BA (Hons) Art & Design - Arts Practice (Top-up)
Course Overview
This BA (Hons) Art and Design Arts 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 gains 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 accruement to successfully work in the creative industry along 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 practicing 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.
Creative professionals must now be equipped with specialist industry-focused skills to compete in the global studio and function within the creative industry. Our goal is to prepare you for a successful career within the creative industry. Building on previous knowledge and skills in art, design and media, the course is structured to provide opportunities across a broad academic and vocational base, deepening your knowledge and skills.
What You Will Study
You will develop career-ready employment skills which will include:
- Technical and practical confidence in the use of a wide range of professional-level equipment management of the digital workflow (ideas-artwork-production-reproduction)
- The ability to manage time effectively and to plan to meet your client’s expectations
- Awareness of budgets, production costs and charging for time
- The ability to communicate your ideas to others and present compelling concepts appropriately
- The capacity to work safely and responsibly throughout the creative process when dealing with clients and other stakeholders
Day time attendance across two full days per week. Material for the sessions will be uploaded on to MS Teams.
You will be expected to write a dissertation of 5,500 words, this will be assessed through a presentation, and a written investigation. Your dissertation should be a research investigation relating to your emerging practice.
An essential part of working in the creative industry is the ability to brand and market yourself and your creative work. You will learn all aspects of setting up and running your own business, from costing to marketing. You will be expected to keep an active website along with a professional social media presence. You will also be expected to source clients and exhibition opportunities along with work experience as part of the course.
HND in Art and design related subjects.
Level 5 qualification in related pathway subjects (Graphic Design, Photography, Fine Art, Media Production)
Full-time: £7,400.
Part-time: £3,700 per year.
Progress on to work in a Creative Industry or go onto further postgraduate studies at a university setting.
This course can either be studied at Selby College or Wakefield College.