B.A. Fine Arts
Programme Name: B.A. Fine Arts
Duration: 4 year(s)

Programme Overview

The Fine Arts programme is tailored through both academic and professional training, aimed at developing students' perceptual, conceptual artistic talent and expressive abilities. It is focused towards stimulating consciousness and enquiry into the practical and theoretical issues relevant to the discipline, its cultural setting and the human society. The programme is designed to respond and accommodate rapid socio-economic and political changes that shape the Nigerian cultural milieu.
The programme of the department is designed to produce professional artists, art educators, art historians, art administrators, cultural officers for the manpower needs of Nigeria and the world at large.
it is also designed to equip and provide a balanced knowledge of the Fine Arts in its application and other cultural ramifications in relation to other disciplines of humanities, environmental, social sciences and other fields.

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Entry Requirements

Admission to B.A (Hons) Fine Arts programme can be categorized into three:-
Normal admission into 100 level for holders of SSCE or equivalent.
Candidates must have 5 credits, passes at SSCE or equivalent in English language and Fine Arts and any 3 subjects.
Direct entry admission for holders of HND or NCE with credit, pass may be admitted into the 200 level.
Special admission for holders of HND or its equivalent that meet the requirement for normal admission and graduated with an average B+ or Upper Credit may be admitted to the 300 level courses.

