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Study at a specialist college with the assurance of a university qualification. Develop your passions and reach your potential in a small, welcoming environment within a community of like-minded people.**The Course**The Foundation Degree Arts, specialising in Ceramics, is designed to give you a well-rounded, broad experience of ceramic making processes and techniques, from individual hand built objects to small-scale batch production. Alongside this you will be exposed to the conceptual and theoretical knowledge required, to set up as a self-employed designer-maker or craftsperson, to be able to continue your studies in higher education or to find employment in the creative industry sector. Assignments cover issues of design, form, function, decoration, glaze technology and professional practice.Ceramics-making projects become more challenging as the course progresses and increasingly enable you to specialise in line with your interests and personal direction. You'll be encouraged to understand contemporary and historic craft practice and be able to place your own work in this broader contextOn successful completion of this course graduates can advance into the workplace or set up as freelance makers. If however, you wish to progress further, then those interested in making are able to do an additional year to achieve a BA (Hons) Craft Practices, and potentially progress on to our MFA Crafts Practices, which has a ceramics pathway. For those interested in pursuing a career in conservation they can advance onto the Graduate Diploma and MA in Conservation Studies.**Learning Environment**Low student: tutor ratioWorkshop access 8.30am - 9pm, seven days a week*Interdisciplinary environmentVisits from practising crafts people and artistsVisits to museums and galleriesWork placements and work-related projects**You can expect**To develop excellent practical making and design skillsTo learn how material properties influence practice and makingTo learn historic and contemporary making techniques in a modern contextTo learn from dedicated and experienced tutors who are practising professionals and well- connected in the sector**Interdisciplinary study**Students are encouraged to collaborate with other College departments, making the most of the wide range of specialist knowledge, materials and equipment that is available.TeachingYou're taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, external trips and visits and workshop practicals. In addition, you have personal tutorials with your subject tutor.At level 4 you typically have around 18-19 contact hours per week, typically consisting of:4-5 hours of lectures1 hour of seminars8 hours of supervised workshop practicals1 hour of one-to-one meetings/tutorialsAt level 5 you typically have around 16-17 contact hours per week, typically consisting of:3-4 hours of lectures1 hour of seminars7 hours of supervised workshop practicals1 hour of one-to-one meetings/tutorials**Independent learning**When not attending lectures, seminars and workshop or other timetabled sessions you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. Typically, this will involve continuing to practice in the workshop, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, undertaking research in the library and preparing coursework assignments and presentations.**Overall workload**Level 4: 53% of your time is spent in scheduled teaching and learning activityScheduled teaching and learning: 633 hoursIndependent learning: 567 hoursLevel 5: 50% of your time is spent in scheduled teaching and learning activityScheduled teaching and learning: 600 hoursIndependent learning: 600 hours

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