Bachelor of Art and Design (Honours) - AUT University

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If your appetite for art and design has been stimulated by the work you’ve done at undergraduate level, it’s time to consider taking things further. The Bachelor of Art and Design (Honours) offers a one year intensive programme of specialisation in your chosen field. It involves a year of research in specialist areas of design or visual arts or in areas that integrate or converge.

This degree provides students with knowledge of research methodologies appropriate to their discipline, which will contextualise and underpin a single large studio project. Specialist areas in the School focus on:

• Graphic Design (including design moving image illustration and photography)
• Visual Arts (including painting, sculpture, photography and printmaking)
• Spatial Design (including interior design, theatre and television design, events, furniture and exhibition design and lighting and technology)
• Fashion (including fashion design, apparel, costume and knitwear)
• Digital Design (including animation, visual effects and art direction).

Programme Code: AK3670
Level: 8
Points: 120
Duration: One year full time
Venue: City Campus
Starting date: 3 March 2008
Application deadline: 3 December 2007

AUT encourages early application.
Late applications will be accepted if the programme is not full.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Completion of a bachelors degree in an area related to design or visual arts, with a B average or better in the Level 7 papers or equivalent.
• A proposal that describes the project you wish to undertake.
• An applicant may be required to submit for assessment a portfolio of work specified by the School of Art and Design that demonstrates the applicant’s ability and potential in the relevant area of design or visual arts.
• An applicant may be required to attend a selection interview.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for whom English or Māori is not their first language are required to provide proof of an acceptable pass/grade gained in an accepted English language test. 

THE KEY SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE

Students will develop their research, problem solving, communication and analytical skills. Your art and design practice will be extended so that you leave the programme with a single, deeply researched and highly resolved project exhibition.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Designer, illustrator, photographer
• Printer and typesetter
• Prop/model maker
• Animator
• Fashion, knitwear or costume designer
• Illustrator, marketer or buyer in fashion
• Production or wardrobe manager
• Cad systems operator
• Retail salesperson
• Furniture or freelance designer
• Practising artist/designer
• Teacher/lecturer
• Arts writer, critic, adviser or administrator
• Gallery manager
• Exhibition and events designer
• Installation designer and project manager
• Curator for art gallery, museum or private collection
• Interior and architectural designer
• Film, television and theatre set designer

FURTHER STUDIES

Master of Art and Design
Master of Arts anagement
Doctor of Philosophy

PAPERS

118104 Research Methodology 15 points
118402 Studio Theory 15 points
118403 Dissertation 90 points
Total points for the year 120 points