Course description
Creative Practice: Art, Design and Communication (Art and Photography) Level 3 Diploma
Gain the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to pursue a specialist career in the creative industries.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Minimum of 4 or more GCSEs Grade 4 or above ( A*–C ), preferably including English language and usually maths, or a national award in art and design, a first diploma in art and design at merit or above, plus GCSE Grade 4/C or above.
Your offer is also subject to us seeing a portfolio of art, design or craft work.
Applicants will be required to complete an internal assessment. We will discuss: Portfolio containing artwork from school (sketchbooks), drawings and paintings from observation (including both black and white and colour), 3D work (photos of these are acceptable), digital work (printed or saved on a memory stick), work completed outside of school/ college e.g. photographs, drawings, paintings. Artwork fully analysed and/ or a written study of a piece of artwork.
All students have their literacy and numeracy needs supported within the programme.
Training Course Content
What you'll learn
This course further develops a student's knowledge of the creative industries, allowing them to explore and select a specialist practice focus, and develop skills and knowledge central to supporting and sustaining an individualised specialist creative career.
You will be given the option to explore your own career pathway and choose your desired discipline, specialising in a variety of creative practice disciplines. You will develop skills in how to be a creative practitioner and apply this to your own practice.
In the first year of this course, you will study for the Diploma. Once that Diploma is successfully achieved, you will be invited to continue on to complete the full Extended Diploma in the second year of the course.
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