Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
This dynamic and highly student-centred course is unique to the Wexford Campus. Students are provided with the opportunity to gain creative skills, creative knowledge, aesthetic awareness and professional experiences in contemporary visual art. A forum for exchanging diverse opinions and ideas is provided through group critique, field trips, and a visiting artists programme.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Painting Sculpture Art History Digital Media Film Studies Photography and Video Professional Practices Visual Studies
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
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Career Progression
The programmes will equip students with the confidence, experience and skills needed to operate as a professional artist or seek a career in the broader arts world and creative industries. A core teaching objective is to enable students to become self-confident in the creative language of visual art from an early point of the programme through encouraging independent learning, self-assessment, self-reflection and academic writing and research skills.