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If you already have a Higher National Diploma or Foundation Degree this course allows you to top up to a full BA (Hons) in Art and Design with just one further year of study.
This course will suit students who wish to progress to ‘hands-on’ creative careers in Fine Art.
It combines practical studio work with contextual and theoretical studies. Studio areas and specialist workshops are available for you to explore your ideas. You will be guided through group seminars, individual tutorials and studio conversations with tutors and visitors.
The programme promotes an enquiring, creative and challenging approach towards your work. It encourages the belief that designers have independent thoughts, feelings, reactions and attitudes which they need to externalise and visualise within theoretical work and practical design practice.
Core modules include:
Timetable (subject to change)
The current timetable is as follows but this is subject to change:
Please note: Some classes may be delivered online.
You can view the full Course Specification here.
Nottingham College is proud to have been awarded the Teaching Excellence Framework Bronze Award for high quality student experience and outcomes. You can read more about this on the Office for Students website.
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Location:
Addams Family Building Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1NG
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The tuition fee is per year.
Various bursaries are available for some Higher Education courses.
£8,250.00
Course Code:
Parent course code:C000366 Child course code: Q002118
Start Date:
Location:
Addams Family Building Stoney Street, Nottingham, NG1 1NG
Fees:
The tuition fee is per year.
Various bursaries are available for some Higher Education courses.
£8,250.00
Course Code:
Parent course code:C000366 Child course code: Q002118
1 year
BA (Hons) in Art and Design (Fine Art)
You should possess or expect to achieve one of the following in a graphics, fashion or design-related area:
You’ll be asked to submit a portfolio of your recent work and may be invited to attend an interview.
Experienced mature applicants with relevant professional experience and/or qualifications are welcome to apply.
You’ll be assessed through individual and group assignments and presentations, research tasks and individual studio project work. Your work will be displayed in an end of year professional portfolio and public exhibition.
There is a wide range of career opportunities within the creative industries. Many of our graduates set up their own small businesses.
Some graduates choose to venture into other sectors and are equally successful in gaining employment due to the transferable skills gained on the programme.
Our graduates have gained employment with companies such as Pendragon PLC; Broadway Cinema Nottingham; Hyundai; ASDA George; Brown Dog; Defacto and New Fat.
Other graduates continue with their studies with higher degrees or teacher training.
This course is awarded by Nottingham Trent University.
The TEF is a national scheme run by the Office for Students (OfS) that aims to encourage higher education providers to improve and deliver excellence in the areas that students care about the most: teaching, learning and achieving positive outcomes from their studies.
Potential Earnings
£53,123.39
Average Earnings
£29,763.68
Source: Office for National Statistics' Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE).
The number of job postings in this career for previous years starting from 2023, the current year and projections for future years until 2034.
Sources: The Labour Force Survey (LFS), Working Futures (projections) data, and Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES).
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