The Department of Fine Arts offers a four-year Bachelor degree in Fine Arts. Many graduates of this department have contributed significantly towards the development of art education, their own art practices and have been widely recognized for their laudable efforts in teaching, mentoring and promoting their students.

The Department of Fine Arts is the foremost programme for artistic and intellectual discourse and activity in the country. As part of the programme, leading professionals contribute through their teaching and mentorship and provide both agency and space to students, such that they develop into successful creative individuals with independent aesthetic choices. Our objective is for our students to achieve deeper analytical ability, the freedom to imagine and the vision to create. We help our students to become practitioners with a meaningful understanding of tradition and of the contemporary. 

To attain this, the Department of Fine Arts offers courses in studio and theory, and is divided into Majors of four different disciplines; Miniature Painting, Painting, Printmaking & Digital Media and Sculpture. The department is futher supported with courses in Drawing, Studio Electives from other departments and Fine Arts Seminar Courses. 

Each student of Fine Arts, in the 2nd Year is introduced to all 4 Major subjects, before choosing one to pursue in 3rd and 4th year. During this period, Studio Drawing and Fine Art Seminar contribute towards developing an individual approach. 

The Department of Fine Arts, in accordance with the vision of NCA, facilitates students to enrol in Elective Courses from other departments of the institution. Recognizing the need for a multi-disciplinary pedagogy, the programme is structured to encourage exposure and experience beyond a student’s selected course of studies in their Major Subject.

DEPARTMENT OF MINIATURE PAINTING

At this department, students are taught the skills and traditional techniques of miniature painting. They are encouraged to develop an awareness and sensibility of contemporary practices of this art form. They learn the making of wasli (traditional paper), handmade brushes, and preparation of colours. The use of the traditional along with contemporary approaches expands the vision of students and equips them with technical possibilities.

DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING

Courses in Painting introduce students to a variety of media, including oil, acrylic, water colour, mix media, tempera, and new media. Students are encouraged to investigate and communicate their ideas through multi-dimensional approaches, while honing their ability to understand and employ a range of mediums and materials and developing individualized techniques of making.

DEPARTMENT OF PRINTMAKING & DIGITAL MEDIA

The Printmaking & Digital Media Programme combines both traditional and contemporary processes of Printmaking pursuing different methods of printing, usually on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal and other surfaces, working with special tools, presses and acid.

This programme encourages use of traditional techniques alongside new ways of looking at the constantly changing world of our electronic digital age. All intaglio techniques of drypoint, etching, engraving, photoetching and aquatint, as well as planographic techniques of offset and direct method lithography, relief printing processes like woodcut and linocut, silkscreen and digital printmaking are taught. Digital Media refers to images created digitally on paper and other surfaces, using a wide variety of computer softwares.

The creative opportunity offered by this program is hugely diverse and exciting, allowing the students to choose and combine the techniques that best suit them.

DEPARTMENT OF SCULPTURE

Sculpture as a medium has moved from making three dimensional objects to installations, videos, nontangible materials accessed through the sense of touch, taste, sound and light. The multi dimensionality of this process links with technology and materials which are traditional as well as contemporary. Students are encouraged to explore materials and techniques available in their surrounding so they can experiment with a wide range of ideas, images and techniques and open up new frontiers of expression.

CENTRE FOR FOUNDATION STUDIES

1st Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FNDN-1101	Drawing I	Foundation	Studio	3
FNDN-1102	Spatial Intelligence I	Foundation	Studio	3
FNDN-1103	Design and Moving Image I	Foundation	Studio	3
FNDN-1104	Sculpture I	Foundation	Studio	3
COMP-1101	Functional English	Compulsory	Theory	3
COMP-1102	Ideology and constitution of Pakistan	Compulsory	Theory	2
FNDN-1103	History of Art I	Compulsory	Theory	1
FNDN-1104	Introduction to the Arts I	Compulsory	Theory	1
COMP-1105	Civic and Community Engagement	Compulsory	Theory	2
			Total	21

2nd Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FNDN-1201	Drawing II	Foundation	Studio	3
FNDN-1202	Spatial Intelligence II	Foundation	Studio	3
FNDN-1203	Design and Moving Image II	Foundation	Studio	3
FNDN-1204	Sculpture II	Foundation	Studio	3
COMP-1201	Expository Writing	Compulsory	Theory	3
COMP-1202	Islamic Studies	Compulsory	Theory	2
FNDN-1203	History of Art II	Compulsory	Theory	1
FNDN-1204	Introduction to the Arts II	Compulsory	Theory	1
COMP-1205	Entrepreneurship	Compulsory	Theory	2
			Total	21

