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Bachelor of Design Crafts (Jewellery) (Hons)
Bachelor of Design Crafts (Jewellery) (Hons)

Bachelor of Design Crafts (Jewellery) (Hons)

  • ID:UH440054
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry requirements

English requirements

  • GCSE English Language at grade C or above.
  • IGCSE English at grade C or above.
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in any band).
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE) 51 (with no less than 42 in any band).
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 72 with band scores of reading 18, writing 17, listening 17, speaking 20.

Course Information

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 contemporary 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 accessories, experimental and fine jewellery, and conceptual pieces for exhibition or commission.

  • Contemporary Design Crafts Jewellery 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 jewellery 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.

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Degree programmes are structured into levels, 4, 5 and 6. These correspond to your first, second and third/final year of study. Below you can see what modules you’ll be studying in each.  

Level 4

Module, Credits, Compulsory/optional

  • 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

Module, Credits, Compulsory/optional

  • Core Design Skills (2), 30 Credits, Compulsory
  • Professional Design Studio (2), 30 Credits, Compulsory
  • Design Theory (L5), 30 Credits, Compulsory
  • Design Principles (JEWL), 30 Credits, Compulsory
  • Year Abroad, 0 Credits, Optional
  • Professional Work Experience 30: Design, 30 Credits, Optional

Level 6

Module, Credits, Compulsory/optional

  • Sandwich Year (Creative Arts), 0 Credits, Compulsory
  • Professional Design Studio (3), 30 Credits, Compulsory
  • Major Degree Project (JEWL), 60 Credits, Compulsory
  • The Degree Essay (L6), 30 Credits, Compulsory
  • Year Abroad, 0 Credits, Optional
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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • The degree can potentially lead to a wide range of career opportunities, from small business, to design for manufacture, unique artifacts for exhibition and commission, museums and collectors, running workshops, teaching, curating and retail, journalism and styling, as well as postgraduate study.
  • This course develops your skills for a wide range of career opportunities. As well as marketing your work for retail, exhibition and commission, you could also find yourself running workshops, teaching and curating. Our graduates also land roles as jewellery designers, in retail and styling, and many undertake postgraduate study

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year

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