Programmes
Bachelor’s Degree Study
Students can enrol in the following bachelor’s fields of study at the Department of Art Culture: Visual Arts (Single Major), Visual Arts for Helping Professions and Visual Arts (Double Major).
Visual Arts (Single Major)
Length of study: 3 years
Type of study: Full-time
Visualisation of the field of study at IS STAG
The aim of the study is to provide students with quality education in the field of artistic activity, good orientation in the issue of visual arts and culture, and also basic knowledge in the field of visual arts and experience with the world of art education. The student naturally learns about and confronts current tendencies and trends in visual arts through the authentic experience of his or her own artwork, which is the prerequisite for his or her ability to and skill for transmitting art values to the general public. A self-confident art teacher has the possibility, based on his or her own inner experience and (co)participation in art events, to make the public aware of the art values in a quality, competent and cultivated manner and to motivate them to be in contact with the world of visual arts, to visit gallery and museum institutions, and to participate in the art business.
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a practical exam and a face-to-face interview. During the practical exam, applicants receive an art task that enables them to present their skills in improvisation, artistic and creative thinking. During the face-to-face interview, applicants prove their basic knowledge in the field of general cultural insight and visual arts (e.g., the knowledge of famous personalities, galleries and exhibitions). The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. Contact the Department Management for more information.
Visual Arts for Helping Professions
Length of study: 3 years
Type of study: Full-time
Visualisation of the field of study at IS STAG
What are helping professions? They are various areas that are characterised by professional help to other people, that is areas where another person is the subject and objective of one’s work. Helping professions include jobs in education, health care and in the social area.
Our three-year bachelor’s degree specialises in educating students for work with people with specific educational needs in the field of visual arts and leisure activities.
The study is based on a balanced combination of visual arts, special education and psychology.
Students receive art-oriented education (drawing, painting, spatial creation, photography, video and new media, interdisciplinary creation) that helps them master a wide range of art resources and materials and use them to create projects for a specific group.
They attend seminars focusing on areas overlapping between art, education and therapy, i.e. courses of art therapy, artefiletics, outsider art, psychomotor therapy and relaxation techniques.
At the theoretical level, the visual arts study provides basic orientation in the field of art history and contemporary visual culture, and the basics of the visual arts didactics.
The area of special education and psychology supplements the students’ education with specific knowledge and skills that allow them to work with individual specific groups, such as people with special educational needs, adult education, or inclusive education.
Starting in the second year, students complete professional practical experience that lets them get to know specific institutions and gradually get involved in their operation up to individually managed work with students or clients.
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a practical exam and a face-to-face interview. During the practical exam, applicants receive an art task that enables them to present their skills in creative thinking and artistic sensitivity. During the face-to-face interview, applicants prove their basic knowledge of culture, especially art culture (e.g., knowledge of prominent galleries and exhibitions), experience and practical experience in working with people, communication and social skills. The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. Contact the Department Management for more information.
Visual Arts (Double Major)
Length of study: 3 years
Type of study: Full-time
Visualisation of the field of study at IS STAG
Education of students within the visual arts focuses on two basic areas – the area of art (includes students’ own practical artwork, as well as theory and history of arts) and the area of education (namely methods of mediating artwork and specifics of the visual arts didactics). These areas provide a sufficient preparation and support in the following career choice of the students and prepare them for the follow-up master’s degree at faculties of education. The following combinations will be available in the academic year 2020/2021:
- English language and literature + Visual arts
- Czech language and literature + Visual arts
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a practical exam and a face-to-face interview. During the practical exam, applicants receive an art task that enables them to present their skills in improvisation, artistic and creative thinking. During the face-to-face interview, applicants prove their basic knowledge in the field of general cultural insight and visual arts (e.g., the knowledge of famous personalities, galleries and exhibitions). The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. Contact the Department Management for more information.
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Master’s Degree Study
The Department of Art Culture offers these follow-up master’s degrees:
Full-time study
- Teaching Visual Arts at Elementary, Secondary and Art Schools (single major)
- Teaching Visual Arts at Secondary School (double major)
- Visual Arts for the Second Level of Elementary School (double major)
Combined study
- Teaching of Visual Arts for Elementary, Secondary and Art Schools (single major)
Teaching Visual Arts at Elementary, Secondary and Art Schools
Standard length of study: 2 years
Form: full-time
The study focuses on educating art teachers. It includes subjects from the field of theory of visual arts, artistic and teaching practice, related didactics, history of arts and educational research. It prepares graduates for the career of an art teacher in a comprehensive way.
Graduates of the follow-up master’s degree programme can work as art teachers at various types of schools, art lecturers in galleries and in extracurricular activities. They can also work in galleries, museums and exhibition spaces where they will be able to prepare and implement an art animation programme for visitors. Graduates in this field of study can not only implement their own art projects, but they are also able to give a lecture at a professional level, or to prepare a project in the field of intermediating artwork, animation, an art workshop, a creative workshop, a course or a trip.
