Bachelor of Visual Arts
Duration: 8 semesters
Modality: Face-to-face
Call: Annual
Mexicali College of Arts
+52 (686) 689-08-15
https://www.facultaddeartesmexicaliuabc.com/artes-plasticas/
Ensenada College of Arts
+52 (646) 15-282-04
Who graduates from the educational program Bachelor's degree in
Visual Arts may work as:
Public sector:
- Government institutions related to culture
- Basic, secondary and higher level educational institutions
- Institutes or research centers linked to artistic and cultural studies
- Non-governmental organizations, civil society associations and non-profit groups
Private sector:
- Basic, secondary and higher level educational institutions
- Museums, galleries and other organizations
- Institutions focused on promoting culture
- Creative industries
- Institutes or research centers linked to artistic and cultural studies
- Cultural agencies and other civil sector agents focused on the promotion of visual arts
As an independent professional:
- Independent artist
- Curatorship and art criticism
- Workshop leader and teacher
- Development, consulting and/or advice on projects in visual arts
- Cultural management
- Art and culture groups and companies
- Cultural promotion and promotion of visual arts
- Museography
Train professionals who design and develop projects in the field of Visual Arts through the production of work that contributes to human development and the different areas of the arts at a regional, national and international level.
1
Train competent professionals for the production of artistic work, relating the plastic arts to the visual arts.
2
Train competent professionals to generate critical academic products on the visual arts, based on the theory and history of art.
3
Train competent professionals to develop artistic projects, applying management and curatorial knowledge and skills.
It must possess the following characteristics:
General knowledge in:
- Plastic and visual arts
- Basic tools for two-dimensional and three-dimensional representation
- Fundamentals of visual language
- Interest in literature and writing
- Interest in art history
Skills:
- Representation and creation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes
- Capacity for abstraction and analysis
- Reading comprehension
- Oral and written communication
- Visual creativity
- Basic use of tools for graphic and plastic creation
- Critical thinking
Attitudes and values:
- Artistic and intellectual curiosity
- Hobby for reading and the arts in general
- Appreciation of artistic and cultural values
- Sensitivity towards social phenomena and problems
- Tolerance and respect for diversity
- Willingness to acquire knowledge
- Teamwork
- Constructive criticism
- Responsibility
- Social commitment
- Respect for diversity
- Freedom
- Perseverance
- Solidarity
- Respect for the environment
- Honesty
- Respect for copyright
- Produce artistic work, relating the disciplines of plastic arts and visual arts, to reinforce the production of work and contribute to cultural heritage, participating in the different fields of current art, with aesthetic quality and a critical attitude.
- Develop knowledge about the visual arts, through the generation of written, oral and audiovisual products, based on methodologies history and theory of the arts, as well as artistic education, to disseminate, communicate knowledge and direct teaching-learning processes with a critical sense and responsibility.
- Develop artistic projects, applying management and curatorial knowledge and skills, to meet the social needs of the art market, as well as the different areas of the visual arts, with professionalism and respect for diversity.
- Level 3 of the diagnostic exam of the Faculty of Languages.
Curriculum
| Subject | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
| Ethics | 6 | ✓ |
| Introduction to Western Thought | 6 | ✓ |
| Reading and Writing | 4 | ✓ |
| Paradigms of Art | 5 | ✓ |
| Tools for Searching for Information | 4 | ✓ |
| Introduction to Discipline | 10 | ✓ |
| Ancient and Medieval Art | 6 | ✓ |
| Fundamentals of Drawing | 6 | ✓ |
| Fundamentals of Painting | 6 | ✓ |
| Ceramics and Modeling | 6 | ✓ |
| Photograph | 5 | ✓ |
| Aesthetics | 6 | ✓ |
| Modern Art | 6 | ✓ |
| Natural Drawing | 6 | ✓ |
| Oil painting | 6 | ✓ |
| Sculptural Techniques | 6 | ✓ |
| Photographic Postproduction | 5 | ✓ |
| Art Administration | 5 | ✓ |
| English I | 6 | |
| Advanced Ceramics | 6 | |
| Conservation and Preventive Restoration | 6 | |
| Anatomical Drawing | 6 | |
| History of Contemporary Art in Mexico | 6 | |
| Serigraphy | 6 | |
| History of Latin American Art | 6 |
| Subject | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
| Avant-garde and Contemporary Art | 6 | ✓ |
| Current Drawing | 6 | ✓ |
| Contemporary Painting | 6 | ✓ |
| Current Sculpture | 6 | ✓ |
| Fundamentals of Engraving and Graphic Work | 6 | ✓ |
| Writing for the Arts | 5 | ✓ |
| Research Methods in Art | 6 | ✓ |
| Integration Workshop I | 6 | ✓ |
| Visual Artistic Education | 6 | ✓ |
| Saw | 5 | ✓ |
| Fundamentals of Gravure | 6 | ✓ |
| Theories of Art 19th and 20th centuries | 6 | ✓ |
| Integration Workshop II | 6 | ✓ |
| Didactics of the Visual Arts | 6 | ✓ |
| Space and Action | 5 | ✓ |
| Contemporary Graphic Languages | 6 | ✓ |
| Art Marketing | 5 | ✓ |
| Sociology of Art | 6 | |
| Artistic Entrepreneurs | 6 | |
| English II | 6 | |
| Performance | 6 | |
| Alternative Photography Processes | 6 | |
| Animation | 6 | |
| Illustration | 6 | |
| Sculpture and 3D Printing | 6 | |
| Lithography | 6 | |
| History of the Visual Arts of Northwest Mexico | 6 | |
| Art and Gender | 6 | |
| Psychology of Art | 6 |
| Subject | Credits | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
| Theories of Art 21st Century | 6 | ✓ |
| Work Production Projects I | 6 | ✓ |
| Artistic Practices in Education | 6 | ✓ |
| Sound Art | 5 | ✓ |
| Digital Media for Production | 5 | ✓ |
| Curatorship | 6 | ✓ |
| Art Criticism | 6 | ✓ |
| Construction Production Projects II | 8 | ✓ |
| Artistic Project Management | 6 | ✓ |
| Public Art Workshop | 6 | |
| Textile Art | 6 | |
| ICT and Media Arts | 6 | |
| Emerging Practices in the Visual Arts | 6 | |
| Art and Pedagogy: Alternative Models | 6 |
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