東部理工學院

Engage in a series of real life and in-house projects, utilizing various creative disciplines including paint, sculpture, print, photography, music, fashion, film, CAD, graphic design and 3D design on New Zealand’s first project-based creative degree.

Learn to think creatively, act professionally and develop the technical skills needed to become a practising creative artist.

Outline

In IDEA school’s Bachelor of Creative Practice (BCP) programme you will learn through hands-on engagement with the ideas and technologies associated with Design, Fashion, Fine Art, Music and Screen Production.

The course will teach you a wide range of technical skills that are essential to successful practice in the creative industries today. You will learn software as well as traditional methods of creating Design, Fashion, Fine Art, Music and Screen Production. You will be challenged to develop your powers of creative thinking and idea generation. These, together with developing mastery of media techniques, will enable you to make work that is both professional and personally satisfying. In the second and third years of the degree you will drive your creative direction with increasing independence.

IDEA school has a suite of up-to-date and well-appointed workshops and technologies along with the expert tuition to help you navigate and master them. Course content reflects the cultural concerns specific to Aotearoa New Zealand as well as wider contemporary global trends and influences. EIT and IDEA school maintain strong relationships with the local and national creative communities and connects with these to create opportunities for you beyond the classroom.

As a graduate of the BCP you will be able to:

? Apply specialised skills and learned principles to generate creative and workable concepts and works based on an understanding of contemporary and historic contexts and on research by creative practice.
? Synthesise and resolve ideas and solve problems in a selected creative discipline by utilising investigative tools with creative processes, methods and technologies.
? Critically analyse research to support and enhance the development of ideas and to position your own work within the conventions of the creative arts and within contemporary Aotearoa and global contexts.
? Apply leadership, professional practice and collaboration skills in working both individually and collaboratively in multi-cultural and/or multidisciplinary teams to manage and implement projects/briefs.
? Create works that are relevant to and reflect a stance in relation to cultural, ethical, political, social, economic and environmental factors.
? Maintain professional currency by engaging in continuing inquiry, self-education and experimentation to sustain your creative skills and manage your creative practice.

Subject Areas at Level 5 include:

? Graphic Design: Adobe Creative Suite industry standard software including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects (dependent on projects)
? Drawing Technology
? 3D Design/Sculpture: wood, clay, metal, plastics
? Spatial, Object and Architectural Design
? Print: silkscreen and press printing
? Paint: acrylics, oils, new media, art and design history, art theory

By weaving your way through the various projects that form this degree, you will learn the key skills, techniques and theory needed to become professional visual artists and designers. Some projects are individually focused, others are collaborative, some are prescribed, others demand self-directed learning – and all projects are situated within the context of the local, national and global visual arts and design world.