Art and Design BA Hons

Art & Design at Worcester recognises and enables you to develop the rich connections between the two fields of artistic practice, through introducing and developing an array of tools, techniques and evaluative skills.

Through a balanced programme of modules that integrate practice and evaluative skills you are encouraged to develop your creative potential and visual communication skills, working within a broad range of media. Lectures, seminars and workshops in both fields introduce you to the key issues that inform creative and visual communication and encourage you to extend and develop your critical and reflective abilities.

The emphasis is on developing your creative potential and visual communication skills. Thus, the first year both reviews your previous experience and introduces you to different areas of visual communication through experimentation, media workshops and projects. The second year focuses on developing a strong personal visual language and communication skills through innovation, experimentation and project-based learning. Finally, in the third year you consolidate your practice and develop professional and curatorial skills through the preparation of a final degree show that is open to the public. Opportunities are available for you to exhibit your work professionally and enter national and international competitions.

Supporting the teaching is a programme of regional, national and international research trips that you are encouraged to participate in and that support your creative learning and development. In recent years there have been annual four-day research trips to Rome, Florence and New York; these will be extended this year to Berlin and other cultural capitals.

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UCAS code

Art & Design BA (Hons) (Single Honours) WW12 BA/ArDe

It is also possible to study this degree in combination with other courses, check the UCAS website at www.ucas.com for full details.

Study options

- Single Honours
- Year 1 modules in Fine Art Practice and Theory, Textile Design, and Landscape and Visual Identity are also available at South Worcestershire College
- Specialisms include: printing, ceramics, textiles, painting, new media and photography
- Programme of visits to museums and art galleries both locally, nationally and in Europe

Get in touch

Admissions Office
tel: 01905 855111
e-mail: admissions@worc.ac.uk

Curriculum Leader
Maureen Gamble
tel: 01905 855422
e-mail: m.gamble@worc.ac.uk

220-300 UCAS Tariff points.

Shortlisted applicants are invited to attend for interview and to provide a portfolio and a piece of written work for consideration.
For more information about the UCAS tariff please visit www.ucas.com

Modules

Year 1

Graphic Design Practice & Theory Drawing 1
Illustration & Printmaking
Introduction to Multimedia
Creative Digital Imaging
Photography & Portraiture
Object Making 1 (Ceramics & Textiles)
Critical & Contextual Practice 1
Artists’ Books 1
Graphic Design & Typography

Year 2

Drawing 2 Critical & Contextual Practice 2
Object Making 2 (Ceramics & Textiles)
Experimental Photography
Digital Photography & Image Manipulation
Graphic Information Design
Artists’ Books 2

Year 3

Independent Study Critical & Contextual Practices 3
Professional Practice
Work Placement
Constructed Textiles
Art in Public Places
Experimental Digital Photography
Children’s Book Design
Green Design

Assessment

You will learn about the subject through lectures, learning groups, workshops, seminars and tutorials, taught in dedicated studio spaces for fine art, textiles, ceramics, graphic design and multi-media.

The emphasis throughout the course is on you developing your creative practice through engagement with a range of art and design disciplines. This will enable you to acquire skills and subject knowledge appropriate to your areas of vocational interest.

Tutors on the Art & Design course are professional artists, who practice as graphic, information or web designers or as fine artists, painters, sculptors, printmakers, digital image makers, photographers, textile artists, ceramicists, public artists and multimedia artists.

You will be encouraged to work on ‘live’ projects suitable to your area of Art & Design practice and are supported in this through seminar sessions with visiting professional artists and designers who have links with business and the creative industries.

Assessment is student-centred and the emphasis is on you becoming an independent learner throughout the programme. You keep a learning journal in each module, enabling you to reflect on your learning while you measure your individual achievement. You will be supported by Learning Teams and each major project is assessed by means of self-assessment, peer assessment and negotiated tutor assessment.

Anika Patzelt

Student, Art & Design BA (Hons)

“Art has always been a hobby of mine, and Art and Design covers a range of theory and gives me lots of different job options. I’ve got several things to explore before choosing a career- illustration, visual arts, teaching, advertising, animation, film-making. Hopefully my work placement in the third year will help me think about the future and build up some connections. After all, it’s better to have too many options than too few- that’s why I chose this course!”

Academic department

Institute of Humanities & Creative Arts

“We are a lively community of scholars, researchers and creative practitioners, intent on supporting and encouraging students to expand their intellectual horizons, grow their creative and professional ambitions, and achieve their potential.”
Professor Antonia Payne, Head of Institute

Employability

This course provides an excellent foundation for a career in publishing, art therapy, graphic design, web design, textile design, multimedia, arts administration and teaching, as well as specialist options. Increasingly, graduates are undertaking a variety of freelance commissions and running their own businesses.