Art & Design (Unendorsed) A Level

Course code: FTT002

School of Creative Industries

The Programme

This course is designed to ensure that students develop their creative talents alongside practical vocational skills. Through a variety of set assignments and briefs, you will explore and experiment with ideas using a range of materials, techniques and processes. Learners will be given the option to produce art and design, textile or three dimensional outcomes. Through workshops and self directed exploratory studies, learners will gain the skills needed to develop their own unique responses to the exam brief provided. Study is tutorial led, group discussion will help you develop your own abilities to look critically at your work and the work of others as well as developing a critical vocabulary for use in describing your own emerging work.

The Programme Content

Entry Requirements

Five GCSEs at grade C or above, or Merits awarded for a minimum of three units in the BTEC First Diploma in Art and Design.

Costs

You may need to buy some basic equipment such as A4/A3 sketchbooks, fabric and specialist materials. This will cost approximately £40. There will also be a studio fee to cover the cost of basic materials*.

Venue

Tiverton, Main Site

Progression

This course aims to prepare and provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to work in the art and design industry. It also gives students both the qualifications and portfolio of work necessary for entry into higher education or a one year Diploma in Foundation Studies.

Length of Study

AS Level one year, A Level two years.

Academic Year

This course starts in the 2013 / 2014 academic year.