Art and Design

Course summary

The Level 3 in Art and Design is a nationally recognized qualification that has been designed to provide a highly specialist work-related program of study. The Level 3 program gives you the knowledge, understanding, and skills that are needed to prepare for employment within a general or in a particular Art/Design sector. The qualification is a workshop and studies-based, hands-on course that is about building a portfolio of art and design work through varied sets and negotiated projects and fundamentally to further developing your creative thinking and individuality. This vocational course is aimed at creative learners who have a serious interest in general art and design pathways. Over the space of two years, learners will be introduced to idea development, visual recording and communication, and different art and design materials and techniques. At the end of two years, learners will have built up a portfolio of creative outcomes, which often become more specialist as the course progresses.