Bachelor of Design and Art (Level 7)

Western Institute of Technology

Evolve your art and design practice and refine your academic and technical skills through studio-based courses and internship opportunities as you work towards a degree qualification.

Whether you are building on the Level 6 diploma qualification and completing the final year of the degree (Level 7) or plan to complete the 3-year degree.

Develop and refine your art and design talent guided by our highly respected tutors, who are active in New Zealand’s art scene. Compliment your practical studio learning with professional practice, research and an invaluable internship.

This Design and Arts degree majoring in Visual Arts, features independent work focused on your specialist area and relevant work experience. Learning will be studio-based at WITT with some collaborative blended learning with creative industries kaimahi and ākonga from UCOL Whanganui.

For domestic students there are full and part-time study options. An excellent option if working or those with a busy schedule to undertake one or two papers at a time. This is a great opportunity for you to upskill while in employment.

You will learn to:

• Apply relevant practices to complex contexts in the production of a body of related design or art work.
• Keep abreast of contemporary design and arts practices and changing approaches to design and arts in a wide range of contexts including exhibition and industry practices and design and arts in the wider creative sector.
• Analyse the impacts of design and arts on society and the role of the designer or artist within a range of societal constructs.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills necessary to contextualise and promote creative work, present concepts and apply for funding or employment opportunities.