Free BA Art and Design Top-Up course in Wakefield. Classes run at Wakefield College, part-time during the day.
The course builds on your existing Level 5 or HND qualification in art and design. You'll develop your individual studio practice and sharpen your professional skills. Units cover studio practice, professional practice, a funding bid, practice and dissemination, and a dissertation. The course runs over two years.
You'll finish with a BA (Hons) in Art Practice.
This BA (Hons) Art Practice (Top-Up) course is divided into specific areas which will allow students to further develop their individual studio practice as well essential employability skills. These include Studio Practice, Professional Practice (Funding Bid) Practice and Dissemination, Dissertation and Advanced Professional Practice.
Studio practice and practice and dissemination, provides you with the opportunity to further develop your creative practice through critical analysis and studio crits. You will also consider how your creative work links with and connects to a wider audience.
The negotiated dissertation will form an area of investigation that will underpin your studio practice, alongside developing essential skills in management and curating exhibitions.
Professional Practice and Advance Professional Practice run in trimester one and two. In Trimester One you will gain skills in writing funding bids, and exploring graduate opportunities. Through trimester two you will engage with marketing your creative work and building an effective online creative presence, as well as reflection on your short and long-term development goals.
The aim is to provide you with the knowledge and skills to market and brand yourself alongside gaining an understanding of business development to successfully work in the creative industry alongside earning from your own practice.
You will understand how to contextualise your practice and find your place within a dynamic industry. You will be continuously practising and presenting your work in real-life situations, reflective of the breadth of possibilities for working as a professional. You will be able to utilise our industry links as well as forging your own as you launch your career. In addition to applying creative thinking to your work, you will confidently and professionally operate, manage and construct artwork relating to your individual specialism.
HND in Art and design related subjects
Level 5 qualification in related pathway subjects (Graphic Design, Photography, Fine Art, Media Production)
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