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Full time, 1 year, Foundation Certificate courses. No prior qualifications needed, bursaries and accommodation available for eligible applicants. Next intake September 2010.

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Creative Arts and Design Technologies Full Time Course

Project Planning - Community Links and Enterprise

This module is intended to dovetail with term 3 Major Project. Project planning embraces more fully the planning and organisational concepts of the Major Project. First part of this module will centre on community links with a view to planning an event that happens in the locality. The second part focuses on developing entrepreneurial approaches including feasibility studies. Both areas lead towards the planning and organising and delivering your third term projects.

AIMS

  1. Communicate and liaise with local community groups and businesses.
  2. Produce a plan for the major project
  3. Contribute in a local event.

Other modules

  1. Visual Arts Investigation and Presentation (20 credits)
  2. Experimental Ceramics (10 credits)
  3. Visual Media part 1 (10 credits)
  4. The Human Form (20 credits)
  5. Project Planning (10 credits)
  6. New Media (10 credits across 2 terms)
  7. Colour and Landscape (10 credits across 2 terms)
  8. Visual Media part 2 (10 credits)
  9. Major Project (20 credits)

Note: these may be subject to change.

Additional studies

Support options are provided in the following areas:
Compulsory: Information Technology, Communication Skills, Main Course Tutorial Reviews
Voluntary: Literacy, Numeracy, GCSE Maths, Specific learning needs support tutorials, Careers Advice & Guidance and UCAS Application Workshops (for application to Universities), Information Technology Workshops

What you can do before the course starts:

Visit your local galleries
Reading of any related magazines i.e. ‘Craft’, ‘Creative Review’, ‘Aesthetica’, Art & News’, Welsh Art Now.
Review the current or previous news and pictures information

Attend a taster course