the programme offers expertise in three practice areas: painting, fine art media and sculpture. the programme is practice-based, and you explore each area on rotation during the first term, attending crits (critical feedback) in each area. you select one area and initiate and develop your own programme of work with tutorial guidance and technical support. cross-area seminars and tutorial groups ensure that the three areas have a forum for the exchange of ideas. you also benefit from a programme of visiting artists, gallery visits and other events that aim to develop exciting and rigorous debate. areas/year groups are mixed together in the studio spaces, providing a lively cross-fertilisation of ideas and practice. the fine art bfa includes a critical studies component in each year of study, designed to provide you with the ability to reference your work within a broad cultural context and enable you to develop verbal and written skills to articulate the development of your work within a critical context.