BACHELOR´S STUDIES
Bachelor's studies at Faculty of Fine Arts (FAA) focus on acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge based on the current state of science or art and mastering their use in the performance of a profession or continuing in subsequent university studies. Graduates of bachelor's study programs receive a first-level university education. FFA conducts bachelor study programs in the field of Art only in full-time form of study. The standard length of a bachelor's degree at FFA is four academic years. Bachelor's studies take place in the credit system and the student must complete compulsory, compulsory optional and optional courses according to the recommended study plan of the study program he is studying. In one semester, he should optimally complete so many courses to reach 30 credits. For the entire course of study, he must accumulate at least 240 credits, the achievement of which is a condition for the proper completion of the bachelor's degree. Profile courses - Ateliers contribute in a fundamental way to fulfilling the profile of a graduate of the study program. The first two years have a preparatory character, without a concrete profiling of the student. At the beginning of the 3rd year of study, they have the opportunity to decide on a specific profile. They can opt for one of the specifically focused studios on offer. The study is completed with a state exam and the fulfillment of all prescribed requirements in the study program. The state exam in the bachelor's study program is the defense of the final thesis. The condition for admission to the state exam in the bachelor's study program is the preparation of the final thesis. The final work of a bachelor's study is a bachelor's thesis. The state exam is held in front of an examination committee, which has at least four members. The composition of examination boards for state examinations is determined by the dean from among the persons authorized to examine. The regular and remedial date of the state exam or its parts is determined in the study schedule of the relevant academic year. Correction dates for the defense of bachelor's theses are held by the end of the summer semester at the latest. The state exam can be repeated only once. In case of repeated failure, the study is terminated due to failure to meet the conditions of the study program. Graduates of bachelor studies are awarded the academic title "bachelor" " baccalarius " (abbreviated as "Bc."), it is stated before the name.
Bachelor´s study programs:
PAINTING - GRAPHICS (PG)
Name and number of study field: Art/8202
Number according to the register of study programs: 184480
Type of study program: academically oriented, artistic
Form of study: full-time
Standard length of study expressed in academic years: 4 years
Language in which the study program is conducted: Slovak
Awarded academic degree: Bachelor (Bc.)
Description of the study program
Graduate profile
A graduate of the bachelor's study program Painting-Graphics in the field of study Art - Bachelor's artist - has practical and theoretical knowledge and skills in the field of visual art, based on knowledge of the history and current state of art, which he is able to use creatively in independent artistic activity or in the continuation of a subsequent university studies. He has adequate knowledge of technological processes and creative materials, he masters traditional and innovative graphic and painting techniques, digital media and computer programs for image processing. He has the necessary theoretical knowledge of the theory and history of fine art, aesthetics and communicates in a foreign language at an advanced level. He masters the procedures and means of depicting reality in the media of drawing, graphics and painting, the laws of creating an artistic statement and the principles of the functioning of an artistic sign. Based on these skills, he is able to conceptually create works of art, interpret and present his work.
Application of graduates
A graduate of the Painting-Graphics bachelor's study program acquires the professional qualification to perform the profession of visual artist - painter or graphic artist, at the level of Bachelor of Arts. It is prepared both creatively and technologically for independent work in the field of painting, drawing and graphics as part of free artistic practice. He has all the prerequisites to maintain contact with developments in his discipline, to take and present positions in the field of art culture, and to organize his further professional growth. A bachelor's degree graduate can continue, after successfully passing the entrance exams, in a master's degree in a subsequent or related study program.
The person responsible for the implementation, development and quality of the study program (PRSP):
doc. Štefan Balázs , ArtD., acad. painter.
