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UAL LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN ART & DESIGN

Extended Diploma in Art & Design

A 2-year programme, accredited by the University of the Arts London Awarding Body, designed to prepare you for progressing onto any art and design related degree

With 2 years of pre-university full-time preparation, our Extended Diploma students have the maximum opportunity to fully develop into effective learners and develop their individuality as artists and designers. The percentage of students attaining Merit and Distinction in 2022 was 68%. 

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS COURSE

This two-year programme of study is the route for you if you have just reached the end of Level 2, GCSEs, International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program or equivalent. It is essential if you want to study Art & Design or a related subject at degree level. On successful completion of the first year of study, you will be awarded a Diploma in Art & Design and at the end of the second year, if you successfully complete the course, you will be awarded the University of the Arts London Awarding Body Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art & Design.  

Preparation for year 2 options; Animation and Film, Architecture and Interior, Fine Art and Photography, Fashion Communication, Fashion Design, Games Art, Graphics Design and Illustration, 3D Design 

UCAS TARIFF

YEAR 1  
The UAL Level 3 Diploma in Art & Design (Year 1) is included in the UCAS tariff and attracts tariff points for each final grade as shown below: 

Pass 36 – Merit 60 – Distinction 84 

YEAR 2  
The UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art & Design (Year 2) is included in the UCAS tariff and attracts tariff points for each final grade as shown below: 

Pass 72 – Merit 120 – Distinction 148 

THE AWARD

The UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art & Design is quality assured by UAL Awarding Body through a rigorous external moderation process and grades are monitored against agreed standards. It is also regulated by Ofqual. 

“CSVPA is a very encouraging
environment, a place where you are given the opportunity to grow.”

Chinyemugo –
Extended Diploma in Art & Design student

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HIGHLIGHTS

OVERVIEW

Course Location 
Cambridge 

Course Length 
2 years (6 terms) 

Course Start 
September or January (please see term dates) 

Tutor Support 
Specialist staff in your chosen subject are timetabled 3 days a week, with staff across the department available Mondays to Fridays. 

Studio Access 
Students have access to our studios 7 days a week, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday to Friday, and from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm during the weekend. 
 
Awarding Body 
University of the Arts London Awarding Body 
  
How your Work is Assessed 
Visual and written assignments and projects following the specification set by UAL, the awarding body. 

Excursions 
Local and national educational trips to museums and galleries. 
English Language 
Up to 5 hours per week if required 

Progression 
University BA courses in creative subjects.

ENTRY

Age 
16  years + 

Educational Level 
Successful completion of Secondary Education (year 10 or year 11 depending on the native country) is needed or 3 GCSEs at grade 4 or C or equivalent, preferably in a relevant creative subject. 
Students who do not meet these entry requirements will still be considered on their own individual potential to succeed, and invited to an interview and portfolio review 

English Level for International Students 
IELTS 4.5+ (no element under 4.0) 

Portfolio 
Small portfolio required of 10 images or slides.

A portfolio of work showing personal work, schoolwork, finished and prepared is required for this course.  Your portfolio is the chance to show us your skills and your passion. Download our guide to see what we look for in a portfolio. 

YEAR 1 STRUCTURE

  • Introduction to visual language in art and design
  • Introduction to research skills in art and design
  • Introduction to critical and contextual awareness in art and design
  • Introduction to materials, processes and technical skills in art and design 

PROJECTS

Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends. 

Transitions- The process or a period of changing from one state to another  
  
Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 must be taught holistically. 

You will begin your studies by learning about what The Creative Process is and its stages. We look at how creative people work and set ourselves some goals for the coming year. The emphasis throughout the first term is developing an understanding of Visual Language as a means of communication through a range of different media and processes. Research methods and contextual study is an intrinsic part of the timetable, and artists and designers are introduced as both stimuli and to support the development of ideas. The theme of ‘transition’ is used to help guide students through the developmental process with earlier activities informing subsequent ones with encouragement to explore multidisciplinary approaches. We take students to the University of Cambridge Botanical Gardens to draw and photograph and visits to The Museum of Zoology and Museum of Earth Sciences provide stimuli and research opportunities to inform ideas. 

Project 1: The Secret Garden 
You will learn how to use Photoshop to combine copyright free images, drawings and monoprints to design and visualise a book cover. 

Project 2: Symbols and Abstraction 
You will learn about colour theory and acrylic paint techniques to develop and make a design for a relief panel 

Project 3: Fashion Evolution 
You will explore sustainability in Fashion and take inspiration from hand stitched techniques, Japanese Sashiko and Boro to redesign and recreate a denim garment.

Project 4: Environmental Concern 
You will use stop frame animation to tell a short story about an environmental concern and build a white cardboard sculpture on which to project. 

