Art and Design are crucial to so many parts of life, developing your artistic skills in this more vocational course might be just what you need to progress. In our well resourced and exciting Centre for Excellence in Art, you will be surrounded by inspiration that will help you to learn new skills, develop existing ones and find the art path that is right for you. You will study a range of art methods and approaches, learn to work independently, give and receive critical feedback on work and gain confidence in your artistic strengths. You will be assessed entirely through course work. Our students progress to University, employment, apprenticeships with many staying on in college for our Art Foundation programme. This course includes 1 week of work experience.
Course Content
What Modules will you Study?
You will study a range of art methods and approaches, learn to work independently, give and receive critical feedback on work and gain confidence in your artistic strengths.
How long is the course?
2 years
Where will I learn?
The Sixth Form - Rating Lane Campus
How much will this course cost?
Please refer to the College fees policy, for more information please contact Student.Services@furness.ac.uk
Entry Requirements
What are the entry requirements?
To study this level 3 vocational course you will need a minimum of five GCSEs grade 4 or above, which should include English and maths.
You are also required to have an average GCSE score of 4.0 or higher.
If you have grade 3 in English or maths you will study this alongside your other subjects. We are unable to offer both GCSE English and maths as part of the same programme. Please contact us for advice if you need to re-sit both English Language and maths.
Our Sixth Form vocational courses may be studied as a mixed programme of three vocational subjects or a blended programme with one or two A Level subjects. Please check individual course pages for entry requirements.
Progression
What opportunities will this lead to?
Our students progress to university, employment, apprenticeships with many staying on in College to study our Art Foundation Programme.