7Jun
UndergraduateCourse summary
Why Choose This Course: Unleash your creativity with our Applied Art degree where you will focus on the high-quality craft skills needed to launch your professional artistic career. We will help you develop your material and design expertise and versatility through ceramics, metal, jewellery and mixed media. You will:
- Learn the art of high-quality making, originality and how to create personal responses to materials and processes.
- Not only take your creativity and innovation to the next level, but also develop entrepreneurial skills to ensure you are industry ready.
- Be able to combine your conceptual and technical skills in applied arts with the professional skills needed to be a successful maker.
- Develop interpersonal skills through collaborative projects and teamwork, further preparing you for your career after your degree.
Modules
What you will study YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4) Year one 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 ceramics, metal and mixed media. MODULES Contexts 1: Gain a contextual understanding of your subject area through an introduction to critical thinking, analysis and a structured process of inquiry. Visual Communication: Introduction to fundamental theories of visual communication. Material Introduction: Introduction to materials and principles fundamental to 3D makers; health and safety, documenting demonstrations, and recording processes and artist’s practice. Material Experimentation: Process driven method of creating work, through mould-making and casting in various materials, including ceramics and metal. Material Techniques: Focus is on a specific applied art technique, which advances making skills and builds a professional body of work. Introduction to Exhibiting: Getting out of the workshop - investigate principles of communicating your work through study trips and exhibition analysis. Culminating in participation of an end-of-year level 4 group show. YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5) Year two 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 Contexts 2: Builds on and expands level 4’s Context 1 module to broaden your knowledge and foster critical thinking essential for interpreting the complexities of contemporary art contexts. Research and Inspiration: Take personal research through to design proposals, maquettes and material tests suitable for communicating with a client. Technical Development: Progress initial designs through to finished object at a professional standard. Identity: Develop artistic identity through personal projects in your specialist material area, informed by exploration of open calls for exhibition, design projects and commissions. Creative Futures - Making a Living: Develop awareness of career opportunities and professional lives of artists and designers. Explore subject-specific market and marketing methods, record communication with industry bodies and collate costings. YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6) Year three 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 Research Project: You will undertake a practice-based research project. This approach enables you to locate and establish a connection between your academic and reflective writing within your creative output as an applied artist. Professional Project: Design and create a substantial, self-initiated body of studio work to a professional standard for exhibition. The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.
Assessment method
Teaching & Assessment Assessment is predominantly through practical and design work such as maquettes, sketchbooks, samples, and finished objects. Work is presented to tutors, and verbal feedback is given instantly, followed by more expansive written feedback. You'll be assessed for each module. Formative assessments are used to monitor progress and can take place at any time. These consist of a band grading, plus evaluative comments and a feedback tutorial if appropriate. Grading isn't finalised until the end of the year, when work is reviewed and moderated by an external examiner. Contact time is 14 hours per week for Level 4, 12 hours per week for Level 5, and 10 hours per week for Level 6. The workshop facilities are open and staffed 5 days a week and students have constant access to the workshops.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W201
- Institution code:
- G53
- Campus name:
- Wrexham (Main Campus)
- Campus code:
- W
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
International applicants
If you require a Student Visa (formerly referred to as Tier 4 visa) to study in the UK, please apply through Centurus at https://centurusone.com/apply/1111. Please note if you do require a student visa and you do not proceed to submit your application via the correct application portal, we cannot guarantee that an application via UCAS will be processed.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 96 - 112 points
A level - CCC - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMM - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 0 credits M: 45 credits P: 0 credits
Scottish Higher - CDDDDD
AS
Scottish Advanced Higher - DDD
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Extended Project
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Wrexham University takes into account a variety of qualifications and experience when considering applications to our programmes. If you are unsure if the qualifications you currently hold will be accepted for entry, or if you're not sure you'll achieve the required UCAS Tariff points, please contact us at [email protected] for further advice and guidance.
Additional entry requirements
Interview
Portfolio
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Wrexham University
Plas Coch
Mold Road
Wrexham
LL11 2AW