual arts in professional practice.
- Ability to distinguish and use materials, instruments and processes of art production and creation.
- Ability to use methods of production, techniques and technologies applied to art.
- Capacity to understand and value artistic discourses based on an analysis of artistic works and texts.
- Knowledge and critical understanding of trends, concepts and artistic discourses.
- Ability to create art products.
- Ability to select and design the presentation and exhibition of an artistic work or its project.
- Capacity to understand and relate art production with cultural, social, political and economic factors.
- Ability to act in a specific social and cultural context.
- Knowledge of the basic functioning of cultural management associated with art.
- Capacity to understand and apply the basic principles of research methods associated with academic work and artistic creation.
- Capacity to efficiently resolve problems derived from the process of art experimentation, using suitable technical and conceptual strategies.
Access and admission
Applicant profile and access requirements
Recommended applicant profile
The recommended applicant profile for the bachelor's degree in Fine Arts is upper-secondary school students specialising in art, science or technology and students of advanced vocational qualifications in plastic arts and design. Students who enter the bachelor's degree in Fine Arts must have a degree of personal maturity, including an open, positive attitude, high self-esteem, and a tenacious, empathetic nature. Students must also have sufficient communication skills: oral and written command of Spanish, Catalan and English; and sufficient command of communication techniques to transmit opinions, feelings and intentions. Finally, students must have intuitive sensitivity and ability in creation and art. Students must have an enterprising nature in activities with social, cultural and artistic reach and the desire to promote themselves personally when faced with critical and artistic thinking.Access requirements and conditions
Admission for students with studies completed outside Spain.
Applicants holding higher educational qualifications from a university outside Spain should consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications to find out about specific admission requirements.
Pre-enrolment
Students that have studied abroad and who wish to study at the University of Barcelona may be admitted to EHEA bachelor's degree courses. Procedures for gaining admission will depend on the qualifications held by each applicant.
For further information about admission, consult the page Admission with foreign qualifications.
Enrolment
As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online via the Món UB portal. To find out the date and time you have been assigned, check the specific information for your course. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned.
Academic information
- Documents required for enrolment
- Procedure to formalize enrolment
- After enrolment
- Grants and financial aid
Schedules
Welcome
Support and guidance
Pre-enrolment information and events
Course curriculum
Subjects and course plans
Distribution of credits
Type | ECTS |
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Basic training | 60 |
Compulsory | 120 |
Optional | 48 |
Compulsory placements | 0 |
Compulsory final project | 12 |
TOTAL | 240 |
List of subjects
Subject | Language | Type | Credits |
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Drawing | Annual | Basic training | 12 |
Painting 1 | Annual | Basic training | 12 |
Sculpture 1 | Annual | Basic training | 12 |
Concept of Modern Art |
1st semester
2nd semester |
Basic training | 6 |
Photography | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Audiovisual | 2nd semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Digital Applications |
1st semester
2nd semester |
Compulsory | 6 |
Subject | Language | Type | Credits |
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Anthropology and Sociology of Art | 1st semester | Basic training | 6 |
Drawing 2 | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Engraving and Printing | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Painting 2 | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Sculpture 2 | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Concepts of Avant Garde Art | 2nd semester | Basic training | 6 |
Creation Workshop 1 | 2nd semester | Compulsory | 12 |
Graphical Representation | 2nd semester | Compulsory | 3 |
Psychology of Art and Gender Studies | 2nd semester | Basic training | 6 |
Seminars with Artists and Cultural Producers | 2nd semester | Compulsory | 3 |
Subject | Language | Type | Credits |
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Contemporary Visualities | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Creation Workshop 2 | 1st semester | Compulsory | 12 |
Concepts of Contemporary Art | 2nd semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Creation Workshop 3 | 2nd semester | Compulsory | 12 |
Subject | Language | Type | Credits |
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Creation Workshop 4 | 1st semester | Compulsory | 12 |
The Critique of Representation | 1st semester | Compulsory | 6 |
Artistic and Cultural Policies Intellectual Property |
1st semester
2nd semester |
Compulsory | 6 |
Final Project | 2nd semester | Compulsory final project | 12 |
Pathways and specializations
Fine ArtsCheck the planning of the different pathways of the degree
Previous years
Placements
Pre-enrolment information and events
Career opportunities
What can you work on ?
- Plastic or visual art creation in all the subject areas covered by the degree course.
- Creation in areas of economic activity related to cultural industries.
- Activities of curatorship or conservation, cultural and museum management of art.
- Advice and consultancy on visual art and culture.
- Art teaching in relation to official education, educational and research departments of museums and any other art-related training.
Access to the labour market
Data from the university system in CataloniaContact us
Faculty of Fine Arts
Pau Gargallo, 4 - 08028 Barcelona
Secretary: 934 034 051sec.ba@ub.edu
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