SKILLS LEARNED  

  • Drawing: Materials and Approaches 
  • Painting: Colour Theory and Mixing, Acrylic Paint Techniques, Mark making, Collage 
  • Photography: SLR cameras, Composition and Framing, Adobe Capture. 
  • Printmaking: Monoprinting
  • Graphic Design: Book Cover Design: Image and Text. 
  • Illustration: Pen and Ink, Photoshop.
  • 3D: Paper construction, Cardboard Construction. 
  • Textiles and Fashion: Hand stitching, Using a Sewing machine, Machine Embroidery, 3D construction 
  • Animation: Video Sculpture, Stop Frame.
  • Presentation: Padlets: Learning Journals, hand-made sketchbooks    
  • An integrated approach to 2D problem solving in art and design 
  • An integrated approach to 3D problem solving in art and design
  • An integrated approach to time-based problem solving  

These Units provide more opportunity to use the skills learned in Units 1-4 and problem solve. We visit the Fitzwilliam Museum and The Museum of Anthropology to provide opportunities to explore different representations of faces and portraits in different contexts. Back in the studios, you will practice drawing faces using a range of media and approaches, in both realistic and stylised ways linking these to research and inspiration gathered. This forms Units 5, 6 and 7 preparation week before the projects begin. 

Across these projects we usually take part in The University of Cambridge’s Festival and so either Unit 5, 6 or 7 will adapt each year to take account of specific live project requirements. 

PROJECTS 

Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Gods, Goddesses and Heroes: 

Project 1: Unit 5 
You will learn about character design and shape before creating a photocollage of a chosen God, Goddess or Hero. This then becomes a hand drawn illustration and transforms into digital art before informing either a comic strip or non-fiction book spread outcome. 

Project 2: Unit 6 
You will explore cardboard construction techniques to problem solve how to build your chosen character life size in cardboard. 

Project 3: Unit 7 
You will use your 2D and 3D characters to produce a stop frame animation, filmed sequence and a GIF 

SKILLS LEARNED

  • Drawing: Varied materials and approaches: Character and Expression
  • Illustration: Black and White Pen and Ink techniques.
  • Collage: Character Design, Photocollage
  • Photography and Photoshop: Portraits and Distortion. Image manipulation and GIF making.
  • InDesign: Composing layouts for print
  • 3D: Paper and Cardboard construction 
  • Animation and Film: Stop motion studio, imovie introduction to editing and effects   

For the personal project, you will identify a problem to research and explore, drawing upon skills, knowledge and understanding gained in previous units to help plan and undertake a range of relevant research activities. In research week there are opportunities to visit museums, galleries and exhibitions further afield to support this unit. In addition, you can take advantage of visiting the many museums on offer within Cambridge. To continue to build practical and technical skills, Lecturers from Year 1 and 2 will deliver more specialist workshops to help you explore your ideas and develop solutions. You will opt for a selection of these that best suit your own project development.

SKILLS LEARNED 
Students can opt for a variety of workshops to support their own personal project. Workshops will vary according to student interest and may include:  

  • Drypoint Etching 
  • Photographic and Autographic Screen Printing 
  • Offset Pattern Repeat for Surface pattern design 
  • Fashion Photography and Styling
  • Draping
  • Darkroom: Photograms and cyanotypes 
  • Digital Printmaking
  • Reduction Linocut 
  • Ceramics and/or Glass
  • Laser Cutting 
  • Animation using Dragon Frame
  • Rotascoping 

This short unit provides an opportunity to learn more about the specialist pathways you can opt for in Year 2. You will also be introduced to the UCAS system for applying to university in the UK. You will find out more about degree courses and institutions that you may be interested in applying to and learn about what makes a good personal statement and good portfolio when applying. You will practice writing your own statement and preparing a digital portfolio slide to explore Graphic Layout.  
  
SKILLS LEARNED 

  • Photography: Photographing Artworks, Editing. 
  • Graphic Design: InDesign, Portfolio Design.
  • Written skills: personal statement writing.  

RESEARCH WEEK 

After the Easter holiday there will be a research week to provide opportunities to visit museums, galleries and exhibitions linked to Unit 8 but also to experience some of the superb Art Museums and Galleries the UK has to offer. Visits may include: 

  • Harry Potter Warner Brother Studios. 
  • The Victoria and Albert Museum of Decorative Arts. 
  • The Tate Modern Gallery London. 
  • The Design Museum. 
  • The National Gallery. 
  • The National Portrait Gallery. 
  • Kettle’s Yard Cambridge.    

YEAR 2 STRUCTURE

In Year 2 you will select a specialism subject and this will form most of your classes. You will undertake a variety of projects within each unit, some which are more directed, some which are more independent and some which give you the opportunity to collaborate and work across different disciplines.  With increased confidence in the creative process and independence, your learning journal develops in a more personal way, using InDesign to build it. Your learning journal is submitted weekly through our VLE Canvas which enables your Tutor to regularly check it and give you feedback.  

All learning takes place in person in dedicated and equipped specialist Studios, We also use Teams to record key practical and digital demonstrations and lectures, so that you can access this information again should you need it. Teams also enables us to record key practical and digital demonstrations and lectures, so that you can access this information again should you need it. 

At the end of the 2nd Year, there is an opportunity to showcase work though an online exhibition and publication. 

HOW THE WEEK IS STRUCTURED: WEEKLY SESSIONS

Contextual and Thematic Studies usually begins the week. This may take the form of a lecture/slideshow, or discussion usually followed by related practical or written work and activities. Here you are introduced to a diverse range of artists, designers, brands, concepts and ideas linked to different times, cultures and genres. These sessions are intended to broaden your knowledge, skills and understanding of the wider contexts within Art and Design and provide you with research opportunities and reference materials to support the development of your own practical skills and creative ideas. 

