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Illustration• FoundationDegree
What is a Foundation Degree?Foundation Degrees are university level degreecourses that offer an exciting work-based alternativeto the traditional university route. They are:• A stand-alone recognised qualification.• Equivalent to studying the first two years of an honours degree programme.• Highly valued by employers.
How does this work?Foundation Degrees in Hertfordshire areaccessible through your local college, as part ofthe Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium*.On graduation you will be awarded a University ofHertfordshire validated degree, and depending onyour chosen course you even get letters after yourname… FdA, FdSc.
Benefits to studying a Foundation Degree• real-life projects which enable you to gain valuable work experience whilst allowing you to apply your skills and knowledge.• support that’s available throughout your course from tutors and advisors in College and mentors in your place of work.• affordable because you can choose from one of four colleges to study at you will never be far from home, saving you money on living costs.• funding through student tuition fee loans will cover the cost of your programme – so there’s nothing to pay up front.
Who can study a Foundation Degree?Foundation Degrees are suitable for all kinds ofcandidates including:• Those with Level 3 qualifications (eg A Levels, Advanced Apprenticeships, BTECs, Access to Higher Education or City & Guilds).• Those looking for a change in career.• Those already employed but wanting to gain a Higher Education qualification either to progress their career or other aspirations.
What can I do with my Foundation Degree?That really is up to you! Your degree will ensure thatyou are well equipped to start your career path andresearch shows that those with a Higher Educationqualification earn 25% more than those without!However, if you have a taste for learning you can‘top-up’ your Foundation Degree to a BA or BSchonours degree.
How do Foundation Degrees fit with other qualifications?
Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium*The Hertfordshire Higher Education Consortium is apartnership between the University of Hertfordshire,Hertford Regional College, North HertfordshireCollege, Oaklands College and West Herts College.
The consortium provides innovative, high qualitycourses that support vocational higher education.Students get the best of both worlds – the benefitsand support of studying at college, and access toUniversity facilities including the libraries (LRCs),athletic and student unions all social activities,careers support and much, much more.
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YearOne
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Historical andContemporary Context
(15 credits)
Contextual Studies(15 credits)
Creative ProblemSolving (30 credits)
Portfolio Development:Illustration (30 credits)
Work Based Learning:Developing Professionaland Employability Skills
(30 credits)
Work Based Learning:Professional Practice
(30 credits)
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Creative Languages(15 credits)
Cultural and EthicalDebate
(15 credits)
Creative VocationalPractice: (30 credits)
Final Major Project:Illustration (30 credits)
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ThetableshowsthestructureoftheFoundationDegreeinIllustrationforfull-timestudy
This programme focuses on the visualcommunication of texts and concepts. You will usea wide range of techniques including traditionaldrawing, printmaking and digital technologiesthroughout studies.
Year 1 modules – Semester AWork Based Learning: Developing Professional and Employability SkillsThis module will help you to focus on planning yourcareer and developing employability andprofessional skills. You will take a closer look atthe creative and culture sector to identify a routethat best suits and reflects your strengths andpreferences whilst preparing you for progression bylooking at job-hunting techniques, networking andself-promotion. You will articulate your skills andknowledge to create an action plan for progressionusing appropriate writing skills.
Historical and Contemporary ContextThis module will develop your creative, cultural andcritical understanding of Illustration and the creativework it can produce. You will be introduced toseveral historical and contemporary periods ormovements and examine and identify the waysin which the time, place and conditions of theirproduction influenced and shaped creativity andpractice. This will enable you to develop yourresearch abilities, critical faculties and academicskills so that you can investigate, analyse andpresent your case effectively.
Creative Problem SolvingThis module has been designed to prepare you forfurther study and the workplace. You will gain anunderstanding of the key production processes andprofessional practices relevant to Illustration and thecultural and creative industries, in addition tolearning methods of conceptualising creativity andauthorship.
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Entry requirements48 points, including one GCE A2, a BTEC NationalDiploma/Certificate or equivalent. Plus GCSE Mathsand English Language at grade 4 or above. Youmay be asked to attend an interview with a portfolioof work.
Mature students with GCSE grade C or aboveEnglish language and maths or equivalent, butlacking traditional level 3 qualifications will beconsidered on the basis of relevant experience andan appropriate portfolio of work.
