BACHELOR OF
FINE ARTS
Program Specification
The Bachelor of Fine Arts is a four-year program dedicated to creating works that are ingenious and influential. It is nurtured in an environment that encourages initiative, creative-critical thinking, and diligence. It seeks to reintroduce art in local culture, integrate community engagement, magnify truth through research, and synthesize the collected knowledge with contemporary concept-making and art practice to produce works of importance and magnificence.
Students seeking admission to the program must have a GPA of at least 80%.
The aim of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program is to produce: a) practicing artists whose creative works exhibit core Augustinian and Filipino values dealing with contemporary and critical issues in their respective visual disciplines; b) demonstrators of high level of competency pursuing excellence in various artistic production in local and international settings and act as sensitive members or emerging leaders of communities equipped with awareness and understanding of environments, histories, theories, and realities of different cultures; c) committed and dynamic creators, articulate in directing new explorations, confident in expressing artistic ideas and proficient in providing solutions to design problems in the communities integral to nation-building; and d) motivated in pursuing advanced knowledge and lifelong learning through exchange programs, lecture series, exhibits, art residencies, and graduate studies relevant to their professional development.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts | |
Courses: | Units: |
Visual Perception | 6 |
Techniques | 12 |
Materials | 12 |
Drawing | 6 |
Art History | 6 |
Visual Studies | 6 |
Art Theory | 6 |
FA Electives | 12 |
FA Immersion | 3 |
Advanced Visual Studies | 6 |
Art Workshop | 12 |
Art Seminar | 6 |
Creative Research | 3 |
Directed Research | 3 |
Art Thesis | 7 |
Art Management | 3 |
Total | 109 units |
Program Outcomes
| PROGRAM OUTCOMES CODE | PROGRAM OUTCOMES STATEMENT |
|---|---|
| PO A | The graduates demonstrate heightened consciousness of Philippine society and culture and serve the interest of the Filipino without prejudice to foreign influences through their Fine Art practice. |
| PO B | The graduates are equipped with the ability to create works of art using Philippine indigenous and traditional art materials with ethical and historical perspective. |
| PO C | The graduates demonstrate a critical creative Fine Art practice with mastery in using tools and techniques in visualizing concepts. |
| PO D | The graduates demonstrate their understanding of art and design history with contemporary issues and perspective as they manifest open-mindedness to varied schools of thought through their Fine Art practice. |
| PO E | The graduates demonstrate best practices and professional ethics in art and design and are knowledgeable in the interplay of art with the sciences and can work in a collaborative setting. |
| PO F | The graduates have the ability to demonstrate competency in art management. |
| PO G | The graduates are life-long learners that demonstrate respect in their cultural and natural environment through their Fine Art practice. |
| PO H | The graduates have the ability to demonstrate in their Fine Art practice the core Augustinian values of unitas, caritas, and veritas. |
Relationship of Vision, Mission, Graduate Attributes, Program Educational Objectives to Program Outcomes
About the Program
Department Contact
- G/F Blanco Hall, University of San Agustin, General Luna Street, Iloilo City
- 0920-396-4726
- usa.edu.ph/cot
- cea@usa.edu.ph
- 337-4841 to 41 Local Number : 1029
- Mon - Fri : 08:00 AM - 5:00 PM