In the first year, Art and Design workshops will be delivered in a variety of disciplines. The practical and technical skills learned are intended to be as transferable as possible, supporting specialist choices made in Year 2. These sessions will usually begin with demonstrations and health and safety guidance and will cover a range of disciplines (see each Unit) and focus on key core skills that will support learning and development in whatever specialism you choose in year 2. There is emphasis on working across disciplines and using work in one discipline to inform another. At CSVPA we believe strongly in developing a wide range of skills to support the versatility required of creatives working in professional and commercial creative fields today. In year 2 specialist workshops continue to be delivered at appropriate times within specific projects. At other times practical sessions run where all students are working on their own individual project development. 

These sessions are usually later in the week and provide an opportunity, with guidance, to consolidate, document and reflect upon learning taken place across the week. Especially in the first year, guidance will be given to help develop the skills, knowledge and understanding related to managing the creative process; self-evaluation, written language and vocabulary, presentation, and organisation skills in the effective documentation of the learning journal. These sessions also include 1:1 tutorials, individual presentations, peer reviews and group critiques. 

All students undertake 2 hours per week of Experimental Studies. This course encourages risk taking, playing, and exploration of a wide range of media and processes, and supports learning in both Year 1 and your chosen specialism in year 2. Work produced is submitted as part of Unit assessment supporting or enhancing attainment.  

There is a personal tutor session timetabled each week. In year 1 the Personal Tutor sessions help to build learning power and the necessary study skills required to be a successful learner. In year 2 the emphasis moves onto progression opportunities and University applications; providing opportunity for research and 1:1 support. Towards Unit 13: the Project Proposal and realisation, time is spent revisiting study skills and how to be successful in the final project. 

This class is delivered weekly in the first term and teaches you how to technically create a portfolio using Adobe Creative Suite. It develops critical awareness of portfolio content and presentation skills and explores different portfolio types appropriate to different courses and institutions. You will build confidence to develop your own personal style and approach, effectively communicating your own creative voice. Your portfolio for submission will be overseen by your specialism tutor. Students do not require additional portfolio skills classes outside of CSVPA. Our tutors are all experts in their fields and will advise you on how to best prepare and curate your portfolio to meet the different requirements of different universities. 

For international students who have an IELTS with any element 5.5 or lower, English classes are timetabled to aid progression to university. Through a variety of teaching styles, we focus on four key skills you need to pass your IELTS exam; listening, reading, writing and spoken English. This subject is linked with Art and Design, so you are better equipped with the vocabulary to analyse and reflect upon your own and others’ work.  

YEAR 2 PATHWAYS

COURSE OVERVIEW 
This is an introduction to Animation and Film as forms of communication and artistic expression. The course covers a range of handmade and digital processes used to create moving images, build worlds, and tell stories. Students will learn about all elements of animation and film production, from initial concept through to completed piece of moving image content with sound. We will study historical and contemporary movements, watch and discuss films, visit exhibitions, work quietly in dark rooms, explore the outdoors, write, draw, record, imagine and create! Possible outcomes are narrative and experimental short films and animations, documentaries, music videos and multimedia installations.  

Preparation for Animation, Character Animation, Computer Animation, Experimental Animation, Directing, Film Practice, Film + TV Production, Art Direction, Design for Screen, Modelmaking, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Moving Image Art, Artist Film.  

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

Projects 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends

Mini-projects during Induction and Collaboration weeks:   

  • Phonotropes: You will create a short sequence of drawings that come to life when placed on a spinning record player and viewed through a camera’s viewfinder.
  • Pixilation: In small groups, you will animate people and objects to tell a magical short story. 

Project 1: Future Fiction 
Imagine the world in 100 years; how will it have changed? You will create a world outline, character design and environment design. During practical workshops, you will build a jointed paper puppet of your character and shoot an animated stop motion sequence against your environment background.

Project 2: Animating Spaces 
In small groups, you will devise a short story taking place in the room of a hotel. You will design and build a miniature scale model of the set with props, light it, and make a short animation or film based on a storyboard. You will also design a poster for your film. Workshops on set design, modelmaking, cinematography, 3-point lighting and Dragonframe stop-motion software will support you in creating your project. 

Project 3: The Past is Present 
You will write a beat sheet and a 2-3 page script in which a person interacts with a past version of themselves. You will then direct, film and edit a live action short film, using a green screen for at least one shot. You will present your film as a physical installation, using a projector and objects, or using screens in an unusual way. In support of this project in 2022, we visited the Uma Breakdown exhibition at Wysing Arts Centre.  
  
SKILLS LEARNED 
Character Design, Environment Design, Concept Art, World-building, Animation, Stop Motion, Puppet-making, Collage, Pixilation, 3-Point Lighting, Architectural and technical drawing, model making, scaled construction and other 2D and 3D representational techniques, Laser Cutting, Photography, Adobe Suite, Dragonframe, Storyboarding, Scriptwriting, Cinematography, Green Screen, Sound Design, Video Editing, Video Installation.  

