Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Bachelor
4 years
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
Why study Visual, Digital and Performance Arts at UBC Okanagan?
The BFA offers a perfect balance of studio work and academic study, immersing students in hands-on critical and contemporary art education, integrating creativity and research into a variety of fields such as visual arts, digital media, eco art, indigenous media arts, art history, visual culture and the digital humanities.
Students are encouraged to work in media that best suits their artistic practice: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, video, animation, computational arts and movement-based performance work.
The program focuses on skill development, entrepreneurial opportunity, cross-cultural understanding, and critical thinking.
Visit our FCCS Art blog showcasing some of our current student works and the studio spaces where they create their work.
Careers and Outcomes
UBC degrees are respected by employers around the globe. Program graduates will have the skills to pursue a career in a variety of fields like,
- Animator
- Art administrator
- Art director
- Art illustrator
- Cartoonist
- Communications coordinator
- Costume designer
- Cultural events planner
- Curatorial assistant
- Designer
- Exhibit designer
- Filmmaker
- Graphic designer
- Performer
- Photographer
- Printmaker
- Production artist
- Product package designer
- Proofreader
- Researcher
- Sculptor
- Set designer
- Studio art technician
- Studio assistant
- Tattoo artist
- Technical illustrator
- Textile designer
- Theatre director/technician
- Video editor
- Visual merchandiser
- Visual art consultant
- Web designer
Your skills will be applicable to careers in public or private art galleries, theatres or museums, cultural organizations, film production, studio art practice and future graduate studies.
Experiential Learning
Expand your horizons while studying abroad, conducting meaningful research, or working in the community with your UBC colleagues.
Learn more about Co-op, Go Global, Undergraduate Research Awards and other opportunities at Experiential Education.
Art history courses, visiting artists’ presentations and participation in art exhibitions, or performances locally, nationally, internationally and in the department-run FINA Gallery also form integral parts of the curriculum.
Students can take a practicum course to organize the annual Art on the Line fundraiser, and have the opportunity to take a Go Global Street Art course, or a course in Public Art: Mural Painting.
Global and Close-Knit
At UBC Okanagan, you gain all the benefits of attending a globally ranked, top 5% university while studying in a close-knit learning community. 50% of graduates, from all across the globe, choose to stay in the region.
Discover the Okanagan
A diverse natural region with sandy beaches, beautiful farms, vineyards, orchards and snow-capped mountains, the Okanagan is an inspirational landscape perfect for those seeking leisure or outdoor adventure.
UBC's Okanagan campus borders the dynamic city of Kelowna, a hub of economic development with a population of more than 150,000 people— the fourth fastest-growing population in Canada.
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