FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN

5.0
1 review
  • Teachers are helpful and facilities are amazingly modern.
    |

Foundation degree

In Poole

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Location

    Poole

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Our Diploma in Art and Design – Foundation Studies Programme is delighted to have achieved the ‘Outstanding’ rating in its 2018 Ofsted inspection – in all four areas. You can read more here and see the full report here.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Poole (Dorset)
See map

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

It’s the perfect way to find your creative voice and to boost your existing skills and portfolio if they’re not quite up to degree standard. Or you might just like to enjoy a year of being creative before moving on to something else.

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Who would you like to address this question to?

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

5.0
  • Teachers are helpful and facilities are amazingly modern.
    |
100%
4.8
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Student

5.0
23/05/2018
What I would highlight: Teachers are helpful and facilities are amazingly modern.
What could be improved: -
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
*All reviews collected by Emagister & iAgora have been verified

Subjects

  • Design
  • Photoshop
  • Illustration
  • Art design
  • Drawing
  • Art
  • Life Drawing
  • Media
  • Printmaking
  • Location drawing
  • Drawing centred

Course programme

STAGE 1 – DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION INTO CREATIVE PRACTICE

Art
  • Conceptual and lateral thinking
  • Printmaking
  • Drawing and mark-making
  • Personal, open-ended enquiry
  • Relevant skills development
Design
  • Problem-solving
  • Responding to a brief
  • Sustainability and ethical practice
  • Drawing and mark-making
  • Understanding context and audience
  • Relevant skills development
Media
  • Time-based enquiry
  • Sound
  • Photoshop
  • Video editing
  • Constructing / deconstructing images
  • Drawing and mark-making
  • Relevant skills development
STAGE 2 – DEVELOPING SPECIALIST PRACTICE

Fine Art
  • Student-led briefs
  • Theory and critical thinking
  • Painting technology workshops
  • 3D workshops/casting/mould-making
  • Exploration of context
  • Time-based media workshops
Graphic Communication
  • Theory and critical thinking
  • Design for good
  • Information graphics
  • Visual communication
  • Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign
  • Book and Zine production
  • One day workshops
3D Design
  • Technical workshops
  • Casting/mould-making/Lasercutting
  • Google SketchUp
  • Exploration of 3D contexts
  • Theory and critical thinking
Illustration
  • Book and authorial illustration
  • Genre study
  • Experimental drawing workshops
  • Digital practice/Illustrator
  • Life drawing
  • Printmaking
  • Theory and critical thinking
Fashion, Costume and Textiles
  • Fashion illustration
  • Garment construction/ Mannequin
  • Photoshop/print processes
  • Papermaking
  • Machine knit/embroidery workshops
  • Theory and critical thinking
Photography
  • Critical theory
  • Advanced Photoshop
  • Studio photography
  • Location lighting
  • Medium format camera use
  • Documentary workshops
  • Book design
  • Theory and critical thinking
Film and Animation
  • Storyboarding
  • Sound & editing workshops
  • Premiere/After Effects
  • Green screen workshop
  • Collaboration with actors
  • Script development
  • Life drawing/drawing for animation
  • Group work
  • Theory and critical thinking
  • Experimental & documentary work
STAGE 3 – CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE

In the final stage of the course, students build on their strengths, experience and knowledge gained in Stage 1 and 2, and independently initiate and complete a personal project.

In this Final Major Project the subject, research, activity and outcomes are identified and defined by the student. The course culminates in a public exhibition in the Gallery at AUB.

FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART AND DESIGN

Price on request