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

Project 1: Portfolio skills course 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 

Project 2: University research and application 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique.

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Narrative 
You will learn about narrative structure in filmmaking and create a short film or animation that tells an interesting story. In 2022, as part of the Cambridge Creative Encounters project, we worked with the theme of Global Catastrophic Risk, creating stories about the end of the world to build awareness around factors that increase the likelihood of civilisation collapse. In support of this project, we spoke to researchers at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and visited the Science Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts in London.  

Project 2: Documentary 
After learning about the history of documentary and its use in contemporary practice, you will create a 1-5 minute documentary film or animation on a topic of your choice, beginning with a recorded interview. A practical workshop on interview skills, including lighting and microphone setup, will prepare you for individual approach. A workshop on ethics in animated documentary will support those of you working with animation. 
  
Project 3: Sound and Image 
You will create a 1-minute non-narrative film or abstract animation to a piece of composed sound, in collaboration with Music students. You will experiment with materials and focus on colour, shape, movement and speed. Workshops to support this project include direct animation on 16mm film, animating with sand, paint and clay, and digital video effects.

SKILLS LEARNED 
Interview Techniques, Lighting, Sound Recording, 2D Paper and Digital Animation, Walk Cycles, Camera-less Animation, Sand Animation, Claymation, Paint on glass, Collaboration, Production Planning.

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation 

SKILLS LEARNED 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

COURSE OVERVIEW 
This course will equip you with approaches and expressions in Spatial Design and help you build up a creative portfolio to apply to relevant Higher Education courses. You will learn to do architectural drawings, collages, model making, 1:5 timber construction details, basic surveys and architectural graphics. You will work with physical and digital materials as well as thinking across different scales in the design process and collaborating with other disciplines. You will also be exposed to different elements of design such as research, critical thinking, narrative design, graphic layout, visual and verbal presentation techniques, colour and material palettes. You need to be passionate in the study and prepared to work hard to excel in the course as well as in practice.  

Preparation for Architecture, Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Environmental Design, Construction, Architectural Technology, Product Design, Architectural Studies, and History of Art.   

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: The Shape of the City 
Using the city as a source of inspiration we explore making, testing, exploring 3D structures and dynamic movement of an individual in a social space. This is a collaborative project working together with another discipline, enabling students to cross boundaries and understand how one artform informs another. 

Project 2: Animating Spaces 
In small groups, you will devise a short story taking place in the room of a hotel. You will design and build a miniature scale model of the set with props, light it, and make a short animation or film based on a storyboard. This project enables students to understand how spaces and enviroments can dictate and influence behaviour. Workshops on set design, modelmaking, cinematography, 3-point lighting and Dragonframe stop-motion software will support you in creating your project. 

Project 3: From Dada to Reality 
Using photocollage as a starting point, you will develop spatial investigation drawings, introducing the principles of orthographic drawing. Following this, ideas and narrative develops into a scale model. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Introduction to architectural drawing, collage, making, scaled construction and other 2D and 3D representational techniques, Photography, Animation, Adobe Suite 

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique. 

PROJECT 1: PORTFOLIO SKILLS COURSE 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 

PROJECT 2: UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND APPLICATION 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff. 

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame.

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Openings  
A research based investigation into architectural openings. You will develop an architectural design of a technological component in an architectural context, developing narrative, character, space and setting, considering the audience and user of the space.  

Project 2: Occupational Narrative 
In this project you research the social, historical and cultural context of making, architectural examples past and present, and spatial sequences of spaces developing a 2D concept for a film or stage set.  

Project 3: The Mobile Vendor 
In this project we explore how the small space within a vehicle has been adapted. We survey, draw plans and sections, observe and photograph, interview street vendors and develop a proposal for a refurbishment. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Architectural and technical drawing, photomontage, model making, scaled construction and other 2D and 3D representational techniques, Research, introduction to historical and critical perspectives in architecture, basic surveys, Photography

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation 

SKILLS LEARNED 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

COURSE OVERVIEW 
This combines all the creative and conceptual elements of the fashion industry without the technical pattern cutting and precision needed to be a designer; it’s the styling, image creation, production, experimental content, and creative communication. You are not only exposed to graphic design components of fashion, such as the design of a fashion brand identity or creative editing and layout of Fashion photography, but also the content creation using a variety of creative hands on and digital processes. Students wanting to study this course should be creative, confident communicators and have a keen interest in Fashion image creation. 

Preparation for Fashion Styling and Production, Fashion Illustration and image production, Creative Direction for Fashion, Fashion Communication, Fashion Promotion, Fashion Branding, Fashion Photography, PR and Communication, Visual Communication for Fashion, and Visual Merchandising for Fashion. 

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: 
“Still life styling” 
In the initial stages of the project, students collaborate with the Fine Art cohort to create various experimental set ups for photography. This is further developed in the pathways in a variety of different ways including Fashion collage, Fashion illustration and digital editing. Skills and processes for this are taught in both, traditional making, and contemporary design techniques.  
  
Project 2: 
“Cause a problem” 
This brief focusses on issues that impact fashion markets and consumers, the ethics of fashion and relevant topics that modern fashion faces. Research development and design skills are taught through a variety of processes that students can develop to reflect their own ambitions.  Brand knowledge and ethical research builds the main part of this short project.  

