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Foundation Degree in Art & Design

Foundation Degree:
Professional Practice in Art & Design

Fine Art
Communication Design
Illustration

with pathways in

• Fine Art
• Illustration
• Communication Design

Qualification	Foundation Degree: Professional Practice in Art & Design
Level	Higher Education, Levels 4 and 5
Duration	2 Years Full Time OR 4 Years Part Time
Start Details	September 2010
Course Fee	Full Time: UK/EU Students:£3,290 Overseas Students: £9,900 Part Time: UK/EU Students:£1,740 Overseas Students: £5,040 Loans and grants are available

Course Description:

This FdA in Professional Practice in Art and Design is delivered in partnership with Middlesex University and with employers in the Creative and Cultural Industries. The course will prepare you to operate as an informed, effective, responsive, and skilled professional in one of these fields: Fine Art, Illustration, or Communication Design.

The course offers modules in: Professional Practice (Fine Art, Illustration, or Communication Design), Image Making Strategies, The Historical and Business Contexts of Professional Practice in Art and Design, and Career Engagement. Students will also have the opportunity to experience work placement in their chosen specialist area.

Entry Requirements:

One of the following: a pass in an Art and Design Foundation course or in an appropriate nationally accredited Access to HE course, OR satisfactory evidence of ability to pursue the programme of study successfully. This evidence will be in the form of a portfolio of your art-work together with verification of written and spoken English from an objective English test.

Progression Routes:

With this FdA qualification you can apply for entry into a 2nd or 3rd year of study at Middlesex University (www.mdx.ac.uk) on a BA course in Fine Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, or Professional Practice. Or you can apply for final year(s) of study at another university in a related course. Further details are on the Middlesex University website.

For further course information:

Contact course leader Pernille Holm-Mercer or call 020 7255 4730.

To Apply:

Full time

Applications for full time undergraduate study must be submitted through UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Please contact UCAS directly through their website to complete the online application procedure. You should use the institution code M80, with code name MIDDX and the programme code WW12.

Part Time

If it is part time study that interests you, then you should fill in and send part time application form directly to the Admissions Department at Middlesex University at the following address or by fax to 020 8411 5649. Please refer to the attached instructions when completing your application.

Clearing

Please look at the Middlesex University Clearing website to find out more information about applying through Clearing.

If you have any queries regarding the application process (or wish to have a part-time application sent in the post), please contact Charlie Kirwan in Middlesex University Admissions Department on 020 8411 4490.

Charlie Kirwan
Acting Manager - Partnerships, Pre-accreditation & Widening Participation
Middlesex University
The Burroughs Hendon

London
NW4 4BT

Tel: 020 8411 4490
Fax: 020 8411 5649

Course Venue:

Working Men's College
44 Crowndale Road
Camden
London
NW1 1TR
United Kingdom

Contact Details:

020 7387 2037: WMC switchboard
020 7255 4703/4/5/6 or 4768; WMC Student Services
Fax: 020 2383 5561
Email: info@wmcollege.ac.uk
and course leader Pernille Holm Mercer: pernilleh@wmcollege.ac.uk

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Working Men's College has a remarkable history as a centre for innovation and excellence in the Visual Arts. In 1854 the great critic, writer and artist John Ruskin taught the first ever drawing class at the College which became a centre for the activities of the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood and later for the Arts and Crafts Movement. Rossetti and Burnes Jones were both WMC teachers and Mackmurdo, whose plant forms heralded the birth of Art Nouveau was a WMC man. Only a few steps away from Mornington Crescent WMC later found itself right under the heart of the Camden Town Group's territory. Women are now a huge part of the college and Sarah Lucas was a WMC student.

Today, situated in Camden Town, one of the most culturally vibrant areas of Central London, WMC's School of Art specialises in preparing adult students (19+) for entry to Degree and other Higher Education Courses across the range of Art and Design subjects, through the highly successful Access to Art and Design Course (with flexible modes of full-time or part-time including evening only options) and the 2-year full-time Art & Design Professional Practice Foundation Degree which provides a stand alone qualification as well as the possibility of progressing to the third year of a BA Hons course at Middlesex University).

In addition the college offers a wide range of other part-time Art & Design courses.