BA in Visual Studies

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BA in Visual Studies

• 2013-2014

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Why VS?

• Because you are interested in the visual arts
  (painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film,
  video,)
• Because you want to find a job and make a living
  after graduation.

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Because you are interested

• For example, you enjoy
• going to exhibitions
• drawing, taking photographs,
• reading about the work and life of famous artists
• discussing movies youve watched
• thinking about the difference between good art
  and bad art

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Because you are interested (contd)

• Botticelli, Venus

• McCarthy, Complex Pile

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Because you want to make a living

1. Both the mean and the median monthly income of VS
   graduates have increased steadily during the past
   five years, adding up to a 23.4 and 17.3
   increase respectively. In the same period, both
   the mean and the median monthly income of Lingnan
   graduates have remained roughly the same.
2. In 2012, the mean income of VS graduates was
   higher than the mean income of Arts, Lingnan and
   BBA graduates.

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want to make a living (contd)

• 3. The number of Visual Studies graduates having
  found full-time employment after graduation in
  2012 was the highest among all Lingnan programs
  (only a couple of streams in Business do better).
  No one was seeking employment at the time of the
  employment survey.

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want to make a living (contd)

• Some plausible explanations are
• increased recognition of what Visual Studies
  stands for
• a growing visual arts sector (art fairs,
  auctions, galleries, museums,).
• Consequently, 44 of full-time employed graduates
  found work in the same or a related area upon
  graduation.

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want to make a living (contd)

• Between 6.1-23.2 of graduates pursue further
  studies for example, at Hong Kong University,
  the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Central St
  Martins College of Art and Design (London), the
  University of Kent at Canterbury, Birkbeck
  College, London, and so on.

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Who is VS?

• Permanent staff
• Prof Mette Hjort, Chair Professor
• Prof Rafael De Clercq, Associate Professor
• Prof Sophia Law, Associate Professor
• Prof Carol Archer, Assistant Professor
• Prof Michelle Huang, Assistant Professor
• Ms Zoie So, Teaching Fellow

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Who is VS? (contd)

• Each year, VS invites two artistsone local, one
  non-localto teach additional studio courses.

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Who is VS? (contd)
http//podcast.ln.edu.hk/vodcast/visual-studies
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What is VS?

• In one sentence, the aim of the program is to
  enhance your understanding of the visual arts
• The emphasis is on theoretical understanding (art
  history, film studies, philosophical aesthetics)
• There is also plenty of opportunity to improve
  your practical understanding (service-learning,
  internships, studio courses)

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What is VS? (contd)
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What is VS? (contd)
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What is VS? (contd)
Courses Credits Remarks
Foundation courses Philosophy of Visual Arts Introduction to Chinese Art Western Art from Romanticism to Modernism Introduction to Film Studies 12 3 3 3 3 Philosophical aesthetics Chinese art history Western art history Film studies
Program electives Categories 1 2 Categories 3 4 36 min. 24 between 3-12 Theoretical and historical courses Studio courses and internship
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What is VS? (contd)

• Examples of program electives
• From categories 1 2 Introduction to Museum
  Studies, Non-Fiction Film, Philosophy of
  Architecture, Visual Culture and the Digital
  Media, Art and Well-Being,
• From categories 3 4 Understanding Drawing,
  Video Art, Digital Imaging, Light Art,

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What is VS? (contd)

• Around 40 of our students go on exchange. In
  addition to the exchange opportunities offered to
  all Lingnan students, VS has special agreements
  with the University of Copenhagen (Department of
  Media, Cognition and Communication) and the
  Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural
  Industries (University of South Wales).

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How to get into VS?

• Criteria
• HKDSE results
• 1st term GPA
• These criteria are equally weighted. Art
  portfolio is not counted.

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Thank you