Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Expanded Media

The Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Expanded Media program offers you opportunities to explore interdisciplinary practices, collaboration, research and conceptual and social issues in a range of media arts, including film, video, installation, performance, audio art, digital media and photography. Hybrid approaches to media arts will enable you to draw on your individual skills whether they extend across fine art, design, craft or critical studies. With a studio focus, the program is driven by exploration, interdisciplinarity and conceptual development. Taking a series of fine and media arts courses, you will explore a diverse range of visual arts concerns from an interdisciplinary approach. These courses will provide opportunities for internship placements in galleries, museums and artist-run centres.

Applicants currently completing high school must submit a record of all studies from at least grade 10 onward. These transcripts should include at least mid-term or first semester grades for the graduating year.All high school applicants must have completed grade 12 (or the highest grade level required for secondary graduation) with an average of 70% or higher, including a minimum grade of 70% in grade 12 English for university preparation. Advanced Placement (AP) courses with a grade of 4 or higher are eligible for transfer credit.An International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with a minimum grade of 24 is acceptable for entry to NSCAD. Higher Level courses with a grade of 5 or higher are eligible for transfer credit.