Bachelor in Licence - Arts plastiques

Taught at Aix-Marseille Université, Site d'Aix-en-Provence in Aix-en-Provence, France, the Licence - Arts plastiques (Bachelor of Visual Arts) is a three-year undergraduate programme delivered in French, with tuition of 178 EUR per year and a September start. Visual arts programmes at licence level combine studio practice with theoretical and historical study in roughly equal measure. In the studio, students work across a range of media that typically includes drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video, printmaking, installation, and digital image-making. Each medium is explored through assigned briefs and self-directed projects that develop technical control alongside independent artistic thinking. The theoretical component covers art history from the early modern period through to contemporary practice, aesthetics and philosophy of art, critical theory, and the study of contemporary artists and movements. Students learn to analyse works of art, develop written arguments about visual culture, and situate their own practice in relation to broader artistic and intellectual contexts. A Licence en Arts plastiques often serves as preparation for competitive entry to national fine arts schools or as a basis for master's programmes in visual arts, art education, curating, or cultural project management. Graduates work as practising artists, art educators, cultural project coordinators, gallery assistants, cultural mediators, and community arts facilitators. Others move into design, publishing, and the broader creative industries, where the visual literacy developed during the degree is directly applicable.