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Departmental Courses Offered
S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Units Level Semeter Course Outline
1 FINA101 INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL DRAWING 1 100L First Semester Course outline
2 FINA102 LANDSCAPE DRAWING 1 100L Second Semester Course outline
3 FINA103 LIFE DRAWING 1 100L First Semester Course outline
4 FINA105 BASIC LETTERING 2 100L First Semester Course outline
5 FINA111 INTRODUCTION TO TWO-DIMENTIONAL ART 2 100L First Semester Course outline
6 FINA112 IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION IN PAINTING 2 100L Second Semester Course outline
7 FINA113 BASIC DESIGN 1 1 100L First Semester Course outline
8 FINA114 BASIC DESIGN 11 2 100L Second Semester Course outline
9 FINA115 Introduction to 2-Dimensional Art 1 100L First Semester Course outline
10 FINA116 Imaginative Composition 2 100L Second Semester Course outline
11 FINA121 INTRODUCTION TO THREE DIMENTIONAL DESIGN 2 100L First Semester Course outline
12 FINA122 SCULTURAL FORMS 2 100L Second Semester Course outline
13 FINA128 Sculptural Forms 2 100L Second Semester Course outline
14 FINA141 FUNCTIONS OF ART IN CULTURE 1 100L Second Semester Course outline
15 FINA142 FUNCTION OF ART IN CULTURE 1 100L Second Semester Course outline
16 FINA154 BAsic Design II 2 100L Second Semester Course outline
17 FINA169 Art Theory 1 100L First Semester Course outline
18 FINA201 FIGURE DRAWING (ANATOMY) 1 200L First Semester Course outline
19 FINA202 FIGURE DRAWING [QUICK SKEATCHES] 1 200L Second Semester Course outline
20 FINA203 INTRODUCTION TO PERSPECTIVE DRAWING 1 200L First Semester Course outline
21 FINA204 OBJECT DRAWING 1 200L Second Semester Course outline
22 FINA211 INTERACTION OF COLOUR 3 200L First Semester Course outline
23 FINA212 INTRODUCTION TO FIGURE PAINTING 2 200L Second Semester Course outline
24 FINA213 PAINTING COMPOSITION 2 200L First Semester Course outline
25 FINA215 SURFACE DRAWING 1 1 200L First Semester Course outline
26 FINA216 SURFACE DESIGN II 2 200L Second Semester Course outline
27 FINA217 INTRODUCTION TO MURAL DESIGN 1 200L First Semester Course outline
28 FINA218 MOSAIC AND WALL DECORATION 1 200L Second Semester Course outline
29 FINA221 SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES 2 200L First Semester Course outline
30 FINA222 SCULPTURE COMPOSITION 2 200L Second Semester Course outline
31 FINA231 INTRODUCTION TO ART EDUCATION 3 200L First Semester Course outline
32 FINA232 ART AND SOCIETY 3 200L Second Semester Course outline
33 FINA233 ART AND VISUAL PERCEPTION 1 200L First Semester Course outline
34 FINA234 ART AND CREATIVITY 2 200L Second Semester Course outline
35 FINA241 AFRICAN ART (PRE-TWENTIETH CENTURY) 3 200L First Semester Course outline
36 FINA242 AFRICAN ART [TWENTIETH CENTURY] 3 200L Second Semester Course outline
37 FINA243 African Art Pre 20th Century 3 200L First Semester Course outline
38 FINA244 20th Century African Art 3 200L Second Semester Course outline
39 FINA262 Art and Society 3 200L Second Semester Course outline
40 FINA301 CLOTHED FIGURE DRAWING 1 300L First Semester Course outline
41 FINA302 NUDE FIGURE DRAWING 1 300L Second Semester Course outline
42 FINA303 LANDSCAPE AND OBJECT DRAWING 1 300L First Semester Course outline
43 FINA304 ANALYTICAL DRAWING 1 300L Second Semester Course outline
44 FINA305 LETTERING AND POSTAL DESIGN 1 300L First Semester Course outline
45 FINA306 MURAL DESIGN 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
46 FINA307 ADVANCED PERSPECTIVE DRAWING 1 300L First Semester Course outline
47 FINA311 LANDSCAPE PAINTING WITH FIGURES 2 300L First Semester Course outline
48 FINA313 THEORY OF PAINTING COMPOSITION 2 300L First Semester Course outline
49 FINA314 FIGURE PAINTING 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
50 FINA315 PAINTING COMPOSITION 2 300L First Semester Course outline
51 FINA316 COLOURING TECHNIQUES 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
52 FINA317 FIGURE PAINTING (GESTURE AND MOODS) 2 300L First Semester Course outline
53 FINA318 PORTRAITURE 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
54 FINA319 MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES IN PAINTING 1 300L First Semester Course outline
55 FINA321 RELIEF SCULPTURE 2 300L First Semester Course outline
56 FINA322 WELDED SCULPTURE 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
57 FINA323 THEORY OF SCULPTURE COMPOSITION 2 300L First Semester Course outline
58 FINA324 WOOD CARVING 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
59 FINA325 SCULPTURE COMPOSITION 2 300L First Semester Course outline
60 FINA326 SCULPTURE MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUES 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
61 FINA327 LIFE SCULPTURE 2 300L First Semester Course outline
62 FINA328 ANALYSIS OF FORMS 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
63 FINA329 INTRODUCTION TO SCULPTURE THEORY 2 300L First Semester Course outline
64 FINA330 RESEACH PROJECT I 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
65 FINA331 ART TEACHING METHODS 3 300L First Semester Course outline
66 FINA332 ART TEACHING PRACTICE 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
67 FINA333 Research Methods in Arts Education 3 300L First Semester Course outline
68 FINA334 ART EDUCATION [GENERAL] 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
69 FINA335 ART INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS/IMPROVISATION 3 300L First Semester Course outline
70 FINA336 ART IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
