Illustration FdA
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Overview
Our Illustration foundation degree, based at Sussex Coast College Hastings, will provide you with an understanding of the function and scope of illustration. You will have the opportunity to approach the discipline in a way that is individual, questioning and innovative. Cultural and critical theory provides a basis for subject practice. Business awareness and vocational skills are raised through work-related learning and links with employers.
Course duration
Full-time: 2 years (max 3 years)
Part-time: 3 years (max 5 years)
UCAS code W221 (campus code H)
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Course content
Areas of study
You will explore how meaning is conveyed through all visual images. The use of media is wide ranging with the opportunity to specialise in year 2 in printmaking, type and image, digital technology, animation, book arts, and mixed media. For the most part, it is drawing in all its forms that will inform your experience on this course. It is the wide-ranging nature of the experience offered, together with an emphasis on the understanding of the critical and contextual dimensions of illustration, which will challenge you to develop your own personal style and working method. This, together with a strong emphasis on professional practice, will provide you with a sound basis which you can draw upon throughout your career and in response to ever-changing professional environments.
You will have access to research and information resources at the University of Brighton.
Syllabus
Year 1
Drawing
Ideas Generation and Development
Graphic Narration
Animation
Specialist Practice
Personal and Professional Development
Culture, Context and MeaningYear 2
Concepts and Ideologies into Practice
Specialist Pathway
Presentation project
Professional Practice
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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.International Baccalaureate:
individual assessment.Access to HE diploma:
acceptable; subject-specific units.GCSE (minimum grade C) or Access equivalent:
at least three subjects including English language and mathematics or a science.For non-native speakers of English:
IELTS 6.0 overall, 6 in writing.Other:
Art and Design foundation diploma. Interview and portfolio review. Accredited prior learning. Accredited prior experience. -
Location
Location
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Career opportunities
Opportunities for illustrators are generally on a freelance basis whether within editorial, book publishing or advertising. In addition, illustrators may exhibit their artwork and develop a range of creative ideas and applications from which they develop their own markets. Students have successfully undertaken work placements at Coley Porter Bell, London; understudied leading illustrators in the work place in Hastings and Brighton; organised an illustration event entitled Alternative Fashion using paper clothing; and produced window displays for environmentally focused shops in Hastings as well as an exhibition at the Rye Gallery.
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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 Illustration (at SCCH) [S2FS007] 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.