Award & Diploma in Art & Design (UAL Level 2)

This course will provide you with an introduction to art and design, enabling you to re-engage with education and acquire the requisite knowledge, skills and understanding to progress to further education or employment in the creative industries.

The course has been developed to provide you with the opportunity to explore the materials, methods and processes that support art and design activities, and to develop related technical skills.

The course is practical which means you will learn how to produce a range of art, design and media work through a variety of assignments. In addition, it also provides opportunities to explore and develop creativity as well as develop a sound base of skills and knowledge which will enhance self-confidence and provide an understanding of the career demands within art and design.

It will provide you with opportunities to develop and utilise broad, transferable skills by encouraging an ethos of personal and professional development. Specifically, the programme will allow you to demonstrate initiative, independence, enquiry, creative thinking, reflective learning, team-working, self-management, effective participation, problem solving, and communication.

This course is broadly equivalent to four GCSE grades A* - C and by resitting English and Maths it could give you six GCSEs.

What subjects/units/modules* will I study?

The course will cover drawing skills, communication skills, 2D (painting, printmaking, photography and graphics), 3D (ceramics, 3D design, textiles), time-based media (animation, video, and sound) problem-solving. The year will culminate in an independent personal creative project in Art, Design and Media.

The qualification is delivered in two parts.

1. The Award: delivered through the first two units:

• Introduction to materials, processes and technical skills in Art & Design.

• Introduction to contextual research in Art & Design.

2. The Diploma: delivered through a further six units:

• Introduction to drawing skills.

• Introduction to communication skills in art and design.

• Solving 2D creative problems.

• Solving 3D creative problems.

• Solving time-based problems.

• Developing and producing a personal project in Art & Design.

Will I need a DBS check for this course?

No

Will I need any specific resources, uniform and/or kit?

Starter pack information

It is important that you have the basic Art & Design equipment and materials at the beginning of your course to make an immediate start to your work. Suggestion is to clearly mark/label your own equipment with sharpies or nail polish so you don’t lose your kit.

Listed below are the essential requirements for the course in Art & Design. All the items are available in a variety of shops in Douglas or you can buy them on-line.

Suggested local stores are:

WH Smiths (Strand Street), Creative Shop (Strand Street), The Artist (Nelson Street),

Dealz (Strand Street), Bridge Bookshop (Ramsey and Port Erin), Joan’s Wool & Crafts (Onchan), The Stationery Shop (Ramsey).

Electronic supplies: Isle of Gadgets (Douglas), Gadget Man (Douglas), PC World.

Basic Art and Design equipment

Essential Equipment

1 A1 art portfolio carry case/poly folio

2 Pritt Sticks

1 Pencil sharpener

1 Rubber

2 Masking tapes 25mm

1 packet of Blue Tack

2 rolls of Sellotape

1 Set of pencils HB-6B

2 Black fineliner pens

2 permanent black markers (Sharpie)

1 30cm Ruler

1 large pair of scissors - marked or labelled with your name

1 A4 logbook /sketchbook (available from College reception)

1 graphite stick 6B

1 mixed pack of different size bristle brushes

1 tube of ‘uhu’ glue

2 tubes of superglue

1 charcoal pencil

1 craft knife with blades

1 box of good quality watercolours

1 box of dressmakers pins

4 GB SD digital memory card – for use with College Digital DSLR cameras

1 quality USB card reader (Sandisk imagemate all-in-one is very good)

You will also need to bring with you a small box to store your equipment in – preferably with a lock. A small digital camera or camera phone is also very useful for recording.

Wear casual clothes, an old shirt or overalls for messy activities.

What are the days and hours of the course?

Please see below an example of a previous years timetable. All students will be given their timetables on the first day of the new academic year.

Will I undertake work experience as part of the course?

None

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