BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory
About this course
BA in Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory, an art degree combining studio practice with critical cultural theory. Core topics include Social & Cultural Analysis. Students may choose an optional placement year or a year abroad. The first year introduces studio work and cultural analysis through modules such as Introduction to Practice, Developing Practice [2], Introduction to Cultural Analysis 1 and Introduction to Cultural Analysis 2. The second year focuses on public contexts and evolving methods with compulsory modules Defining your Practice [3] and Practice into Public Contexts [4], alongside optional choices like Image, Music, Text: Reading Roland Barthes and Bodies of Difference: Gender, Power and the Visual Arts. The final year culminates in exhibition preparation through the compulsory module Practice towards exhibition, supported by optional modules such as Critical Approaches to Photography and Postcolonial Feminisms.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB EPQ: BBB plus grade A in the EPQ BTEC: DDM IB: 34 points overall including 16 at Higher Level with 4 in English
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What students say
Based on about 7 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 83%
- Learning opportunities: 74%
- Assessment and feedback: 74%
- Academic support: 80%
- Organisation and management: 85%
- Learning resources: 80%
- Student voice: 70%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 100%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 5%
- North West: 10%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 25%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 40%
- South East: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to Practice
- Developing Practice [2]
- Introduction to Cultural Analysis 1
- Introduction to Cultural Analysis 2
- Defining your Practice [3]
- Practice into Public Contexts [4]
- Image, Music, Text: Reading Roland Barthes
- The State of Utopia
- Live Issues and Contemporary Art Practice
- Bodies of Difference: Gender, Power and the Visual Arts
- Seeing in Asia
- Showing Asia
- State of the Art: Contemporary Perspectives in Art, Science and Technology
- Practice towards exhibition
- From Trauma to Cultural Memory: The Unfinished Business of Representation and the Holocaust
- Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study
- Critical Approaches to Photography
- Postcolonial Feminisms
- Movies, Migrants and Diasporas
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory at University of Leeds earn?
The median salary is £21,000 after 3 years, £27,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £33,000.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory at University of Leeds?
83% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory at University of Leeds?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 186 UCAS points.
Does BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory at University of Leeds include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory at University of Leeds?
100% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.