UNAM Bachelor of Arts in Visual Culture Course
Degree
selectable subject under Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Introduction
Visual Arts
The University of Namibia’s BA degree programme which allows students to take a Visual Arts major complementary to other humanities and social science subjects is unique in the region. The appeal of this option and of the market related emphasis in the Visual Arts Curricula is demonstrated by the increasing number of students from throughout the SADC region choosing to register for Visual Arts courses in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. The curricula are structured in such a way that they provide students with the opportunity to grow creatively and academically towards obtaining a qualification for future employment.
Visual Culture
Visual Culture focuses on cultural domains such as gallery art, tourism, education and heritage. Graduates find employment as self supporting artists, teachers, community project developers, students with first majors outside the visual arts will learn to apply the visual literacy, creativity, writing, and research skills learned in the arts to their related fields.
Modules
| Year 1, Semester 1 |
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| Visual Literacy and Drawing |
| Year 1, Semester 2 |
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| Visual Literacy and Drawing |
| Year 2, Semester 1 |
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| Visual Culture and Concepts in Africa |
| Visual Articulation and Drawing (if not choosen in another subject) |
| Year 2, Semester 2 |
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| Developments in Contemporary Art |
| Introduction to Photography (if Visual Articulation and Drawing choosen in another subject) |
| Year 3, Semester 1 |
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| Visual Culture and Concepts |
| Research Methods for Visual Arts (as 1. Major Subject) |
| Business for Visual Arts (as 2. Major Subject) |
| Year 3, Semester 2 |
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| Visual Culture and Concepts |
| Research Methods for Visual Arts (as 1. Major Subject) |
| Year 4 |
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| Current Discourse |
| Research Project: Visual Culture |
| Tourism and Visual Culture in Namibia |
| Museum Studies: Curation Research Project (as 1. Major Subject) |
See Also
UNAM Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate Courses
Postgraduate
UNAM Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Courses
UNAM Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Overview
UNAM Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Contacts
UNAM Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Prospectus