Bachelor of Fine Arts

Curriculum Structure

The curriculum for the Bachelor's Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage involves structuring the content, systems, and methodologies that enable graduates to acquire the fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to fulfill the profession's core mission. This mission is none other than the preservation of cultural heritage, which consists of its examination and diagnosis, preventive and curative conservation, restoration, and documentation, as specified in the professional profile outlined in the degree's White Paper.

The curriculum, developed based on the regulatory framework for the organization and verification of official university studies –Royal Decree 1393/2007– (modified by RD 861/2010), and the guidelines developed by the University of La Laguna, is structured in the following subjects:

Distribution of the curriculum by type of subject
Type of training Credits
Basic training 60
Mandatory 84
Electives (mentions) 72
Internships in companies 12
Final Degree Project 12
TOTAL 240

The curriculum is structured in eight modules: Basic Training 1; Conservation and Restoration 1; Materials, Techniques and Procedures; Examination, Diagnosis and Documentation; Conservation and Restoration 2; Optional Subjects; Final Degree Project; and Internships in Companies.

FIRST COURSE
Four-month periodModuleSubjectCredits
1Basic Training 1Expression Techniques in a Modern Language6
Introduction to art history6
Visual culture and contemporary artistic creation6
Basic Training 2Drawing I6
Photograph6
2Basic Training 1Cultural Anthropology6
Introduction to philosophical problems6
Representation systems6
Basic Training 2Painting I6
Sculpture I6
SECOND YEAR
Four-month periodModuleSubjectCredits
1Basic principles and processesPhotography and Video6
Artistic anatomy6
Drawing II6
Painting II6
Sculpture II6
2Drawing III6
Cultural subjectsCulture and contexts6
Mention: Transdisciplinary artProject I6
New materialities6
Construction Workshop6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animationDrawing techniques and procedures6
Introduction to artistic creation in drawing I6
Introduction to artistic creation in drawing II6
Mention: SculptureConcept and sculptural process6
Sculptural techniques and processes6
Introduction to sculptural creation6
Mention: PaintPainting from life6
Painting techniques and materials I6
Introduction to pictorial creation6
THIRD YEAR
Four-month periodModuleSubjectCredits
1Cultural subjectsContemporary art movements6
Auxiliary disciplines3D technological resources6
Mention: Transdisciplinary artProject II6
Image and representation6
Expanded paint6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animationAnimated image techniques6
Creative drawing: graphics6
Creative animation processes6
Mention: SculptureModeling from life6
ANNUALSculptural carving in wood12
Ceramic sculpture12
Mention: PaintPainting and landscape12
1Painting techniques and materials II6
Pictorial creation I6
2Cultural subjectsArt and cultural industry6
Auxiliary disciplinesWeb resources and dissemination tools6
Mention: Transdisciplinary artProject III6
Subjectivity and performativity6
Dissemination tools6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animationExperimental animation6
Animation projects6
Creative drawing: illustration6
Mention: SculptureFoundry I6
Mention: PaintPainting techniques and materials III6
Pictorial creation II6
FOURTH YEAR
Four-month periodModuleSubjectCredits
ANNUALFinal Degree ProjectFinal Degree Project12
1Cultural subjectsArt education and cultural mediation6
Auxiliary disciplinesManagement of cultural projects and professional projection6
Mention: Transdisciplinary artDigital culture and collaborative practices6
Technological image6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animationConcept and creative process I6
Experimental drawing6
Mention: SculptureFoundry II6
ANNUALSculpture in stone12
Mention: PaintMural12
1Pictorial creation III6
2Internships in companiesInternships in companies12
Auxiliary disciplinesIntegrated editing and multiple work workshop6
Mention: Transdisciplinary artDevices and installation methods6
Mention: Drawing, illustration and animationConcept and creative process II6

Mentions

The subjects and courses that make up each of the four mentions offered by the Degree in Fine Arts are oriented towards the development of the creative project
autonomous student in the context of contemporary culture.

It proposes a training process articulated around said project, focused on the theoretical-practical work of elaboration and formalization of the creative project, which will culminate in the Final Degree Project.

Based on the basic training of the first courses, both common and specific and disciplinary, this module has a central importance in the training of the student since it enables sequencing from initial and intermediate stages to final training. This training is comprehensive to the extent that it is structured around the student's professional creation project, oriented towards any of the orientations that are signified in the mentions. It is here where the criteria of integration, experimentation and flexibility become fully valid and where tutored learning and self-learning are deployed to a greater extent.

This module, moreover, is the one that condenses the highest percentage of ECTS credits and extends over 5 semesters, culminating –as mentioned–
with the completion of the final degree project.

During the course, students learn to develop their creative thinking, integrate culture, knowledge and sensitivity, delve into the knowledge of the areas in which their profession is developed, become aware of the location of their work in the panorama of contemporary creation, learn to obtain, manage and select information and, in short, acquire the knowledge, capacities, abilities and skills that qualify them as an artist or a professional in the field of contemporary artistic creation and production.

  1. Transdisciplinary Art: oriented towards artistic production and creation within the system of discourses and practices of contemporary art.
  2. Drawing, Illustration and Animation: oriented towards artistic production and creation in the fields of drawing, graphics, illustration and animation.
  3. Sculpture: oriented towards artistic production and creation within the disciplinary field of sculpture.
  4. Paint: oriented towards artistic production and creation within the disciplinary field of painting.

Guidelines for the selection and registration in the Mentions

Number of places per mention

Transdisciplinary Art: 30
Drawing, Illustration and Animation: 30
Sculpture: 30
Painting: 30