The Art Department at SCG is pleased to offer this two-year degree, validated by the University of the West of England at Bristol (UWE). Two specialist pathways have been validated which are Fine Art and Applied Arts. Successful graduation from this Foundation Degree leads to the qualifications FdA (Fine Arts) or FdA (Applied Arts). All students have the advantages of being members of both the UWE and SCG student bodies while studying for this degree. Progression to the 3rd year of a B.A. honours degree at UWE is guaranteed for successful graduates from this Foundation Degree.
The Fine Art Pathway and the Applied Arts Pathway allow students from either discipline to develop a particular specialism or explore and work across the boundaries of contemporary Fine Art and Applied Arts practice.
Specialisms within a Fine Art and Applied Arts context could include: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, site specific, artist"s books, time-based media, digital and wet photography, ceramics and textiles.
Concentrating on practice and reflection, the course is designed to meet the development needs of the individual practitioner and to offer a range of practical options, as well as developing higher attributes in critical thinking and analysis.
Level 1 Modules | Credits |
- Creative Practices 1 | 30 |
- Creative Practices 2 | 20 |
- Specialist Pathway 1 | 20 |
- Specialist Pathway 2 | 30 |
- Creative Cultures 1 | 20 |
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Level 2 Modules |
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- Creative Practices 3 | 10 |
- Specialist Pathway 3 | 40 |
- Specialist Pathway 4 | 50 |
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- Creative Cultures 2 | 20 |
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Educational aims of the programme:
- To provide an opportunity to develop a creative practice within a chosen discipline/pathway.
- To provide an educational experience which offers students choice and independence in determining their own abilities and emotions within a subject discipline.
- To equip students with intellectual, practical and creative skills necessary for them to locate themselves and their practice within professional, social, historical, commercial and cultural contexts.
- To give students the confidence to develop informed independent judgements and critical and intellectual rigour.
- To ensure the development of key transferable skills.
- To sustain an environment in which individual students may realise their full potential, and to progress onto Level 3 of a BA (Hons) programme or to find employment within the creative industries.
The pathways aim is to enable students to:
- Understand the principles and concepts associated with a chosen discipline.
- Become creative thinkers who can operate flexibly across a range of activities within their chosen pathway.
- Develop sustainable personal practice through the application of appropriate methodologies and skills within their chosen discipline.
- Locate their own practice through the development of ideas across a range of contexts, including employment.
- Acquire a broad skills set which enhances employability within a changing commercial environment.
- Develop the intellectual, practical, creative and transferable skills necessary to work either in a professional environment or to undertake further study.
To achieve the foundation degree, students need to pass a total of 240 credits, i.e. 120 credits at level 1 and 120 at level 2 over two years.
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