Applied Art (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)

Wrexham Glyndwr University

Why choose this course?

Develop your material and design skills through Ceramics, wood, Metal, plastics, Jewellery and Silversmithing. This Applied Art course focuses on the high quality craft skills needed to be a professional maker.

The BA (Hons) Applied Art programmes enable students to understand the importance of high quality making, of originality and how to generate personal responses to materials and processes.

We encourage creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial skills to produce graduates who can combine their conceptual and technical skills in Applied Art with the professional skills needed to be a successful maker.

Designers who can respond creatively to applied art and design problems remain in high demand. We place a strong emphasis on the language of design through exploration and expression of ideas and use of materials processes and practices.

Our courses promote excellent communication skills and professional aspects of practice and encourage innovative and interdisciplinary use of media and materials. There is also a strong emphasis on developing interpersonal skills through collaborative projects and teamwork.

This course has been ranked 5th in Wales as part of the Art & Design subject league table for Teaching Quality in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023. Subject area ranked 1st in the UK for teaching on my course and top 10 in the UK and 1st out of Welsh universities for overall satisfaction in the Others in creative arts and design subject league tables, National Student Survey (NSS) 2022

You can also choose to study this course as a three-year programme without the foundation year BA (Hons) Applied Arts UCAS code: W202

Key course features:

• Includes a foundation year to prepare you for further years of study
• Excellent gallery and commercial links, with the focus on craft skills to enable you to become exceptional makers
• Focus is placed on developing your business skills in areas such as pricing, publicity and marketing; we are consistently praised by external examiners for how well prepared our students are for professional life
• You will be taught by a dedicated team of research-active practitioners who exhibit their own work both nationally and internationally
• Work on live projects, exhibitions, competitions and commissions for public and private clients; this will give you confidence for your future career, for example, when approaching galleries and retail outlets with your work.
• Be part of an end of year degree show exhibition - view the 2022 Degree Show e-magazine, Unjammed. This course is part of a subject area rated 1st in the UK for satisfaction with assessment, 2nd in Wales for career prospects and 3rd in Wales for satisfaction with teaching and satisfaction with the course in the Design and Crafts subject league tables, The Guardian University Guide 2022. Study a course that is part of the CHA3 subject group which is ranked 1st in the UK for teaching on my course and 6th in the UK and 1st out of Welsh universities for overall satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2022.