If English is not your first language, you will need anIELTS score of 6.0 or 80 IBT or equivalent.
How to applyApplications are to be made through UCAS –www.UCAS.com. Institutional Code: Herts H36.
How will I be assessed?The assessment of the programme is all based oncoursework in the form of practical and writtenassignment. Coursework may be based on bothindividual work and group work.
What will I learn?This higher education qualification develops yourdesign and practical skills to standards that willimpress potential clients that you will deal with. Themodules prepare you for a career in Illustration,where you could be supplying work for publishinghouses, design groups, advertising agencies andother commercial enterprises.
Where will I study?The Foundation Degree in Illustration is only offeredat West Herts College. For more information visitwww.westhertss.ac.uk
Progression routesStudents who pass the Foundation Degree mayprogress to study the BA Professional Studies orthe BA Graphic Design and Illustration. In orderto progress you must be awarded the FoundationDegree, have a recommendation from your tutor andyou may be required to attend a guidance tutorial.
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Year 1 modules – Semester BWork Based Learning: Developing Professional Work Based Learning: Developing Professional Work Based Learning: Developing Professional and Employability Skillsand Employability Skillsand Employability SkillsThis modulemodule will help you to focus on planning yourcareercareer and developingdeveloping employability andprofessionalprofessional skills.skills. You will take a closer look atthe creativecreative and culture sector to identify a routethat bestbest suits andand reflects your strengths andpreferencespreferences whilstwhilst preparing you for progression bylookinglooking at job-huntingjob-hunting techniques, networking andself-promotion.self-promotion. YouYou will articulate your skills andknowledgeknowledge to createcreate an action plan for progressionusing appropriateappropriate writing skills.
Creative LanguagesCreative LanguagesCreative LanguagesThis modulemodule is allall about creativity in action. Throughinvestigatinginvestigating severalseveral well-known practitioners within thethe field of Illustration,Illustration, concentrating on their
expressive languages, and through comparing themwith each other whilst relating them to your ownideas you will produce a body of your own workwhere you will build on your own repertoire of ideas,ready to be incorporated into project work in othermodules.
Creative Vocational Practice: IllustrationIn this module you’ll focuses on building yourprofessional and creative skills to realise and presenta professional brief of the sort you are likely toencounter working as an illustrator. In this processyou will gain an understanding go the requirementsof an illustrator when fulfilling a vocational briefincluding:•Audience/ client needs and expectations•Time management• Internal and external constraints
Year 2 modules – Semester AWork Based Learning: Professional PracticeIn this module you will further your professionalskills to undertake and communicate a project planand present the outcomes successfully toemployers and/ or potential clients. This will involveworking with an employer on a project to meet theirneeds. Dependent on the type of project this maybe conducted on the employer’s premises.
Contextual StudiesThis module provides an introduction tocontemporary critical perspectives in the theory andpractice of the creative arts to provide a frame ofreference for Illustration. Through the examination ofcreative practices within a variety of historical, socio-political, aesthetic and institutional contexts you willlearn the basis for critical examination in practice.
Portfolio Development: IllustrationThis module enables you to build to explore,develop and apply the professional skills neededto build a portfolio of work for progression toemployment or further study within your specialistfield of illustration. Through the use of a broad rangeof creative, technical and physical processes, youwill develop your understanding of:• Professional practice• Audience/ client requirements• Professional constraints
Year 2 modules – Semester BWork Based Learning: Professional PracticeIn this module you will further your professionalskills to undertake and communicate a project planand present the outcomes successfully toemployers and/or potential clients. This will involveworking with an employer on a project to meet theirneeds. Dependent on the type of project this maybe conducted on the employer’s premises.
Cultural and Ethical DebateThis module will cover theme based explorations ofthe influences that shape creative messages ina range of contexts. You will develop awarenessof how social and cultural constructs are formed,evolve, and are challenged and used to influencefuture developments considering issues such as;consumption globalization, sustainability, race,gender diversity and the role of stereotypes.
Final Major Project: IllustrationThis module will provide the opportunity to put allyour experience and learning in a project togetherin a project that confirms your role as a creativeprofessional illustrator. To ensure that you meet themodule requirements the brief will be negotiatedbetween you and your tutors. In some disciplinesthis project will form the main part of your end ofcourse show.
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