Duration: Four Years

Medium of instruction: English

Degree awarding body: SCD

Institutionally Accredited by Oman Academic Accreditation Authority & Overseen by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research & Innovation in the Sultanate of Oman

Program Mission

The mission of Fine Arts program is to prepare students to create, practice and communicate their ideas and concepts in visual language through provision of theoretical knowledge and studio-based education to contribute effectively to their field.

Description

The fine arts program aims at helping talented and interested students actualize their creative potentials in various fields of visual perception and expression. As a specialized field of study, the program is meant to provide students with the creative, artistic and intellectual foundation upon which they can build their creative contributions.As such, all the art major courses are studio hands-on courses whereby the student is introduced to a wide range of traditional and new media, techniques and styles, and exposed to the study of the theoretical and historical backgrounds of each art discipline, the fine arts program espouses a global view of the arts while nurturing the individual artistic voice of every budding talent. Students are encouraged to express their own artistic vision and to communicate their society’s cultural interests through an advanced visual discourse.

Program Objectives

1. Provide adequate knowledge in art history, aesthetics, and contemporary
2. Produce creative artwork using different tools, materials and
3. Develop artwork that reflects professional skills in the field of Fine
4. Support cultural values in professional

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Recognize general educational knowledge such as research skills, business and psychological principles to apply them in their respective
2. Enhance English proficiency level to communicate effectively using art and design
3. Apply art and design elements and principles to create
4. Recognize historical and contemporary concepts in varied art styles to effectively express them in varied situations within the field.
5. Demonstrate appropriate techniques, skills and styles of art and design using different mediums to skillfully create artwork in an intended
6. Value and develop awareness of recent trends in the field to practice advanced skills for creative expression in artwork to meet professional

Admission criteria

Success in General Education Diploma or its Equivalent.

• Aptitude Test prior to college admission (freshman students should do it in the college).
• The students should get a minimum grade of C- in Design Studio I & Design Studio
• The student should get a minimum grade of B- at least in Drawing II
• The student should submit a portfolio by the end of the design foundation

Career Opportunities

Duration: Four Years

Medium of instruction: English

Degree awarding body: SCD

Institutionally Accredited by Oman Academic Accreditation Authority & Overseen by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research & Innovation in the Sultanate of Oman

Program Mission

The mission of the photography program is to provide a broad-based education in the production of photographic images through traditional and digital photographic medium to contribute and practice effectively in their field.

Description

Photography is visual communication that interprets the world with controlling light. Photography is the craft, science, and experience of image formation. The photography program focuses on the concepts and techniques of transmitting knowledge, thoughts, moods, and feelings by making photographs on a photographic medium and educating students to be qualified photographers. The program includes camera procedures, equipment operation, conventional film production, color, photo composites, art, history, computer software utilization, and implementations of different subjects.

Program Objective

1. Practice the artistic and technical aspects of digital photography to improve their visual
2. Develop professional photography skills to produce creative
3. Recognize the main principles of digital photography to control equipment
4. Use different techniques, methods, and equipment to create advanced photographic

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Recognize general educational knowledge such as research skills, business and psychological principles to apply them in their respective
2. Enhance English proficiency level to communicate effectively using art and design
3. Apply art and design elements and principles to create
4. Identify themselves creatively in photographic media to implicate within contemporary photographic
5. Develop superiority in photographic vision and professional skills to domain the photographic
6. Show professional and technical skills necessary to pursue the career path of their
7. Perform professionally as a highly trained photographer, and equipped to exhibit and market their
8. Value and develop an awareness of the latest photographic styles in the field to practice advanced skills creatively.

Admission criteria

• Success in General Education Diploma or its
• The student should get a minimum grade of C- in Design Studio I & Design Studio II
• The availability of a digital camera

Career Opportunities

Photography graduates have potential careers in commercial photography, photojournalism, fine art exhibition and installation, media outlets such as magazines and newspapers either on a freelance or editorial basis, galleries, museums, and government.