Choosing your subject - Art & Design

 

There are many different courses in Art and Design area, but they fall into the following broad categories:

• Fashion/Clothing/Textiles
• Film, Photography, Video and Digital Media
• Fine Art
• History of Art and Design
• Three-dimensional design/Crafts/Theatre
• Visual Communication/Graphic Design

 

Art Foundation courses

Many students who want ultimately to take a degree in Art and Design will take a Foundation course at a local college prior to entering a Higher Education course. Falmouth University College still offers the Foundation course but entry is very competitive.  For this reason we recommend that those who want an Art Foundation should apply to other colleges, such as Truro College, as well as Falmouth. 

 

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the major areas of art and design and help them to focus on which area they wish to specialise in.  Many university and college degree require applicants to have taken a Foundation course before starting the degree.

 

Applications are made in January of the year of entry.  Falmouth College will set the applicant a drawing and painting project, which needs to be completed over ten days.  The college will look at this and decide whether to offer a place or to reject, or to invite the applicant for interview with their portfolio.  Truro College will interview the applicant with their portfolio.

 

Portfolio

A good portfolio of artwork is an essential part of the selection process for a degree or foundation course. It is essential that the work shown reflects your own motivation, interests, talent and imagination, and that it is presented in a professional way. Make sure you obtain advice on the content and presentation of your portfolio from Mr Meads, who will advise you and who supervises applications for Foundation courses. 
 

Route A and Route B

Each degree course will either be a route A course or a route B course and will be advertised as such in all the literature. You can make a maximum of 6 choices; these can be all route A, all route B or a mixture of the two, but with a maximum of three for route B.  Many institutions offer the same course with both modes of entry.

 

Route A courses are dealt with in exactly the same way as all other degree courses. They are for those who are making an application with A levels only and are not intending to do an Art Foundation course.

 

Route B courses are for those who are doing an Art Foundation course, who are expected to apply later.  Choices are made between 1 January and the middle of March.

 

Because we do not offer an Art Foundation course here all your applications will be for route A courses.