Project 3: 
“Fashion Victim” 
A live project that involves students creating a series of social media stickers or GIFs for contemporary independent brands.  

SKILLS LEARNED 
Fashion Styling, Fashion Content Creation, Collage and customisation, Experimental Photography and post processing, Contemporary Fashion Image making, Portfolio Development and Experimental Techniques suitable for Higher Education Application.  
 
UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Portfolio skills course 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 
  
Project 2: University research and application 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff. 

Skills Learned 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique.

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends

Project 1:“Strange and wonderful” 
A project based on the suspicious, ethereal and unexplained, this project is a combination of digital image creation and styling. This can be explored through photography, manual skills, clothing customisation, digital software, film and beginner level fashion moving image. 
  
Project 2: “COTB” 
Clash of the brands is a brand identity project that teaches creative graphics for fashion, beginner level fashion brand creation and range planning for fictitious products. The project encompasses digital and social media skills whilst allowing students to be creative with colour and innovation.  

Project 3: “Portfolio prep” 
Alongside the contemporary creative briefs in Units 2/3 you will have 1-1 tutorials with your Pathway leader in Fashion Communication. This is organised in the normal college day and ensures you feel confident with the content of your portfolio for university application. In those 1-1 sessions you will select and discuss edits of the work completed on the course and how to collate them for the appropriate courses.  

*Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

SKILLS LEARNED: 
Layout for print and web, Experimental styling, Creative Fashion photography, Image editing, Brand identity design, Range planning, Graphics for Fashion, layout and aesthetics, image selection and curation, market research and Fashion brand investigation. 

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation 

SKILLS LEARNED 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

COURSE OVERVIEW 
This course is to help you create a Fashion Designer’s portfolio through a rigorous thought process: from content and research, then onto analysis and exploration through 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional design methodologies, and finally, the execution of a fashion product and presentation.  
Pattern cutting and garment construction workshops are integrated into the curriculum to support the design realisation stage of the projects. Students are introduced to skills such as basic block making and prototype production. The key is to generate creative ideas not only from visual, 2-dimensional design processes (illustrations), but also from the architectural viewpoint through limitless garment construction methods through studying the human form.  
Students are encouraged to challenge and question the purpose and idea of Fashion in the times we live in. Designing a beautiful garment is unimportant anymore. At CSVPA you will be encouraged to think outside of the box and approach Fashion Design in a creative and conceptual way. Not only are you encouraged to create unusual and exciting fashion ideas, but also to help drive our industry into the next era and beyond with responsible and sustainable solutions. Passion and curiosity in learning is what we are looking for in addition to a determined and committed work ethic. 

Preparation for Fashion Design for Menswear and/or Womenswear, Pattern Cutting, Product Design and Development for the Fashion Industry, Fashion Styling, Fashion Atelier & Tailoring etc.  

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: The Shape of the City 
Using the city as a source of inspiration we explore making, testing, exploring 3D structures and dynamic movement of an individual. Students are encouraged to re-think : What is Fashion? Using drawing, photography and paper sculpture, students develop designs and proposals. This is a collaborative project working together with another discipline, enabling students to cross boundaries and understand how one artform informs another.  

Project 2: Beauty and Body Armour 
Using Project 1 ideas as a starting point, students begin to apply their ideas to fashion design and garment construction. Students are encouraged to work and think differently.  We are not confined by typical sense of beauty or, limitation of the human form. Through a series of creative pattern cutting workshops, students will be helped to create and construct brave and exciting fashion prototypes through unconventional means. 

Project 3: 3 Ways 
Using their realisations from project 2, students explore presentation and communication skills related to fashion design. Through a series of workshops, students experiment with photography, video, collage and digital image creation, and consider 3 different contexts: magazine editorial, social media and branding. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Primary and secondary research, contextual research and understanding, photography, approaches to illustration including drawing and photoshop, paper sculpture, evaluation and reflection, fashion design methodologies, basic pattern cutting & sewing skills, draping for fashion, production (3-D development), presentation and communication skills, fashion portfolio skills suitable for Higher Education Application.  

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Portfolio skills course 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 

Project 2: University research and application 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique. 

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: From Past to Present  
Looking back in order to look forward!  Fashion is evidence of the time we live in. 
Students will be working in small groups to investigate examples from the past. Students will research not only Fashion Designs, but the technological, social, and cultural contexts surrounding Fashion, developing an understanding of audience and intentions. Following this, students are introduced to the project sponsor, and identify a contemporary audience, developing a personal proposal and brief for Project 2. 

Project 2: Unconventional 
In this practical project, students work with a non-fashion material provided by our sponsor, to explore and realise a design concept. Students are encouraged to find new grounds in breaking boundaries and to approach fashion design in an innovative, personal and contextual manner. Understanding materials is important for this project, and we examine how things are made.  A series of workshops and demonstrations introduces students to garment construction using fashion trimmings and complementary fabrics.  

Skills Learned 
Primary and secondary research, problem solving, technical research and analysis, materials and fabric properties, design and development, product development, evaluation and reflection, team working and collaboration, peer critique, brand research and interpretation and prototyping. 

