Art and Design BA (Hons)

This course will develop your knowledge and skills with the aim of enhancing your creativity. You will explore a range of practical approaches to art and design whilst learning about the history
and culture of art.

In the first year you have the opportunity to study across a wide range of modules within the subject. In the second and third years you can choose to follow more specialist routes in either Art (Fine Art Practice) or Design (Graphic Design & Multimedia), or you can pursue broad-based single honours study.

This practice-led programme encourages you to make links across different subject areas and you can choose to do a joint degree with Illustration or Animation for example.

Throughout your studies our supportive environment will help you develop skills that are both subject-specific and transferable to a range of career options. There are many opportunities to work alongside professional artists who regularly visit the University as well as to access two artists in residence and a programme of A2AA artists.

There are opportunities to carry out work placements and to exhibit work both at the University and at external venues. There is also a final year Degree Show.

Students at Work

This is a selection of images taken of first year students making studies as part of their drawing module. This project was undertaken in conjunction with the Worcestershire Archaeology Unit who are based on the University of Worcester campus. It involved using recently recovered archaeological artefacts as a starting point for drawings and culminated in an exhibition at the Unit.

University welcoming applicants for the AA2A - Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme 2009/10

Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) is a project run by CHEAD (Council for Higher Education in Art and Design), and funded by the Arts Council England through the National Lottery Grants for the Arts programme.

University of Worcester is one of 32 Universities and Colleges that has been accepted to host an AA2A scheme, offering four professional artists and designer makers access to its workshops and supporting facilities to develop their work. Each place offers 100 hours access to be used between October 2009 to May 2010, in the sculpture, painting, printmaking and photomedia areas and also include library lending and access to life rooms and the visiting lecturer programme. Successful applicants receive £220 towards materials and travel costs.

For more details of the AA2A scheme and/or an application pack please contact Peter Harris, the college AA2A administrator, University of Worcester, Department of Art and Design, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ Tel. 01905 855314, email p.harris@worc.ac.uk or visit http://www.AA2A.org

220-260 UCAS Tariff points.
Shortlisted applicants are invited to attend for interview and to provide a portfolio for consideration

Year One

Graphic Design Practice & Theory
Drawing 1
Ceramics
Illustration & Printmaking
Introduction to Multimedia
Creative Digital Imaging
Photography & Portraiture
Textiles
Critical & Contextual Practice 1
Introduction to Animation
Graphic Design & Typography
Fine Art Practices & Processes

Year Two

Drawing 2
Critical & Contextual Practice 2
Ceramics in Public Places
Contemporary Ceramic Practice
Textiles
Experimental Photography
Digital Photography & Image Manipulation
Graphic Information Design
Fine Art Practices &Processes

Year Three

Independent Study
Critical & Contextual Practices 3
Professional Practice
Work Placement
Textiles
Ceramics
Pressure Projects
Experimental Digital Photography
Children’s Book Design
Green Design
Fine Art Practices & Processes

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.

UCAS is the central organisation through which applications are processed for entry onto full-time undergraduate courses in Higher Education in the UK.

Route A - (Simultaneous)

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

Art & Design and Creative Digital Media BA (Hons) WWC2 BA/ADACDM

Route B - (Sequential)

Art & Design BA (Hons) (Single Honours) EW12 BA/ADb

Art & Design and Creative Digital Media BA (Hons) EWC2 BA/ADCDMb

It is also possible to study this degree in combination with other courses. The UCAS Codes for these combinations are:

Art & Design BA (Hons) and:

	Course Code	Short form of course

American Studies	TW70	BA/ASAD
Archaeology & Heritage Studies	WN19	BA/ArtHtg
Animal Biology	CW32	Mod/ABAD
Biology	WC01	Mod/ADB
Business Management	WN92	BA/ArtBus
Computing	WGD4	Mod/ADC
Drama & Performance	WW94	BA/ArtDrPS
Digital Film Production	WW16	BA/ADDFP
Education Studies	WX93	BA/ArtEds
English & Literary Studies	WQ93	BA/ArtEng
Geography	WL97	Mod/ArGe
Graphic Design & Multimedia	WW21	BA/ADGDM
Health & Well-being	WB99	Mod/ArHe
History	WV91	BA/ArtHis
Human Biology	WC21	Mod/ADHB
Human Geography	WL07	BA/ADHG
Media & Cultural Studies	WP13	BA/ArtMcs
Physical Geography	WF08	Mod/ADPG
Plant Science	WC22	Mod/ADPS
Psychology	WC98	Mod/ArPs
Social Welfare	WL15	BA/A&DSW
Sociology	WL93	BA/ArtSoc
Digital Film Production	WGC4	BA/ADTDM

For the latest information, check the UCAS website at www.ucas.com

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.

Student Profile:

Anika Patzelt
Course: Art and Design BA (Hons)
Home Country: Germany

“Art has always been a hobby of mine, and I didn’t want to do something narrow like Fine Art or Graphic Design & Multimedia. Art and Design covers a range of theory and gives me lots of different job options. Almost too many, in fact! 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!”