Art & Design (General Foundation) BA / BDes
Bachelor's degree
In Dundee
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Dundee (Scotland)
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
September
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee has a world renowned reputation for high-class teaching and research. Our one-year Art and Design General Foundation course helps students to develop their skills and prepare for entry into one of our specialist courses:
Animation BDes (Hons)
Art & Philosophy BA (Hons)
Fine Art BA (Hons)
Graphic Design BDes (Hons)
Illustration BDes (Hons)
Jewellery and Metal Design BDes (Hons)
Textile Design BDes (Hons)
Digital Interaction Design BSc (Hons), Interior & Environmental Design BDes (Hons) and Product Design BSc (Hons) are four-year degree courses with their own Year 1 separate to the Art & Design General Foundation course.
The Art & Design General Foundation course will give you a broad experience and awareness of a range of disciplines. It will also improve your skill level. This will help you to decide on your choice of Honours degree specialism for the following three years. You will submit a portfolio of work after completing the one year course. We will assess this for progression onto the specialism of your choice.
Our students come from a range of countries, age groups and backgrounds. We welcome intelligent, creative, motivated people who are interested in moving into an art and design vocation.
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About this course
The focus of the Art & Design General Foundation course is the development of your ability, skill and critical faculties. This process includes consideration of creativity, aesthetics, visual awareness, and analytical and critical thinking. We cultivate knowledge and a sense and understanding of the history, theory and practice of art and design. This will enable you to understand how art and design practice has developed. It will also allow you understand how it is positioned within today’s society, culture and creative economy. This process will enable you to place yourself, your work and aspirations in context.
At the end of the course you will be able to:
use an array of artistic techniques
identify which discipline you want to pursue
understand the historical trends and turning points in art and design
The Art & Design General Foundation course will prepare for your chosen specialist subject. Graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design have gone on to have successful careers in the following fields (to name just a few!)
BBCC (minimum) - BBBB (typical) at Higher including art and design or a related subject and an appropriate literate subject
CCC (minimum) - BCC (typical) at A-Level including art and design or a related subject and an appropriate literate subject
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Subjects
- Teaching
- Philosophy
- Design
- Art design
- Drawing
- Art
- Methodologies
- Drawing skills
- Animation BDes
- Art & Philosophy
- Fine Art BA
- Graphic Design BDes
Course programme
The core values and philosophical ethos of the course are encapsulated in the teaching of both the fundamental elements of art and design practice, namely drawing skills (including life drawing), making and digital imaging as well as generic skills (writing, research methodologies etc.) to support you in whatever career path you decide to take in the future.
These core values will enrich and expand your personal visual language and contribute in a diagnostic context towards helping you make an informed choice of specialist study. Having enjoyed the enriching experience of working within a vibrant community of emerging artists and designers in the General Foundation, progression to Level 2 – the specialist courses – requires demonstration of appropriate knowledge and skill and the potential to successfully pursue independent study.
Level 1- Fundamental creative skills (drawing, painting, making, demonstrations)
- Technical skills (practical workshops and digital imaging)
- Key generic skills (analytical and critical skills, research skills, confidence and motivation, presentation and communication skills)
- Contextual studies introducing historical and contemporary debates and practice
- Foundation skills in the various art and design specialisms
- Elective choice (including philosophy)
This Art & Design General Foundation will encourage experimentation, allowing you to take risks in trying new things. It also aims to cultivate your understanding of the range of art and design disciplines that you may progress to in the future and the associated career opportunities.
How you will be taughtThe majority of the teaching and learning on the General Foundation course takes the form of studio practice, which includes:
- informal lectures
- demonstration
- individual and group tutoring
Staff members have a friendly approach and welcome requests for help and advice.
How you will be assessedYou will be assessed through the studio course work including supporting work such as digital outputs, blogs, reflective journals and also through demonstrating your understanding of contextual studies. There is continuous formative feedback through the studio tutorials and at the end of each module. A formal assessment occurs at the end of semester 1 and again at the end of semester 2.
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Art & Design (General Foundation) BA / BDes