Whitireia New Zealand

Course Details

Bachelor of Applied Arts (Visual Arts and Design)

Course Description

The Bachelor of Applied Arts (Visual Arts and Design) is a three-year programme. In the first year, students explore a wide range of visual arts media, such as painting, print making, sculpture, and fibre arts or jewellery. Alternatively, they study digital design media such as photography, digital illustration, publication design, motion graphics, 3D modelling and animation, and web interface design. In the second year, students may specialise in a chosen media. In the final year, students research and create a major body of work. In each year, students complete both core and body of work modules. Core or compulsory modules provide the cultural and historical context, and the practical business knowledge, that underpin all art and design studies. In body of work modules, students explore a range of manual and digital media to add breadth and depth to their chosen specialisation. Intensive studio or computer lab work focuses on specific media - for example, contemporary jewellery, fibre and fashion, digital design media (print, package, web, motion, and 3D animation), and 2D or 3D visual arts media (painting, printmaking, sculpture and carving). To achieve the Bachelor of Applied Arts students must complete all course work, including all core modules, to a minimum of 360 credits. Students can exit with the following qualifications: Diploma in Jewellery Design (level 5) Diploma in Digital Design (level 5) Diploma in Digital Design and Multimedia (level 6) Diploma in Visual Art (level 6)

Course Duration

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3year

Career outcomes

Graduates are well equipped to pursue a career as a self-employed professional artist or designer, or work within the design industry in print, illustration, advertising, in time-based media for web, film and DVD, or in gallery and museum industries. Graduates are qualified to move into postgraduate study to become an arts educator. Related Careers: Carver Craft Person Designer Graphic Designer Illustrator Jewellery Maker Photographer Photography Assistant Poutama Print Illustrator Sign Writer Artist Art Teacher




Bachelor of Applied Arts (Visual Arts and Design) Whitireia New Zealand