FINA601-26W (C) Whole Year 2026

Fine Arts Honours Research

120 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 16 February 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 15 March 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 August 2026

Description

This is a course that provides high-achieving students with an advanced research pathway in their fourth year of study within the Bachelor of Fine Arts disciplines of Design, Moving Image, Painting, Photography and Sculpture. This course, while vocationally relevant with respect to emphasis on applied, self-directed learning, promotes the development of specific critical and conceptual skills and knowledge needed to move into post-graduate study, or professional engagement within a range of fine arts related communities of practice. The structure of this course is split between discipline specific studio meetings, workshops, critiques, reading groups, field trips and critical reflection assignments delivered in parallel with 411 studio courses, as well as specific cross-studio seminar sessions, lectures, critiques and workshops. The course culminates in the submission of a substantial body of studio work, supporting documentation and workbooks, plus a 5000 word exegesis that unpacks, contextualises and extends the student’s own practice-based research.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval by the Head of School.

Restrictions

FINA450, FINA451, FINA452

Timetable 2026

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 204 (block 1) Photography Studio
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
02 Tuesday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 134 (block 3)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
03 Tuesday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 106 (block 1)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
04 Tuesday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 115 (block 1)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
05 Tuesday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 143 (block 3)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 31 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 204 (block 1) Photography Studio
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 24 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
02 Thursday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 134 (block 3)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 24 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
03 Thursday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 106 (block 1)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 24 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
04 Thursday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 115 (block 1)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 24 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
05 Thursday 09:30 - 12:30 Fine Arts 143 (block 3)
16 Feb - 29 Mar
20 Apr - 24 May
13 Jul - 23 Aug
7 Sep - 18 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 16:00 Fine Arts 124A Seminar Room
16 Feb - 22 Feb
2 Mar - 8 Mar
16 Mar - 22 Mar
27 Apr - 3 May
11 May - 17 May
20 Jul - 26 Jul
3 Aug - 9 Aug
17 Aug - 23 Aug
14 Sep - 20 Sep
28 Sep - 4 Oct
12 Oct - 18 Oct
Presentation A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 226 Te Moana nui a Kiwa
25 May - 31 May
Presentation B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 226 Te Moana nui a Kiwa
25 May - 31 May
Presentation C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 226 Te Moana nui a Kiwa
25 May - 31 May

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Completed body of work 70%
Written exegesis, 5000 words 20%
Research presentation with external panel 10%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $9,376.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Limited Entry Course

Maximum enrolment is 50

For further information see Creative and Digital Arts .

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