Bachelor of Design and Art

Summary

Whether you are building on a Level 6 diploma qualification and completing the final year of a degree (Level 7) or plan to pathway into a degree you can compete the one-year Level 7 Design and Arts programme in Taranaki.

Develop and refine your art and design talent guided by our highly respected tutors, who are active in New Zealand’s art scene.  Complement your practical studio learning with professional practice, research and an invaluable internship.

This Design and Art degree features independent work focused on your specialist area and relevant work experience. Learning will be studio-based at WITT with some collaborative blended learning with creative industries kaimahi and ākonga from UCOL Whanganui.

For domestic students there are full and part-time study options.  An excellent option if working or those with a busy schedule to undertake one or two papers at a time. This is a great opportunity for you to upskill while in employment. There are also evening papers available.

You will learn to:

• Apply relevant practices to complex contexts in the production of a body of related design or art work.
• Keep abreast of contemporary design and arts practices and changing approaches to design and arts in a wide range of contexts including exhibition and industry practices and design and arts in the wider creative sector.
• Analyse the impacts of design and arts on society and the role of the designer or artist within a range of societal constructs.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills necessary to contextualise and promote creative work, present concepts and apply for funding or employment opportunities.
• Transfer skills gained in design and arts to a range of situations requiring creative thinking, critical thinking, analytical rigour, innovation and problem solving.
• Work individually and collaboratively in creative projects.
• Demonstrate the ethical basis for design and arts, including possible implications of imagery in relation to socio-political contexts.
• Demonstrate the necessary roles of design and arts and the individual artist/designer with the local region, Aotearoa/New Zealand and internationally.
• Demonstrate the relevance of the Treaty of Waitangi to design and arts.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Tikanga Māori in relation to the practices of design and arts.
• Apply research methodologies with an understanding of social and ethical concerns in the form of an exhibition, public show or other relevant display supported by detailed documentation.
• Complete budgets, relevant industry proposals, create a business plan and plan for public shows and/or exhibitions and have a general understanding design/art specific professional practices.
• Demonstrate specialised technical knowledge and skills in a chosen major subject area and be able to position their work in relation to relevant concepts in art and design history and theory.
• Apply knowledge of occupational health and safety issues.

Entry Requirements General admission

• A Level 6 Arts and or Design qualification; or
• Equivalent knowledge, skill, work experience, or study
• Interviews will take place as part of the application process.

English language requirements

Candidates who have English as a second languge are required to have an academic international English Language Test System (IELTS) score of 6.0 (general or academic) with no individual band score lower than 5.5, or equivalent..

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities for Bachelor of Design and Arts graduates are diverse, and could include:
Graphic designer, practising artist, fashion designer, web designer, gallery curator, videographer, animator, marketing career, movie industry careers, television careers, product design, costume design, theatre and prop design, photgrapherm art or design administration and management, and secondary or tertiary teaching.

Additional Course Related Costs

• Transitioning students expand on existing materials ($200-$400)
• A4 Workbook (1 per course) $60-$100
• Tools/construction materials $80-$200
• Project specific materials $200-$400
• Exhibition / Submission - Variable Costs $150-$350
• Field Trip miscellaneous costs $50-$100
• Printing/photocopy costs* $50+

*Where possible we encourage students to use digital formats

It’s common for our kaiako (tutors) to be actively involved with local industry and in the case of our Arts and Design kaimahi (staff) it’s also common for them to be exhibiting artists.

Check out the story about our Arts and Design kaiako walking the talk

Changes for new learners

WITT and this programme are part of [Te Pūkenga – New...