Program Board
A program board (PB) has been established for the Painting-Graphics study program, which acts in the interest of developing the quality of the study program and is an advisory and auxiliary body of the person responsible for the implementation, development and quality of the study program (PRSP):
doc. Štefan Balázs , acad. painter, ArtD. (PRSP/chairman)
doc. Mgr. art. Rastislav Podoba, ArtD. (1. VTC)
doc. Milan Hnat, acad. painter, ArtD. (2. VTC)
doc. Mgr. art. Patrik Ševčík, ArtD. (3. VTC)
doc. Igor Benca, acad. painter (4. VTC)
Mgr. Richard Gregor (ZUP)
Mgr. art. Juliana Mrvová, ArtD. (ZUP)
Mgr. art. Marin Kudla, ArtD. (ZAP)
Petra Rubešová (SR)
Mgr. art. Katarína Balunová, ArtD. (secretary/minutes)
INTERMEDIA - DIGITAL MEDIA - SPATIAL ARTS (I-DM-SA)
Name and number of study field: Art/8202
Number according to the register of study programs: 184495
Type of study program: academically oriented, artistic
Form of study: full-time
Standard length of study expressed in academic years: 4 years
Language in which the study program is conducted: Slovak
Awarded academic degree: Bachelor (Bc.)
Description of the study programe
Graduate profile
A graduate of the bachelor's study program Intermedia - Digital Media - Spatial Arts in the field of study Art has the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of visual arts, based on knowledge of the history and current state of art. He is able to use them creatively during his independent artistic activity or when continuing his subsequent university studies. The graduate can apply a wide range of two-dimensional and three-dimensional creative approaches in his work. It is also able to use the latest spatial technologies, analog and digital media. He can critically evaluate the information obtained and use it in solving creative tasks. The graduate has adequate competences to use technologies and materials according to the content of the study program. He knows how to interpret and present his work and has the ability to maintain contact with the development of contemporary art. He is ready to take responsibility for making decisions and solving professional problems. In his creative activity, he can evaluate ethical and social contexts and is capable of critical self-reflection. A bachelor's degree graduate has the prerequisites to conceptually create small-scale works of art on their own or to focus on managing their own creative artistic projects in cooperation in the field of intermedia, digital media and spatial arts.
Graduate employability
A graduate of the Bachelor's study program Intermedia - Digital Media - Spatial Arts acquires the professional qualification to perform the profession of visual artist at the level of Bachelor of Arts. Based on the acquired theoretical and professional knowledge of world and Slovak visual art and technical-technological skills, he is ready to carry out and organize his own creative activity or in team cooperation in the field of intermedia, digital media and spatial arts. He has all the prerequisites to maintain contact with developments in his discipline, to take and present positions in the field of art culture, and to organize his further professional growth. Able to work autonomously or as part of a team. After obtaining the bachelor's degree, he can develop his professional artistic growth in a subsequent or related master's study program.
The person responsible for the implementation, development and quality of the study program (PRSP)
doc. Miroslav NICZ, acad. painter.
Program Board
For the Intermedia - Digital Media - Spatial Arts study program, a program board (PR) has been established, which acts in the interest of developing the quality of the study program and is an advisory and auxiliary body of the person responsible for the implementation, development and quality of the study program (PRSP):
doc. Miroslav Nicz, acad. painter (PRSP/chairman)
prof. Miroslav Brooš, acad. painter (1. VTC)
doc. Mgr. Ján Adamove, ArtD. (2. VTC)
doc. Peter Gaspár, acad. sculptor (3. VTC)
doc., Mgr. art. Jozef Suchoža , ArtD. (4. VTC)
PaedDr., Mgr. art. Boris Vaitovič , ArtD. (ZUP)
Mgr. Miroslava Sikorová (ZUP)
Mgr. art. Juraj Schikor (ZAP)
Bara Viatrová (SR)
Mgr. art. Ivana Sláviková, ArtD. (secretary/minutes)
PRSP – person responsible for the study program, VTC – persons responsible for courses, who provide profile courses and provide creative outputs, ZUP – representatives of artistic practice, ZAP – representative from the academic environment (or other institution operating in the field), SR – representative of students from the relevant SP, DO – other persons at the discretion of PRSP.