71 FINA337 INTRODUCTION TO CURRICULUM 3 300L First Semester Course outline
72 FINA338 ART EDUCATION CURRICULUM 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
73 FINA339 ISSUES IN ART EDUCATION 3 300L First Semester Course outline
74 FINA340 CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN ART HISTORY 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
75 FINA341 ISSUES IN AFRICAN ART 3 300L First Semester Course outline
76 FINA343 ART HISTORY(GENERAL) 2 300L First Semester Course outline
77 FINA345 ART OF THE ORIENT 3 300L First Semester Course outline
78 FINA346 OCEANIC AND PRE-COLUMBIAN ART 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
79 FINA347 PHILOSOPHY OF AFRICAN ART 3 300L First Semester Course outline
80 FINA348 ART CRITICISM 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
81 FINA349 ART HISTORY RESEARCH METHODS 3 300L First Semester Course outline
82 FINA356 Mural Design 2 300L Second Semester Course outline
83 FINA361 PRE-TWENTIETH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART 3 300L First Semester Course outline
84 FINA362 EUROPEAN ART [TWENTIETH CENTURY] 3 300L Second Semester Course outline
85 FINA401 FIGURE DRAWING (PORTRITURE) 1 400L First Semester Course outline
86 FINA402 FIGURE DRAWING 1 400L Second Semester Course outline
87 FINA403 PAINTING PROJECT(PRELIMINARY STUDIES 2 400L First Semester Course outline
88 FINA404 PAINTING PROJECT AND EXHIBITION 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
89 FINA405 MURAL DESIGN 11 2 400L First Semester Course outline
90 FINA406 COLLAGE 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
91 FINA408 DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL VISION 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
92 FINA411 PAINTING CHARACTER STUDIES 2 400L First Semester Course outline
93 FINA412 MULTIPLE FIGURE COMPOSITION 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
94 FINA413 EXPLORATION OF AFRICAN IMAGIES AND MOTIFS 2 400L First Semester Course outline
95 FINA414 FIGURE PAINTING [ANALYTICAL STUDIES] 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
96 FINA415 ABSTRACTION IN PAINTING 2 400L First Semester Course outline
97 FINA416 STILL LIFE 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
98 FINA417 SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF PAINTING 2 400L First Semester Course outline
99 FINA418 CONTEMPORARY AND NEW TRENDS IN PAINTING 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
100 FINA419 CITY-SCAPE STUDIES 2 400L First Semester Course outline
101 FINA420 METAL CASTING 2 400L First Semester Course outline
102 FINA421 LIFE SCULPTURE 2 400L First Semester Course outline
103 FINA422 PROJECT AND EXHIBITION 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
104 FINA423 FOUNTAIN AND CERAMIC SCULPTURE 2 400L First Semester Course outline
105 FINA424 TRENDS IN SCULPTURE 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
106 FINA425 sculpture materials and techniques 2 400L First Semester Course outline
107 FINA426 DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL FORM 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
108 FINA427 ASSEMBLAGE 2 400L First Semester Course outline
109 FINA428 ADVANCED LIFE SCULPTURE 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
110 FINA429 BALANCE AND RHYTHM 4 400L First Semester Course outline
111 FINA430 TEACHING PRACTICE [EXTERNAL] 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
112 FINA431 ART IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL 3 400L First Semester Course outline
113 FINA432 COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN ART EDUCATION 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
114 FINA433 FIELD WORK (RESEARCH PROJECT) 4 400L First Semester Course outline
115 FINA434 ISSUES IN ART EDUCATION 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
116 FINA435 NEW TRENDS IN ART EDUCATION 3 400L First Semester Course outline
117 FINA436 ART AND AESTHETICS 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
118 FINA437 ART PROBLEMS(SELECTED TOPICS) 3 400L First Semester Course outline
119 FINA438 FINAL RESEACH PROJECT 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
120 FINA439 TEACHING PRACTICE 1 4 400L First Semester Course outline
121 FINA440 FINAL RESEARCH PROJECT 4 400L Second Semester Course outline
122 FINA441 ART CRITISISM 3 400L First Semester Course outline
123 FINA442 WOMEN IN AFRICAN ART 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
124 FINA443 FIELD WORK 3 400L First Semester Course outline
125 FINA444 ART IN TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIETY 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
126 FINA445 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART 3 400L First Semester Course outline
127 FINA446 ISLAMIC ART IN EUROPE AND AFRICA 3 400L Second Semester Course outline
128 FINA447 CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN ART 3 400L First Semester Course outline
129 FINA448 ISSUES IN AFRICAN ART [SELECTED TOPICS] 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
130 FINA449 RESEARCH PROJECT 1 4 400L First Semester Course outline
131 FINA450 CHARACTER PORTRAITURE 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
132 FINA451 FOUND OBJECT 1 400L First Semester Course outline
133 FINA452 FINISHING 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
134 FINA454 ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
135 FINA462 ART PROMOTION AND PATRONAGE 2 400L Second Semester Course outline
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