Contemporary Crafts Practice FdA
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Overview
Contemporary Crafts Practice at Sussex Coast College Hastings provides students with the opportunity to develop fresh, creative thinking through practical engagement with materials and processes. This is further supported by cultural and critical studies.
Central to the course is personal and professional practice. This will enable you to place your work within a professional context and to gain the self-management and promotional skills necessary for employment within the creative industries.
Course duration
Full-time: 2 years
Part-time: 4 years
UCAS code W700
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Course content
Course structure
The beginning of the course involves a series of inductions into the workshops - ceramics, glass, metals and plastics. This progresses to more self-directed study allowing you to develop specialist areas of interest. Throughout, you are guided and supported by group debate, individual tutorial guidance and specialist seminars. There is also an organised study tour. Each year students' tours have included visits to Rome, Paris, Barcelona and New York.
During year 2 you will gain work experience which may include time with local practitioners in ceramics, jewellery and metalwork, landscape design and stained glass restoration projects. In previous years students have worked with international ceramicists, in the UK and Belgium and with the Craft Council setting up the Collect exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, also Ceramic Art at the Royal College of Art in London.
Areas of study
Ceramics, glass, and metals can be studied, individually or in combination. Interdisciplinary practice like mould making, printing processes and computer-aided design link the specialisms, and allow for research across the four areas.
Practical work is supported by practice-led research and cultural and critical studies that facilitate and inform developmental thinking within studio practice. Personal and professional practice runs throughout the course and the course provides practical guidance and experience to locate and promote your skills and work within a professional context.
Syllabus
Year 1
Personal and Professional Development
Practice-led Research
Computer-aided Craft Design
Ceramics
Glass
Metals
Cultural and Critical Studies
Independent ProjectYear 2
Professional Practice
Practice-led Research
Specialist Crafts Pathway
Cultural and Critical Studies
Exhibition project
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Entry requirements
Typical entry requirements
individual offers may varyUCAS tariff:
120 points, from a minimum of one 6-unit qualification in G/VCE Art and Design or BTEC National Awards in Art and Design. Level 3 Key Skills and General Studies excluded.ND/C (Level 3):
PPP.International Baccalaureate:
Individual assessment.QAA-approved access course:
acceptable; subject-specific units.GCSE (minimum grade C):
at least three subjects including English language and mathematics or a science.For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6.0 in writing.Other:
Accredited prior learning and/or experience. -
Location
Location
Sussex Coast College Hastings -
Career opportunities
Graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary for immediate progression into professional practice or for further degree-level study (for example, through direct entry application to year 3 of the 3D Materials Practice (Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Plastics) MDes/MFA/BA(Hons) course at the university).
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Fees and costs
The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2012-13. Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study.
The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full- or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take. Different rules apply to research degrees - please contact the Doctoral College for advice.
To help you plan for your time here we will be providing further information about what is included in your tuition fee, and any optional costs you may need to budget for, later in the autumn.
Our website wwww.brighton.ac.uk/money provides advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee paying status.
FdA Contemporary Crafts Practice [S2FS002] UK/EU (Full Time) For advice on fees for this course please contact fees@brighton.ac.uk, +44/0 1273 642449. Island Students (Full Time) For advice on fees for this course please contact fees@brighton.ac.uk, +44/0 1273 642449. International (Full Time) For advice on fees for this course please contact fees@brighton.ac.uk, +44/0 1273 642449. -
More details
This course is indirectly funded by the University of Brighton. This means that you will be taught at Sussex Coast College in Hastings and have access to all the facllities and support the college offers.
You will also have access to student services and support offered by the University of Brighton, including: sports and learning facilities on all campuses; membership of student societies and sports teams; student advice services and financial support including income-related bursaries and university scholarships.