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Extend your artistic talent with the New Zealand Certificate in Arts and Design (Level 4).
This inspiring hands-on, studio-based programme will allow you to explore and expand your skills in a range of visual arts and design mediums. You will gain a solid grounding in a range of design and arts media as well as art and design history. It is an excellent staircasing programme for entry into the Bachelor of Applied Arts degree.
What you will learn
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
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Apply fundamental practical, conceptual and research skills in the production of arts, craft and/or design work.
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Select and apply creative processes, methods and technologies to solve problems in response to a brief.
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Manage projects/briefs under broad guidance, apply standard work practices, and describe potential education and employment pathways in arts, craft and/or design.
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Select and present work in context, communicate ideas, and analyse work within conventions and contexts in arts, craft and/or design.
Courses in this programme
| Compulsory Courses |
Level |
Credits |
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4888.0001 - Art / Design History
Aim: To provide students with an introduction to national and international art/design practice including key historical principles, contexts and conventions.
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate and apply fundamental research skills in relation to contemporary art and design
- Identify and analyse historical and cultural contexts within New Zealand art and design practices and including the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi in relation to art and design practice in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Demonstrate an understanding of selected international art/design contexts and conventions
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4 |
15 |
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4888.0002 - Creative Methodology
Aim: To develop technical and conceptual creative skills through the selection and application of tools, techniques and processes appropriate to a directed art/design brief.
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Select and apply a variety of creative media, materials and equipment as a means of generating and developing work
- Demonstrate and use a creative medium as a design tool in order to express object/subject
- Gather and record visual and written evidence of media explorations through the use of a visual diary
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4 |
15 |
| Elective Courses – Choose TWO |
Level |
Credits |
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4888.0003 - Visual Arts Studio
Aim: To allow students to gain knowledge and experience of working in two and three-dimensional forms and, through a variety of visual arts mediums, explore physical, and conceptual space.
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Investigate, select and use tools, techniques and processes specific to chosen media.
- Demonstrate the use of drawing as a means of generating and developing work.
- Demonstrate an understanding of physical and conceptual space
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4 |
15 |
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4888.0005 - Graphic Design
Aim: To allow students to gain technical and conceptual skills within the specialisation of graphic design.
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of specific design software and apply principles of graphic design in response to a brief
- Explore and describe the use of visual communication within a graphic design context
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4 |
15 |
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4888.0007 - Digital Media
Aim: To allow students to gain Technical and conceptual skills within the specialisation of Digital Media
Students will explore and apply industry practices to a managed brief and describe educational pathways relative to Digital Media.
- Digital Media methodology
- Exploration of Digital Media software
- Critiquing of imagery
- A range of image production approaches
- Industry related studies
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4 |
15 |
Career pathways and opportunities
This qualification can lead to the Bachelor of Applied Arts.
Graduates of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge to fill junior assistant and/or support roles in arts and/or creative industries, such as designers, technicians, machinists, or salespeople.
Entry Requirements
All applicants must:
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be at least 16 years old at the time the programme commences
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be able to read, write, and communicate in English at a basic level
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be physically able to complete the programme specific outcomes
Applicants for whom English is not a first language must have an IELTS score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5; or an accepted international equivalence.
Qualification gained
New Zealand Certificate in Arts and Design (Level 4)
Courses and programmes may be cancelled, postponed or have their content or configuration changed from time to time (including during the academic year) at the discretion of NorthTec. Fees are an indication, include GST and apply to domestic students only. View terms and conditions