Master of Arts in Fine Arts
Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods in created artworks of innovative aesthetic quality independently and integrate independent academic research with the content of a creative portfolio or independent academic research in the Arts and Culture field. Qualifiers will demonstrate knowledge, skills and applied competence in the field of study that provide opportunities for continued personal growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
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Qualification type
Master's Degree
Credits
240
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
University of the Free State
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 02 - Culture and Arts
Subfield
Visual Arts
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
Y
Important dates
These dates are carried directly from the qualification record.
Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods in created artworks of innovative aesthetic quality independently and integrate independent academic research with the content of a creative portfolio or independent academic research in the Arts and Culture field. Qualifiers will demonstrate knowledge, skills and applied competence in the field of study that provide opportunities for continued personal growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
Entry requirements and RPL
- Learners who register for this qualification can
- Learn from predominantly written material
- Communicate what they have learnt comprehensively in the medium of instruction
- Learn and take responsibility for their own progress
- Recognition of prior learning
The qualification recognises formal and non-formal prior learning (incorporating experiential learning) at a Higher Education and Training Certificate Level 7
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
The planned combination of learning outcomes are integrated with critical cross-field outcomes for this Qualification
Practical Competency
The demonstrated ability/skill to achieve the major Skills/Applied Competency of the qualification.
Foundational Competency
The demonstrated understanding, by the Learner, of the embedded knowledge that underpins the end result/outcome.
Reflective Competency
The demonstrated ability/skill to integrate or connect our performances and to reflect on, evaluate and adopt the above competencies.
The learner will be capable of
- Doing independent research in the Arts and Culture field
- Creating a portfolio of innovative artworks (visual art) of aesthetic quality and demonstrating expertise
The learner will be able to
Demonstrate independent research ability at an advanced level in
- The creative processes of the visual arts
- The aesthetic nature of the visual arts
- Managerial, administrative and educational aspects of the visual arts
- Research procedures regarding the interpretation of visual material
Associated assessment criteria
Learners will demonstrate their knowledge and skills through
- In a portfolio of creative artworks demonstrating advanced technical and communicative ability in the visual art
- Writing a research report in the format of a dissertation or articles
Integrated assessment
- Competence is achieved, through continuous assessment by demonstrating the ability to achieve the outcomes of the Qualification
- A portfolio of creative art works and a minor dissertation OR
- A dissertation OR
- A tutored degree comprising of a portfolio creative work and
- Examination of research themes enumerating from creative portfolio
- Assessment documents are moderated to ensure that
- They conform to the scope and context of the competency as stipulated in the qualification
- They are constructed in such a way that the Assessor assesses the critical outcomes applied, during the Learners activity performances, towards achieving an outcome.
- To include confirmation of the Embedded Knowledge component to ensure that the Foundational Competency is achieved
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Vertical: Access to PH-D
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
NOTES
N/A
Providers currently listed
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