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Art and Design Portfolio Preparation
FETAC Award (Level 5 – AAXXX)This is a portfolio preparation course for students who wish to gain entry to Third Level Art Colleges both in Ireland and abroad. Emphasis is placed on the preparation of a balanced portfolio showing the student’s individual appraoch to ideas development through use of a wide variety of media
Course Content
Research and exploration of ideas and materials through: Drawing from Observation, Painting, Design, Life Drawing, Media Skills/3D Studies, Contextual Studies, Portfolio Evaluation, Image Processing, Photography, Colour and Light, Communications, Work Placement.
CERTIFICATION
FETAC Level 5
See entry requirments for details.
DURATION
1 Year
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Candidates for this course will be asked to do a set number of observational works which they will bring to interview with them. To do well on the course students need to have a good standard of English, both written and verbal. For entry into Third Level colleges the followiong year based on Leaving Certificate results, two C's in higher level subjects will be required.
Students who do not have the required Leaving Certificate results can gain entry to the Third Level Art colleges by acheiving some distinctions in the FETAC Level 5 Art Award. All students on the course enter for this award. NCAD and DIT accept five distinctions with a full award, and IADT and all other ITs such as Limerick, Cork, Galway etc. accept three ditinctions with a full FETAC award in lieu of Leaving Certificate requirments.
The course also welcomes mature students who can avail of the FETAC award to meet Third Level entry requirements.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES/COLLEGE LINKS
Many students take up places in third level colleges such as NCAD, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art and Design, DIT, Institutes of Technology and Art colleges abroad.
Students also progress to Higher National Diploma and Degree programmes in Graphic Design, Interior Design, Animation, Architectural Studies and Architectural Technology in Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education.