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Honour School of Fine Art

A

  • 1. No member of the University shall be admitted to the Final Examination in Fine Art unless they have either passed or been exempted from the Preliminary Examination in Fine Art.

  • 2. The examination shall be under the supervision of the Committee for the Ruskin School of Art, which shall make regulations for the examination.

B

  • 1. The examination shall include both practical and written work. Examiners may call any candidate to be examined by viva voce.

    2. Every candidate will be required to:

    • (a) Produce a selection of work completed throughout the course preceding the examination in each of the categories scheduled below, to be submitted no later than noon on Tuesday in the eighth week of Trinity Full Term in which the examination is taken. Submission to be made to Ruskin School of Art, 128 Bullingdon Road, Oxford. 

      • (i) An exhibition of current work or work constructed especially for assessment. 

        (ii) A portfolio of work made during the course preceding the examination in any medium or media agreed by the candidate and their tutor. This should include at least twelve original works; in the case of time-based work, candidates should make a submission of works, or excerpts of works, of no more than a total of twenty minutes’ duration. Work which, in the judgement of the candidate's tutor, cannot be submitted for examination for practical reasons, may be represented by documentation.  

    • (b) Submit an essay of no more than 6,000 words (including footnotes), which shall normally be on some aspect of visual culture since 1900, no later than noon on the Friday of ninth week of the Hilary Term preceding the examination. 

    • (c) Submit three essays of no more than 2,500 words each (including footnotes) on aspects of the history and theory of visual culture since 1900. One essay must be submitted not later than noon on the Friday of the ninth week of the Michaelmas Full Term in the academic year preceding the examination, one essay must be submitted not later than noon on the Friday of the ninth week of the Hilary Full Term in the academic year preceding the examination, and one essay must be submitted not later than noon on the Friday of the ninth week of the Trinity Full Term in the academic year preceding the examination. 

  • All digital submissions are to be made on University approved online platform, as directed by the School. 
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