Admissions

UCAS Course Code: W100

Brief Course Outline

Duration of course: 3 years
Degree awarded: BFA

Course statistics for 2012 entry

Intake: 21 (note: no deferred applications are accepted for this course)
Applications shortlisted for interview: 26.4%
Successful applications: 14.9%

Expected intake for 2014 entry

Open days

26 and 27 June, and 20 September 2013

Contact details

Ruskin School of Art
74 High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG
+44 (0) 1865 276940
Please email us at

info@ruskin-sch.ox.ac.uk
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Portfolio assessment and interview

Portfolios must be submitted as part of your application by noon on Saturday 9 November 2013. There is no prescription for editing a portfolio, but candidates should aim for any range of work which gives a sense of their interests and appetites. Portfolios may contain original works, photographs, slides or digital images of paintings and sculptures, personal notebooks, short videotapes or CDs, drawings, soundworks etc. We value signs of the ability to engage in critical and inventive discussion, but above all we are looking for a strong visual curiosity.

Please note that the University may use the work which you submit to the extent necessary for the conduct of the admission process. The University is not in a position to verify the contents of portfolios, or to make any special arrangements for care, custody or return. The University cannot therefore accept responsibility for any loss or damage.

1st year
Courses Students develop their studio work in discussion with the School’s lecturers, tutors and visiting staff. They are allocated a tutor at the outset, who monitors progress, sets targets and directs them in their studies. Work is regularly presented and discussed at group crits involving staff and students from across the School. Alongside this, workshops and projects designed to introduce a range of techniques and approaches are offered throughout the year. In addition, they attend taught practical classes in drawing and human anatomy as well as lectures, seminars and tutorials in art history. Experimentation is encouraged.	Assessment Practical studio-based work, human anatomy; Three submitted essays; One written paper in the history and theory of visual culture since 1900
2nd and 3rd years
Courses Years two and three are similar in structure and continue the tutorial system introduced in the first year. All students are required to continue the study of art history and theory and to submit three essays during the course of the second year. In the final term of the second year they agree an extended essay title with their tutor. This essay is submitted at the end of the second term of the final year as part of the Final Examination. Students are expected to establish a strong bond between the interests of the essay and their studio studies.	Assessment (2nd year) Satisfactory record in all areas of the course Assessment (3rd year) A final exhibition and a supporting portfolio of work made during the second and third years; An extended essay; One written paper in the history and theory of visual culture