Art, Design and Fashion

Programme Aims:

• Enable students to develop design ability that displays creativity and intellectual capabilities applicable to problem-solving, utilising a range of visual, written and verbal techniques to communicate designs and ideas. 
• Provide the underpinning knowledge, intellectual rigour and entrepreneurial skills required for designing for competitions, and working on live projects with clients.
• Extend wider participation throughout all levels to increase access for under-represented groups in the local community and within the specific sector. 
• Employ a range of materials, media, techniques, methods and technologies with skill and creative imagination whilst observing good working practices and professional/legal responsibilities relating to the subject.

Year 1 (Level 4) Modules:

• Academic Skills Development
• Visual Studies
• Design Principles
• Contextual Studies
• Studio Practice
• Design project

Year 2 (Level 5) Modules:

• Large Scale Design
• Context and Environment
• Design Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Critical Study
• Final Design Project

• Applicants will have a minimum of 80 UCAS points, which may be from qualifications such as A Levels, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diplomas, Access to Higher Education Diplomas and City and Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas, amongst others. Please use the UCAS Tariff points calculator to determine the UCAS points value of your qualification.
• Applicants need GCSE English Language at grade C / 4 or above, or an equivalent qualification. 
• Applicants need an appropriate academic reference.
• Life and / or experience of non-traditional students will be taken into account when considering applications. The successful completion of an entry task may be required when considering applications without the required formal entry qualifications.
• If your first language is not English, or a Tier 4 student visa to study is required and GCSE grade C / 4 English or equivalent is not held, English language proficiency level such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 overall (with a minimum 5.5 in each skill) will need evidencing.
• Students with an appropriate HNC can apply for direct entry to Year 2.
• Applicants will require a portfolio (unless you are asked to complete an entry task) prior to being offered a place on this programme.

We define proficiency in English as a minimum of 550 points in a TOEFL test, a minimum score of 6 in a British Council ELTS test, or a GCSE at grade 4 or C or equivalent.

The design and nature of a Foundation Degree allows essential employability skills to be gained. The projects are contemporary, creative, and well-constructed and offer the students the opportunity to explore subject-specific and transferable skills that will be relevant to their future employment.

This programme will enable you to take up opportunities in interior, exhibition and graphic design industries. These options include self-employment and fee-earning opportunities.