Applied Art

This Applied Art course focuses on the high-quality craft skills needed to be a professional maker. Develop your material and design skills through ceramics, metal, jewellery and mixed media.

YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4)

Introduces you to the breadth of materials and techniques within the Applied Arts, where you have the opportunity to work across all the material areas, experimenting with glass, ceramics, metal and mixed media.

MODULES

• History and Context
• Creative Futures 1
• Visual Communication
• Material Exploration
• Craft Processes
• Material and Language

YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5)

Expands your making skills within your main material choice, developing a depth of knowledge and understanding about materials and craft skills and allowing you to advance your own creative style. The key professional skills of understanding market, publicity and costings are also developed through practical projects.

MODULES

• Critical Thinking
• Creative Futures: Making a Living
• Extended Practice (Applied Arts)
• Art Practice
• Practice in Context
• Specialist Study (Applied Arts)

YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6)

Allows you to realise your ideas in the direction of your choice, with students developing their own individual themes to produce collections, demonstrating high-quality making skills and innovative design solutions.

MODULES

• Dissertation
• Creative Futures: Professional Practice
• Negotiated Practice
• Applied Art Degree Project

Academic Entry Requirements

Our Careers & Employability service is there to help you make decisions and plan the next steps towards a bright future. From finding work or further study to working out your interests, skills and aspirations, they can provide you with the expert information, advice and guidance you need.

Designers who can respond creatively to applied art and design problems remain in high demand.

Our graduates have careers in a wide range of areas including education, restoration work, museums and retail. A proportion go on to work in or set up their own galleries.

The majority of our graduates work in applied arts businesses, become self-employed as artists, technicians, designer craftspeople, and often set up their own making businesses.

Further study opportunities are also available at PG Diploma Advanced Professional Practice, MA or PGCE level.

Application stage

If you are an international student who requires a Student visa, your application should be made via Centurus. You will need to fill in your details, upload any documents relevant to your application and confirm your student declaration.

If you are applying for a research degree, such as MPhil or PhD, you should click here.

The documents that need to be uploaded are:

• A scanned copy of your passport (including personal details page).
• Certificates and transcripts showing your academic progression so far.
• Certified translations of overseas certificates and transcripts where the document is not in English or Welsh.
• An acceptable English language certificate.
• Copy of Tuberculosis screening if you are a resident in any of the countries listed. More information about Tuberculosis screening can be found here.
• 1 academic reference letter (further references might be required).
• Evidence of finances to pay first year’s full tuition fee and to cover UKVI maintenance requirements.
• Evidence of work experience (where relevant).

If you have previously studied in the UK, you are also required to provide the extra documents listed below:

• A scanned copy of the passport page showing entry clearance in to the UK and return overseas.
• Copies of any UK visas you have previously held.
• Copies of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) documents / visa letters for all previous studies undertaken in the UK.
• Copies of any visa / ATAS refusal letters (if applicable).
• Copies of any visa / ATAS appeal or administrative review letters (if applicable).
• Evidence of any removal / deportation / detention notices (if applicable).

For more information about the UKVI requirements, please read the Student visa guidance on UK Government website here.

Please note, once an application has been submitted all correspondence to and from Wrexham Glyndŵr University should be made via the notes section on Centurus.