Unit 13 Project proposal and realisation in art and design 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation 

Skills Learned 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

COURSE OVERVIEW 
Fine Art is based around ideas and concepts. It asks questions, evokes emotions, tells a story and promotes debate. Photography is more than just image making and documenting a story. In both areas you will develop skills of visual language and literacy. In the first term students will undertake several workshops that will enable experimentation with a range of techniques approaches and media before specialising further as the course progresses. Students explore darkroom and digital photography, painting, drawing, printmaking and assemblage. This level focuses on experimental creativity where you will take risks, challenge conventions, and explore new perspectives on a range of themes and topics.

Preparation for Fine Art, Art History, Photography, Fashion Photography, Digital Arts, 3D Arts; Ceramics, Sculpture and Installation, Painting, Printmaking, Curating, Visual Arts.

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education.

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends.

Project 1: “Collective Automatic Mark Making” 
A collective ‘Banner’ completed in the introduction week will act as a common thread throughout the creative practice investigation Unit. This collective starting point will be individually developed, manipulated, and used as a reference point. Ultimately creating something new from it.

Project 2: “Analogue” 
In this project students are introduced to physical and performative processes, working in the darkroom and with a range of materials and processes including assemblage, painting and printmaking.

This Unit is designed to facilitate exploration and discovery within specialism. Fine Art and Photography are broad terms with a wide range of potential approaches. We, as a group will become acquainted with many ways of working and experience various materials, processes and experimental techniques across the Unit.  

Project 3: “Digital Arts” 
In this project analogue forms of Art inspired by the collective banner are further developed into digital forms for print and projection.

SKILLS LEARNED 

During this unit specific weeklong workshops are explored including:

  • Mixed media collage and mark making
  • Dry Point, Mono and Screen printing
  • Found object Assemblage and Sculpture
  • Clay and plaster relief and casting
  • DSLR in camera, digital post editing and Photomontage
  • Still Life Photography and visual communication
  • Pin Hole Camera
  • Alternative Darkroom Techniques including Photogram, Chemigram and Luminogram
  • Contextual research and referencing with historical and contemporary practitioners
  • Reflective and analytical writing.
  • Effective learning journal content and presentation.

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design.

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends

Project 1: Portfolio skills course 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application.
  
Project 2: University research and application 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff.

SKILLS LEARNED 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique.

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame.

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends

Project 1: “Journey” 
In this Unit, students have an opportunity to choose one of two different directions to focus their ongoing development within, these are open prompts defined within the brief. There is more emphasis on individual development, independent contextual research, and specialism focus.

Project 2: “Collections”
Project 2 is intended as a continuation of project 1. The focus is to develop a series or collection as a coherent whole, taking into consideration modes of display and the audience.

SKILLS LEARNED

  • Scale
  • Exploring modes of display
  • Documenting and presenting
  • Extended specialist processes including, sand box casting, welding, laser cutting, 3d printing, glass slumping, cinemagraphs, screen printing, light painting, projections
  • Portfolio compilation and content

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation
  
SKILLS LEARNED 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department.

COURSE OVERVIEW 

This is an introduction to Games Art and Design, The course covers a range of skills from narrative design, world building and planning through to 3D Modelling and getting your ideas into a games engine such as Unreal Engine 5.  

Students will learn how to research, design, and create their own interactive projects, from initial idea through to playable demo. During the course we will study games from indie developers through to AAA studios.  

During your studies you will have the chance to visit exhibitions, and work on industry standard software. 

Preparation for Game Development, Concept Artists, Virtual Production, Motion Capture, Tabletop Game Design, Visual Effects for Games, Lighting Artists. 

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 
  
Project 1: Creating Worlds for interactive exploration. 

During this project you will learn how to tell stories to an audience that can interact with and influence the way in which the narrative evolves. Students will learn to build a world and create branching narratives. They will explore genre and how an audience interacts with their world. 

Project 2: The Room; Telling stories through props and environment. 

Students will create an interactive space, using the skills learned during project one, they will create a room or environment that tells a story. They will learn to create objects that a player can interact with to learn more about the world in which the designer has invited them to participate. 

SKILLS LEARNED 

InDesign, Photoshop, Maya / Blender, Unreal Engine, OBS, Substance Painter, Z-Brush, research processes, problem solving, design development, reflection and evaluation skills, peer critique, presentation skills, portfolio development suitable for higher education applications. 

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Portfolio skills course 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 

Project 2: University research and application 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique.

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 
  
Project 1: Sound for game Design 

In this project students will explore how sound is integral to interactive experiences, they will learn to create soundscapes that immerse and influence their audience.  

Project 2: Lighting, Shaders and Textures, Oh My! 

This project explores the ways in which different aesthetics can be used to create and define a genre of a game. Everything from cel shaders to lighting, this project explores how we can use what we see to help sell a narrative experience. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Unreal Engine, Adobe Audition, Substance Painter, Photoshop, Maya / Blender, Z-Brush, In Design, primary and secondary research, problem solving, technical research and analysis, design and development, evaluation and reflection, peer critique. 

