Bachelor of Fine Arts

Curriculum Structure

The planning of the teachings of the Graduate Degree in Fine Arts involves the structuring of content, systems and methodologies that make possible the acquisition of the knowledge, capacities, abilities and basic skills necessary for graduates in Fine Arts to be able to develop their activity in any of the lines specified in the professional profile defined by the white paper of the degree.

The curriculum developed on the basis of the regulatory framework for the organisation and verification of official university education – Royal Decree 1393/2007 – (modified by RD 861/2010 and RD 43/2015), and the guidelines developed by the University of La Laguna, is structured in the following subjects:

 

Distribution of the curriculum by type of subject
Type of Subject Credits
Basic training 60
Mandatory 84
Electives (mentions) 72
Internships in companies 12
Final Degree Project 12
TOTAL 240

The curriculum is structured into eight modules: Basic Training 1, Basic Training 2, Basic Principles and Projects, Cultural Subjects, Auxiliary Disciplines, Mentions, Final Degree Project and Internships in Companies.

 

Curriculum Development:

 

FIRST COURSE
Four-month period Module Subject Credits
1 Basic Training 1 Expression Techniques in a Modern Language 6
Introduction to art history 6
Visual culture and contemporary artistic creation  6
Basic Training 2 Drawing I 6
Photograph  6
2 Basic Training 1 Cultural Anthropology 6
Introduction to philosophical problems  6
Representation systems  6
Basic Training 2 Painting I 6
Sculpture I 6
SECOND YEAR
Four-month period Module Subject Credits
1 Basic principles and processes Photography and Video  6
Artistic anatomy  6
Drawing II 6
Painting II  6
Sculpture II  6
2 Drawing III 6
Cultural subjects Culture and contexts  6
Mention: Transdisciplinary art  Project I  6
New materialities  6
Construction Workshop  6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animation Drawing techniques and procedures  6
Introduction to artistic creation in drawing I  6
Introduction to artistic creation in drawing II 6
Mention: Sculpture Concept and sculptural process  6
Sculptural techniques and processes  6
Introduction to sculptural creation  6
Mention: Paint Painting from life  6
Painting techniques and materials I  6
Introduction to pictorial creation  6
THIRD YEAR
Four-month period Module Subject Credits
1 Cultural subjects Contemporary art movements 6
Auxiliary disciplines 3D technological resources 6
Mention: Transdisciplinary art  Project II 6
Image and representation 6
Expanded paint  6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animation Animated image techniques 6
Creative drawing: graphics  6
Creative animation processes 6
Mention: Sculpture Modeling from life 6
ANNUAL Sculptural carving in wood  12
Ceramic sculpture 12
Mention: Paint Painting and landscape  12
1 Painting techniques and materials II 6
Pictorial creation I 6
2 Cultural subjects Art and cultural industry 6
Auxiliary disciplines Web resources and dissemination tools  6
Mention: Transdisciplinary art  Project III 6
Subjectivity and performativity 6
Dissemination tools 6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animation Experimental animation  6
Animation projects  6
Creative drawing: illustration 6
Mention: Sculpture Foundry I  6
Mention: Paint Painting techniques and materials III 6
Pictorial creation II 6
FOURTH YEAR
Four-month period Module Subject Credits
ANNUAL Final Degree Project Final Degree Project 12
1 Cultural subjects Art education and cultural mediation 6
Auxiliary disciplines Management of cultural projects and professional projection 6
Mention: Transdisciplinary art  Digital culture and collaborative practices 6
Technological image 6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animation Concept and creative process I 6
Experimental drawing  6
Mention: Sculpture Foundry II 6
ANNUAL Sculpture in stone  12
Mention: Paint Mural 12
1 Pictorial creation III  6
2 Internships in companies Internships in companies 12
Auxiliary disciplines Integrated editing and multiple work workshop 6
Mention: Transdisciplinary art  Devices and installation methods 6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animation Concept and creative process II 6

 

 

Mentions

The subjects and courses that make up each of the four mentions offered by the Degree in Fine Arts are oriented towards the development of the creative project
autonomous student in the context of contemporary culture.

It proposes a training process articulated around said project, focused on the theoretical-practical work of elaboration and formalization of the creative project, which will culminate in the Final Degree Project.

Based on the basic training of the first courses, both common and specific and disciplinary, this module has a central importance in the training of the student since it enables sequencing from initial and intermediate stages to final training. This training is comprehensive to the extent that it is structured around the student's professional creation project, oriented towards any of the orientations that are signified in the mentions. It is here where the criteria of integration, experimentation and flexibility become fully valid and where tutored learning and self-learning are deployed to a greater extent.

This module is, on the other hand, the one that condenses a higher percentage of ECTS credits and extends over 5 semesters culminating –as has been said–
with the completion of the final degree project.

During the course, students learn to develop their creative thinking, integrate culture, knowledge and sensitivity, delve into the knowledge of the areas in which their profession is developed, become aware of the location of their work in the panorama of contemporary creation, learn to obtain, manage and select information and, in short, acquire the knowledge, capacities, abilities and skills that qualify them as an artist or a professional in the field of contemporary artistic creation and production.

  1. Transdisciplinary Art: oriented towards artistic production and creation within the system of discourses and practices of contemporary art.
  2. Drawing, Illustration and Animation: oriented towards artistic production and creation in the fields of drawing, graphics, illustration and animation.
  3. Sculpture: oriented towards artistic production and creation within the disciplinary field of sculpture.
  4. Paint: oriented towards artistic production and creation within the disciplinary field of painting.

Guidelines for the selection and registration in the Mentions

Number of places per mention

Transdisciplinary Art: 30
Drawing, Illustration and Animation: 30
Sculpture: 30
Painting: 30

Fine Arts Degree Curriculum