3rd Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FA-2101	Introduction to Fine Art I Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture	Major	Studio	5
FA-2102	Drawing I	Major	Studio	3
NCA-2101	History of Art I	Major	Theory	2
FA-2104	Fine Art Seminar I	Major	Theory	1
COMP-2101	A Science of Society	Compulsory	Theory	2
COMP-2102	Information Communication Technologies in Education	Compulsory	Theory	3
COMP-2103	Exploring Quantitative Skills	Compulsory	Theory	3
	Interdisciplinary	Interdisciplinary		2
			Total	21

4th Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FA-2201	Fine Arts Major I Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture	Major	Studio	6
FA-2202	Drawing II	Major	Studio	3
NCA-2201	History of Art II	Major	Theory	2
FA-2204	Fine Art Seminar II	Major	Theory	2
COMP-2201	What is Science/ The Science of Global Challenges	Compulsory	Theory	3
COMP-2202	Tools for Quantitative Reasoning	Compulsory	Theory	3
	Interdisciplinary	Interdisciplinary		2
			Total	21

5th Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FA-3101	Fine Arts Major II Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture	Major	Studio	6
FA-3102	Drawing III	Major	Studio	3
NCA-3101	History of Art III	Major	Theory	2
FA-3104	Fine Art Seminar III	Major	Theory	2
	Interdisciplinary	Interdisciplinary		2
			Total	15

6th Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FA-3201	Fine Arts Major III Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture	Major	Studio	6
FA-3202	Drawing IV	Major	Studio	3
NCA-3201	History of Art IV	Major	Theory	2
FA-3204	Fine Art Seminar IV	Major	Theory	2
	Interdisciplinary	Interdisciplinary		2
			Total	15

7th Semester

Code	Courses	Category	Type	Credits
FA-4101	Fine Arts Major IV Miniature Painting/Painting/Printmaking/Sculpture	Major	Studio	8
FA-4102	Drawing V	Major	Studio	3
FA-4103	History of Art V	Major	Theory	2
FA-4104	Fine Art Seminar V	Major	Theory	2
			Total	15

8th Semester

Thesis 15 credits

Interdisciplinary/ Allied Courses

From 3rd semester onwards, a student will be able to choose an allied/interdisciplinary course from his/her department and from other departments with the help of assigned advisor. 
Each Interdisciplinary Course will be of 2 credit hours.

Code	Courses	Type
FA-2101	Introduction to Fine Art IPainting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking	Studio
FA-2102	Drawing I	Studio
NCA-2101	History of Art I	Theory
FA-2104	Fine Art Seminar I	Theory
FA-2201	Fine Arts Major I Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking	Studio
FA-2202	Drawing II	Studio
NCA-2201	History of Art II	Theory
FA-2204	Fine Art Seminar II	Theory
FA-3101	Fine Arts Major II Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking	Studio
FA-3102	Drawing III	Studio
NCA-3101	History of Art III	Theory
FA-3104	Fine Art Seminar III	Theory
FA-3201	Fine Arts Major III Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking	Studio
FA-3202	Drawing IV	Studio
NCA-3201	History of Art IV	Theory
FA-3204	Fine Art Seminar IV	Theory
FA-4101	Fine Arts Major IV Painting/Miniature Painting/ Sculpture/Printmaking	Studio
FA-4102	Drawing V	Studio
FA-4103	History of Art V	Theory
FA-4104	Fine Art Seminar V	Theory
FA-2106	Self and other portraits	Studio
FA-2108	Portrait of Art; Artists depicted in films	Theory
FA-2206	Unconventional Mediums and Techniques in Art	Studio
FA-2207	Introduction to Digital Art	Studio
FA-2107	Appropriation in Art and Design	Studio
FA-3106	Image in Making II	Studio
FA-3206	Visual Poetry	Studio
FA-2109	Printmaking I	Studio
FA-2209	Printmaking II	Studio
FA-3108	Printmaking III	Studio
FA-3207	Printmaking IV	Studio
FA-3107	Installation Art	Studio
FA-2208	Demystifying Painting-Material and Methods of 2D Art Making	Studio