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation 

SKILLS LEARNED 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

COURSE OVERVIEW 
Graphic Design and Illustration underpin most of the visual creative arts industry. You are introduced to the fundamentals of graphic design, such as layouts, composition, typography, colour work, the relationships between photography and illustration and how all of the above unites to form what makes a graphic designer. All media from pen and paper to digital creative software is encouraged. Both are tools, it’s just how you use them that determines you. A sharp eye for detail and an understanding of type, image and layout are key assets to succeed in this sector of the creative arts. 

Preparation for Graphic Communication Design, Publishing and Editorial Design, Illustration Animation, Graphic and Media Design, Communication Design, 3D Game Design, Media Communications, Web Design, Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, Visual Communication 

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer‑term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

PROJECTS
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Illustration and printing experiments – ‘Hello There!’ 
Allows students to ‘loosen up’ and find outcomes through practical methods such as print, collage, painting, photography, and illustration to name some. Lino print workshop introduced. Students respond to one word, ‘language’, and develop/ create outcomes based on their interpretation. 

Project 2: Experimental typography – ‘Word Up!’ 
Introduces students to using research to benefit and support outcomes with both artist influence and experimental typography. Artist and word chosen at random. Students respond to the artist/ designer using their style and techniques. Materials, experiments and outcomes assessed on interpretations, creativity and ideas, with developed research. Practical collage workshop introduced and technical workshops with on screen lecture and videos presented.

Project 3: Scale in design – ‘1st Class’ 
Identity project, portrayed with the design and creation of a set of stamps. Students use research and idea development to design a collection of stamps towards the set topic – start large, reduce and analyse when small. Allows students to develop ideas with visual impact and appreciate the use of typography and image used. Experimentation is key and the outcomes are presented in a large crit to other students – encouraging and accepting critical analysis of work.  

SKILLS LEARNED 
Page/Layout Design, Photography and image manipulation, Advertising and Promotion, Typographic understanding, Colour Theory, Drawing and Mark Making, Adobe Creative suite: <please include a broad range of skills as possible> 

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Portfolio skills course 
This course is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 
  
Project 2: University research and application 
This course is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff. 

SKILLS LEARNED 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique.

UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame. 

PROJECTS
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends
  
Project 1: Advertising Campaign – ‘It’s a Sell Out!’ 
Mundane items presented – students then asked to ‘sell’ them for their AMAZING qualities. What else do they offer? How can they be seen as ‘cool or essential to life?’. Logo creation, typographic experiments, poster designs, magazine spread, and then 2 additional advertising items required to support – such as Billboards, Social media gif’s, vehicle livery, packaging and or a storyboard for a 20 second TV spot. Column method, grids, typographic ordering and design with self-created illustration or type design is encouraged. Technical workshops with on screen lecture and videos presented. Good/ bad advertising methods introduced as well as rule of ethics and ASA introduction. 

Project 2: Film Poster redesign – ‘Roll Cameras!’ 
Students select 1 film the 1980’s (from a choice of 15), that was iconic and held prominence then and still does now in popular culture. Research is essential and the exploration of the time, culture and its references must be used to assist with ideas. Students again encouraged to use experimental type but also use strong visual imagery for both a teaser trailer and main sheet poster. Project encourages research, experimentation with imagery, digital techniques, form, style, layout, ordering, focal point use and colour theories. Technical workshops with on screen lecture and videos presented. 

Project 3: Penguin Live Brief information (when running) – ‘Read Me…’ 
Bookjacket/cover redesign of 3 books. Students select 1 to recreate and use illustration, photography, image creation, manipulation of materials, collage work etc. Allows students to use these practical methods and use structed, specific guides and rules to build the design. Column method, grids, typographic ordering with self-created illustration or type design is encouraged. Technical workshops with on screen lecture and videos presented.
  
SKILLS LEARNED 
Page/Layout Design, Photography and image manipulation, scaling and reduction, Typographic understanding, Colour Theory, Drawing and Mark Making, Template management, practical and digital cross-over manipulations. Adobe Creative suite: Photoshop masks, layers, clone tools, cutting and selecting images, file size reduction and saving methods. InDesign page setups, grids, columns, margins, text and image manipulations and placements, spread design and PDF saving/ exporting methods.

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self‑direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation 

Skills Learned 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

COURSE OVERVIEW 
This course will equip you with innovative and experimental approaches to 3D Design and help you build up a creative portfolio to apply to relevant Higher Education courses. You will learn to do object prototyping and design development work. This course is supported by a comprehensive range of workshop facilities for hand and machine making in card, ceramics, glass, plastic, metal and wood, in addition to digital manufacturing equipment including laser cutting and 3D Printing. You will also be exposed to different elements of design such as critical thinking, collaborating with other disciplines, visual and verbal presentation techniques, colour theory, technical drawing and material properties. You need to be passionate, interested in problem solving, and prepared to work hard to excel in the course as well as in the industry. 

Preparation for 3D Design, Product Design, Craft, Jewellery Design, Accessories Design, Sustainable Product Design, Furniture Design, Design Crafts, Applied Craft, Industrial Design and Automotive Design.  