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a face-to-face interview with focus on knowledge in the field of visual arts, interpretation and intermediation of an artwork, applicant’s general insight in visual arts and education, and his or her previous teaching experience. The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. Contact the Department Management for more information.
Teaching Visual Arts at Secondary School
Standard length of study: 2 years
Form: full-time
This is a follow-up study for graduates of double-major bachelor’s degrees with focus on arts. The field of study is mostly designed based on the fact that the area of art education contains two basic, equal levels – “practical” and “theoretical”, that is, the ability to create and the ability to give testimony about the creative performance in a social and cultural context, with emphasis put mainly on the theoretical embedding of the acquired knowledge and experience.
Graduates acquire competences for the career of teachers at secondary schools and corresponding years of grammar schools. Graduates have the knowledge in visual arts, related didactics, education and psychology that they are able to apply in their lessons and in other related activities they perform at schools. They are able to didactically analyse the curriculum and they are practically prepared to implement suitable forms and methods of education in order to achieve the educational objective. Graduates acquire the skills needed to master new technical devices, modern educational technology, and they are able to deal with the demands of an information-based society. Graduates in this field of study can not only implement their own art projects, but they are also able to give a lecture at a professional level, or to prepare a project in the field of intermediating artwork, animation, an art workshop, a creative workshop, a course or a trip. The following combinations will be available in the academic year 2020/2021:
- Teaching Czech Language and Literature at Secondary School + Teaching Visual Arts at Secondary School
- Teaching Visual Arts at Secondary School + Teaching Social Sciences at Secondary School
- Teaching Visual Arts at Secondary School + Teaching German Language and Literature at Secondary School
- Teaching Visual Arts at Secondary School + Teaching History at Secondary School
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a face-to-face interview with focus on knowledge in the field of visual arts, interpretation and intermediation of an artwork, applicant’s general insight in visual arts and education, and his or her previous teaching experience. The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. Contact the Department Management for more information.
Visual Arts for the Second Level of Elementary School
Standard length of study: 2 years
Form: full-time
This is a follow-up study for graduates of bachelor’s degrees with a double major and for graduates of double-major bachelor’s degrees with focus on education. It is organised as double-major in various combinations (see the column on the right). The field of study is mostly designed based on the fact that the area of art education contains two basic, equal levels – “practical” and “theoretical”, that is, the ability to create and the ability to give testimony about the creative performance in a social and cultural context, with emphasis put mainly on the theoretical embedding of the acquired knowledge and experience.
Graduates acquire competences for the career of a teacher. They have the knowledge in visual arts, related didactics, education and psychology that they are able to apply in their lessons and in other related activities they perform at schools. They are able to didactically analyse the curriculum and they are practically prepared to implement suitable forms and methods of education in order to achieve the educational objective. Graduates acquire the skills needed to master new technical devices, modern educational technology, and they are able to deal with the demands of an information-based society. The following combinations will be available in the academic year 2020/2021:
- English Language and Literature for the Second Level of Elementary School + Visual Arts for the Second Level of Elementary School
- Czech Language and Literature for the Second Level of Elementary School + Visual Arts for the Second Level of Elementary School
- Visual Arts for the Second Level of Elementary School + Civic Education for the Second Level of Elementary School
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a face-to-face interview with focus on knowledge in the field of visual arts, interpretation and intermediation of an artwork, applicant’s general insight in visual arts and education, and his or her previous teaching experience. The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. Contact the Department Management for more information.
Teaching Visual Arts at Elementary, Secondary and Art Schools
Standard length of study: 2 years
Form: combined
The field of study is for graduates of bachelor’s degree in the field of Art Education, Visual Arts, or bachelor’s degree in Humanities with focus on education. The field of study is primarily designed to broaden or supplement qualification.
The content of the study is to acquire specific field-related competences of teachers, in close contact with teaching and artistic experience. The study includes subjects from the field of theory of visual arts, artistic and teaching practice, related didactics, history of arts and educational research.
Graduates can work at various types of schools (second level of elementary schools, grammar schools, general secondary schools, as well as schools with focus on arts or technology, elementary schools of art), as well as in galleries, museums and exhibition spaces where they will be able to prepare and implement an art animation programme for visitors.
Information about the admission procedure for the academic year 2020/2021:
The entrance exam consists in a face-to-face interview and a practical exam. The face-to-face interview focuses on knowledge in the field of visual arts, interpretation and intermediation of an artwork, applicant’s general insight in visual arts and education, and his or her previous teaching experience. The interview also includes the evaluation of the applicant’s portfolio and his or her own artwork. The practical exam checks the ability of creative solution of an art problem. Contact the Department Management for more information.