Institute of Technology or Polytechnic
Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT)NZ Diploma in Arts and Design (Level 6)
This course is available
On-Campus
Level of Study
Diploma
Duration
1 year
Next start date
Expected Feb 2027
Campus
Hawke's Bay Campus
Summary
Develop your creative career
Build on your skills and knowledge from the Level 5 diplomas, through engaging in a series of real-life and in-house projects. You can explore various creative disciplines including design, fashion, music, screen production and visual arts.
This diploma teaches the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to think innovatively and develop a career as a creative practitioner in your chosen discipline.
With your diploma completed successfully you can continue on to the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Practice.
Programme OutlineThroughout the delivery of the diploma, you will learn through engaging in projects. This project-based learning approach places you at the centre of the learning experience and allows for the embedding of theory and practice within the project context.
The Level 6 projects are increasingly self-directed, ensure the development of a stronger global understanding of creative industries and include increasing professional skills such as basic marketing and business management, as well as legal issues relative to the individual creative practice.
As a graduate of this qualification you will be able to:
- Apply specialised skills and theoretical knowledge in the production of work in a selected area of art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
- Use investigative tools with creative processes, methods and technologies to synthesise ideas and solve problems in a selected area of art,
- design, music, fashion and screen production.
- Critically analyse research findings to support the development of ideas and to position own work within conventions and contexts in art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
- Demonstrate leadership and professional practice to manage projects/briefs and prepare for selected career pathways in art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
- Critically evaluate work, communicate to a range of audiences, and present own resolved work in a real-world context.
Subject areas include:
- Design
- Fashion
- Music
- Screen production
- Visual arts
Entry criteria
Entry RequirementsThe academic entry requirement for the NZ Diploma in Arts and Design [Level 6] programme may be limited by the number of places available.
An offer of a place on the programme will be extended to applicants who meet the entry criteria (120 credits of an NZQA approved Level 5 Degree/Diploma qualification or equivalent) or can satisfactorily prove that s/he has the potential to succeed on the programme and is over the age of 20 by the official start date of the programme of study.
Applicants must provide a hand-written letter of application and a portfolio of work that represents their level of achievement at the interview.
Interview
All applicants will be required to attend an interview (and may bring whānau support) and will need to bring evidence of creative work and any documentation of process to the interview.
The purpose of the interview is to confirm the authenticity of the applicant’s portfolio of work and to assess the portfolio of work and the applicant’s suitability for the programme. The interview will determine whether an applicant is offered a place on the programme and at what level of the programme the applicant is offered a place (see Level Placement below). Thus, meeting the academic entry requirement is not on its own sufficient to ensure admission to the programme.
The interviews will be conducted by two IDEAschool academic staff and in the case of Cross Credit or Level Placement by the Programme Coordinator and a staff member.
English Language Entry RequirementsAll applicants must demonstrate an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme.
Ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include the following:
- Successful study of a programme in which English was the language of instruction (subject to the conditions in the EIT Database for English Language Proficiency (DELP)).
- Completion of a New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 4 with any endorsement).
- IELTS Academic score of 6, with no band score lower than 5.5, achieved in a single test within the two years preceding enrolment.
- Accepted international equivalents to the above IELTS scores, achieved in a single test within two years preceding enrolment (see equivalency tables in DELP).
Level placement through recognition of prior learning (RPL) is the mechanism by which the programme ensures that students are placed at an appropriate level. On the basis of evidence provided at an interview and the presentation of an application portfolio, applicants may be granted RPL and be placed in levels 6, or 7 of the programme. Applicants may be awarded credit for whole levels of the programme in this way.
For information and enquiries about RPL and Cross Credit please contact Irina Konig on 06 830 5021, ikonig@eit.ac.nz.
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