104-112, BCC-BBC Including formal or informal qualifications in Art or Design, MMM-DMM
Access course: Diploma with 45 level 3 credits at merit.
Portfolio: Presentation of an acceptable portfolio of artwork.
IB requirement: 104-112 UCAS points - from a minimum of 2 HL subjects at H4 or above, to include Visual Arts at SL or HL (with the remaining points to come from a combination of HL, SL and Core).
IELTS: All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency, equivalent to an overall IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each band.
Why choose this course?
Contemporary Design Crafts Ceramics and Glass degree encourages fresh ideas, inventive use of materials and techniques, and awareness of contemporary markets.
You establish and refine your interests in the field of ceramics and glass to reach the high level of skills demanded by the professional marketplace.
Placements develop a versatile understanding of the workplace, establishing our graduates as contemporaries in a competitive professional market.
What's the course about?
This degree involves a practical workshop programme, establishing and refining your understanding of the tactile qualities and properties of materials and how they can be manipulated to express your ideas. In the First Year you’ll learn approaches to designing and making across a range of 2D and 3D media. Then, in the Second Year, you’ll focus your interests in order to reach the high level of refinement necessary for the professional marketplace. Our students produce a richly diverse range of artefacts, such as tableware, experimental objects, sculptures, architectural pieces, tiles and conceptual pieces for exhibition or commission.
Your main campus is College Lane
This is where the creative arts, science and health-related subjects are based. This means you’ll share the campus with future nurses, scientists, artists and more. You can use the common rooms to relax with friends, work out in the 24-hour gym or have a drink in our on-campus pub or cafes. We also have restaurants for you to eat in or grab something on the go. Our Learning Resources Centres are open 24/7, which means you can study whenever suits you best. Want to pop over to the other campus? You can take the free shuttle bus or walk there in just 15 minutes.
UCAS code: W700
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Level 4
Introduction to Core Design Skills, 30 Credits, Compulsory
Introduction to Design Principles, 30 Credits, Compulsory
Professional Design Studio (1), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Design Theory (L4), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Level 5
Core Design Skills (2), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Professional Design Studio (2), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Design Theory (L5), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Design Principles (C&G), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Year Abroad, 0 Credits, Optional
Professional Work Experience 30: Design, 30 Credits, Optional
Level 6
Year Abroad, 0 Credits, Compulsory
Professional Design Studio (3), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Major Degree Project (C&G), 60 Credits, Compulsory
The Degree Essay (L6), 30 Credits, Compulsory
Sandwich Year (Creative Arts), 0 Credits, Optional
A period of work experience is a requirement in your second year of study. We encourage our students to think of themselves as versatile practitioners, able to adapt to the ever-changing contemporary market. The focus throughout level 5 is to identify markets for your interests, develop a personal direction with tutorial guidance, and establish external contacts. This requires a resourceful and enterprising attitude, a sense of ambition, and confidence based on self-reliance. The Professional Practice module is the basis for recognising these qualities, as well as preparing students to promote and present themselves professionally through CVs, and portfolio preparation.
Graduate with invaluable work experience alongside your degree and stand out from the crowd.
This course offers you the opportunity to enhance your study and CV with a work placement sandwich year. It’s a chance to explore career possibilities, make valuable contacts and gain sought after professional skills.
Our dedicated Careers and Employment team are here to help guide you through the process.
If you take up a work placement between your second and third year of study, at the University of Hertfordshire you’ll pay no tuition fee for this year. We’ll ask you to make your decision in your second year, so there is plenty of time to think about it.
OSHC - $ 624 GBP / per year