UNIT 10 CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTEXTS IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to further develop students’ understanding of the particular characteristics of a range of art and design activities and the contexts within which those activities exist and operate. The unit provides an opportunity for students to critically examine their own strengths and capabilities in relationship to a range of art and design activities and their defined, or emerging, ambitions and longer-term goals, either within employment or higher education. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned, and emerging new trends 

Project 1: That’s Absurd! 
In this fun introduction to design, students examine both Fine Art and Design based examples that question the relationship of form and function. Using Photocollage students create their own absurd ideas, before encountering a process of drawing from 2D and orthographic through to scaled and isometric drawing to effectively communicate their ideas. 

Project 2: 2D to 3D: Flat Pack 
This project enables students to investigate and research object(s) that employ the use of flat 2-Dimensional materials to create 3 Dimensional forms. Using 2D sketching and 3D paper/card exploration aids the development of designs. These are then further developed using scaled drawings and models. A series of introductory workshops using fibre board, wood and plastics with the laser cutter enables students to realise their ideas. 

Project 3: Encase 
Students are given a specific brief from a client to create a handmade object that encases and protects a particular item of significance such as an ancient book, an item of jewellery or a lock of hair. Students use ‘boxes’ as a starting point for experimentation, expanding on this through a series of practical workshops that explore material properties and capabilities: 
Metal: Cutting, hammering, texturing, raising, piercing, soldering, polishing finishing. 
Ceramic: Coil and slab construction, hand modelling, glazing, gold lustre. 
Glass: Fusing, slumping. 
Other: Resin, silicone casting, laser cutting.

SKILLS LEARNED 
3D Design research processes, problem solving, a variety of hands-on workshops suitable for 3D pathway including experimental techniques, form versus function, understand and use visual language, design development, prototyping, reflection and evaluation skills, peer critique, presentation skills, portfolio development and suitable for higher education applications. 

UNIT 11 PREPARATION FOR PROGRESSION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to develop students’ understanding of the range of educational and career routes within art and design and the related application processes and systems. The Students are encouraged to develop a range of effective presentation and communication skills appropriate to an identified progression route within art and design. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned, and emerging new trends 

Project 1: Portfolio skills  
This Unit is run across the Autumn term and seeks to develop a critical understanding of portfolio content appropriate to students chosen specialism in addition to the specific digital skills required to build a professional portfolio for university application. 

Project 2: University research and application 
This Unit is delivered through both weekly personal tutor sessions and 1:1 tutorials in the Autumn term and a UCAS week in September where students visit the UCAS fair in London and are able to research different institutions and courses, speaking to University staff.

Skills Learned 
Portfolio skills, Adobe creative suite; specifically InDesign and Photoshop, researching for university choices, personal statement writing, portfolio presentation and interview technique. 
UNIT 12 ENGAGING WITH AN AUDIENCE IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit is designed to provide the student with an extended opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the audience for their chosen area of art and design activity and their abilities to provide creative responses to complex creative problems. Students undertake a range of challenging assignments that stimulates creativity whilst encourages students to consider their audience and recognise that solving complex creative problems requires considerable investment in appropriate research, planning, preparation, ideas development and the final delivery of a solution within an agreed time‑frame. 

PROJECTS 
Projects are examples and may change from year to year depending on the nature of live projects working with external partners, current exhibitions and visits planned and emerging new trends.  

Project 1: Reinventing the wheel  
This project aims to challenge students understanding and perceptions of everyday items and how they can be redesigned. Using creative and conceptual strategies, students will investigate a product and explore radically changing its design or function for a particular audience. This could be changing the intended age group or ability of the target market audience.   

Project 2: The next best thing!  
In this project students investigate future trends and predictions in the design world, opening up the professional world of design and trend forecasting to students. Students develop and combine ambitious, innovative ideas that result in practical outcomes to fit a fictitious futures exhibition and event.  

Unit 12 projects are supported by visits to The Design Museum, Science Museum and or V&A in London.

SKILLS LEARNED 
Market and client research, customer profiling, contextual and technical research, understand and apply design principles, 3D drawing and realisation using digital and analogue methods, practical construction skills in a variety of chosen materials, presentation and communication skills. 

UNIT 13 PROJECT PROPOSAL AND REALISATION IN ART AND DESIGN 
This unit aims to provide candidates with an opportunity to take control of their own learning by independently initiating, researching, implementing, and evaluating a project proposal and realisation within a chosen professional context. The degree of self-direction that students will be required to display is in recognition of the educational model prevalent within Higher Education. The unit requires students to produce a written project proposal of about 500 words that should include the following: A review of progress and achievement to date, Project concept and Evaluation

SKILLS LEARNED 
By this stage in the course, it is expected that students will have acquired the necessary skills knowledge and understanding to undertake their devised project, however investigation into new skills is encouraged and facilitated where possible. Students may take advantage of the 3D workshop or join one of the varied specialist workshops offered across the department. 

FACULTY

Dennic Lo
Pathway Leader Fashion Design Foundation and BA (Hons) Fashion Lecturer
Peter Wenman
Extended Diploma Art & Design Year 1 tutor - Experimental Studies Lecturer.
Sam Race
Pathway Leader Experimental Studies - Extended Diploma & Foundation

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