StudyQA — Bachelor: Jewellery and Silversmithing

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Description Contents Requirements

We balance practice and innovation to create artefacts that share a sensitivity to the complex relationships humans form with objects.

Our reputation is for fresh, exuberant work demonstrating originality. We embrace work with new technologies alongside traditional time-honoured processes and techniques in materials such as precious or semi-precious metal and gemstones, plastics, wood, paper, stone and textiles.

Year 1, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: September

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI07036	Design Studio 1 - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Full Year	40

DESI07026	Design Research 1 - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Full Year	40

DESI07016	Design Collaboration 1 - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Full Year	20

DESI07012	Design Context 1	Full Year	20

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI08044	Design Studio 2 - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Full Year	40

DESI08034	Design Research 2 - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Full Year	40

DESI08024	Design Collaboration 2 - Jewellery & Silversmithing	Full Year	20

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 1 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Full Year or other period.

Code	Course Name	Credits
DESI08051	Design Context 2: Visual Narratives	20
DESI08052	Design Context 2: Design and Society	20
DESI08053	Design Context 2: Modernism & After	20
DESI08054	Design Context 2: Issues in Contemporary Cinema	20

Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).

Code

Course Name

Period

Credits

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 14 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Overarching rule collection group: A
Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:

Select exactly 40 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
DESI09075 Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (40 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
DESI09026 Design Research and Context 3 (Semester 1) (20 credits)

Select exactly 40 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
DESI09053 Design Externality 3 Work-Based Placement (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (40 credits)

Notes:This combination of courses are for those going on Work-Based Placement

AND

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
DESI09027 Design Research and Context Placement 3 (Semester 1) (20 credits)

Notes:This combination of courses are for those going on Work-Based Placement

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
DESI09057 Design Externality 3 Minor (Semester 1) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (20 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
DESI09026 Design Research and Context 3 (Semester 1) (20 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, during Semester 1

Overarching rule collection group: B
Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:

Select exactly 40 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
DESI09097 Design Externality 3 Major (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (40 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
DESI09030 Design Research and Context 3 (Semester 2) (20 credits)

Select exactly 40 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
DESI09090 Design Externality 3 Work-Based Placement (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (40 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
DESI09031 Design Research and Context Placement 3 (Semester 2) (20 credits)

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
DESI09039 Design Externality 3 Minor (Semester 2) - Jewellery & Silversmithing (20 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
DESI09030 Design Research and Context 3 (Semester 2) (20 credits)

AND

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, during Semester 2

Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

Notes: In discussion with the Course Organiser there is an option to take DESI10015 and DESI1007 in place of DESI10031 and DESI10006

COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
DESI10045	Design Studio 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	40

DESI10031	Design Research 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	40

DESI10025	Professional Design Practice 4 (Jewellery & Silversmithing)	Full Year	20

DESI10006	Design Context 4	Full Year	20

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 0 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Attestat plus completion of a recognised foundation programme Or At least one year of the Bakalavr or Specialist degree with an average grade of 'good' (4.0/5.0)
IELTS Academic module overall 6.5 with 5.5 in each component
TOEFL-iBT 92 or above with 20 in each section
Cambridge English: Advanced & Proficiency overall 176 with 162 in each component
Pearson Test of English (Academic): Total 61 with at least 51 in each "Communicative Skills" section
Trinity ISE: ISE II with a distinction in all four components

Mini-portfolio

Applicants will be asked to submit a digital mini-portfolio to provide evidence of artistic aptitude and potential, this will form an important part of the selection process. The deadline for mini-portfolio submission is 12:00 noon GMT on Tuesday 31 January 2017 and late mini-portfolio submissions will not be accepted. Applicants applying to enter Year 2 of our programmes, who pass the first stage of selection, will be invited to bring a full portfolio to an Applicant Day.

Important dates

Early November 2016: Mini-portfolio submissions site opens
15 January 2017: UCAS deadline for Home/EU applicants
31 January 2017 (12:00 non GMT): Mini-portfolio submission deadline
13-17 March 2017: Applicant Days for applicants applying to enter Year 2
30 June 2017: Final deadline for UCAS applications from applicants from outside the EU.

BTECs

Applicants studying the Pearson BTEC Diploma in Art and Design will be considered for entry with the following:

Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design with Merit.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design with Merit plus one A Level at Grade B.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Art and Design with Merit plus two A Levels at Grade B.

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