Undergraduate Prospectus 2018.qxp_Art & Design 10/02/2017 19:09 Page 21
Interior Design BA (Hons) COURSE OVERVIEW The spaces we inhabit deeply influence our thinking and emotional states and you will learn to use spaces to inspire harmony, energy and productivity. You discover how to blend function and aesthetics, striking liveable balances between the pleasing and the practical. You learn how to examine a space from every angle and explore every possibility. You develop a keen eye for detail - along with an understanding of the technical, legal and logistical skills interior designers need. You experiment with light, sound, material, colour and technology - and bring them together to create stimulating and effective spaces for living, work and play. This course gives you ample opportunities to get involved in contemporary design practice and learn from leading practitioners and academics. Which means when you leave us, you’ll have the skills, knowledge and creative vision to drive your career.
EMPLOYABILITY & CAREERS Course content includes: Remodelling; preserving; restoring; renovating existing sites Create user-centered environments (live; work; rest; play) Analyse Client Culture (design language; mood; atmosphere) Formulate design strategies Create appropriate places for experience Produce Tectonic Detail information Sketching and scaled technical drawing Model-making and 3D visualising (CAD; Virtual Reality; Perceptual Experience Lab) Developing relationships with clients, fabricators and other specialists Legal and Regulatory Frameworks The course is built upon three core modules across the three years - Subject (your specialism), Field (your opportunity to collaborate) and Constellation (theory and contextual studies). Full module detail can be found on our website.
Whilst your learning is designed to develop you into a rounded and capable interior designer/artist and intellectual, your curriculum is similarly structured with your potential in mind. As such, the emphasis that will have been placed upon your work ethic, both creatively and academically, is matched with significant focus on real world experience; from building contacts and undertaking placements to live briefs and, should you choose so, support in forming your own business. You will have the opportunity to engage with clients and in your final year you have the option of devising a detailed business plan should that be appropriate, rather than submit a dissertation. Graduates from the degree are well placed to join interior design companies, work as independent designers and take further training, for example a PGCE. Some elect to take their studies further by studying at CSAD for a Master's level qualification and there are opportunities to take this further still, through a Professional Doctorate in Design or a PhD.
KEYFACTS UCAS CODE 56F1 PLACE OF STUDY Llandaff Campus COURSE LENGTH Three years full-time
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS A typical offer is based on 5 GCSEs inc. English, Maths & Science A*-C and one of the following: Art Foundation Diploma and/or: UCAS TAriFF: 120 points A-levels: Two A-levels minimum BTEC: DDM
All applicants are required to attend an interview day where you will be expected to present a portfolio of work. Other entry routes are accepted. Please visit our website for full details. FULL COURSE DETAIL www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/56F1
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