BA (Hons) Creative Arts Practice with Professional Placement Year in Bath United Kingdom | Bath Spa University

Discover, create, and challenge conventions with this dynamic contemporary arts program. This hands-on creative arts degree focuses on practical creation as its core. You'll develop foundational skills across various artistic disciplines such as ceramics, textiles, printmaking, and wood/metal/plastics before specializing. The program also examines critical, conceptual, ethical, and environmental aspects of modern craft, investigating how creation intersects with social, cultural, and historical frameworks.

Through access to specialized workshops and expert guidance, earn a degree that equips you with exceptional craftsmanship. As an emerging artist, you'll build comprehensive skills across multiple creative fields before choosing your specialization in the first year. The program fosters collaboration across disciplines, helping you develop the ability to merge theory and practice in groundbreaking ways.

Our alumni pursue diverse careers, from launching independent studios to working as freelance artists, makers, or designers. Graduates excel in fields like retail and display management, curation, creative production, gallery work, project coordination, research, arts administration, heritage preservation, education, art criticism, museum education, higher education instruction, and postgraduate studies. This year offers the chance to seek, apply for, and obtain professional experience through one to three placements spanning at least nine months. Completing this module successfully showcases your readiness for graduate-level employment.