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Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design 2015
For International Applicants
Qualification
Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design
Programme level:
Level 7
Length:
Three years
Start dates:
16 February
Study options:
Full-time
Fees:
$19,500 per year
Additional costs:
$400 approx for additional equipment,
e.g. digital camera.
Upon completion of your degree studies, students who
wish to attend the graduation ceremony will be
required to hire academic regalia.
Total number of credits:
360
Class times:
Classes are scheduled between 9.00am and 3.00pm,
Monday through Friday
Level 5 - Approximately 20 hours in class
Levels 6 and 7 - Approximately 15 hours in class
Individual Study Hours:
Level 5 - Approximately 20 hours self directed time
Level 6 & 7 - Approximately 25 hours self directed time
Location:
Napier Campus
Contact:
The International Team
Email: international@eit.ac.nz
Through engaging in a series of real-life and in-house projects, utilizing various creative
disciplines including paint, sculpture, print, photography, graphic design and 3D design,
the Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design teaches the skills, knowledge and attributes
needed to think creatively and develop a career as a practising visual artist and designer.
The overall aim of this programme is to educate students to think creatively, act
professionally, and develop the technical skills needed to become practising artists and
designers.
A graduate of the Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design is able to:
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Produce practice-based visual arts and design works from a critically engaged
personal standpoint informed by contemporary and historic contexts
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Apply informed techniques, research based understandings, divergent thinking and
aesthetic judgement to the conception and making of practice-based works
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Conduct research by creative practice
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Sustain a studio practice employing principles of analytical and critical investigation
and experimentation
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Create a career plan for a visual arts or design practice based on sustainable
manufacturing processes meeting local and global creative contexts
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Make connections between project based methodology and indigenous models
of learning
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Respect the kaupapa and value of creative practice within Aotearoa New Zealand
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Identify and position their values relative to political, social, economic and
environmental frameworks that influence creative work
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Apply technical skills and professional competencies within a visual arts and design
practice, utilising emergent technologies and project management skills
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Work independently and collaboratively in the context of creative practice
Entry requirements
Standard entry
A person is eligible to apply for entry when:
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Has attained University Entrance (UE) OR
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Can satisfactorily prove that they have the potential to succeed on the programme
and is over the age of 20 by the official start date of their programme of study
An offer of place on the programme will be extended to applicants who meet the entry
criteria and can demonstrate the potential to successfully complete the programme on
the basis of:
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A hand-written letter of application
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A portfolio of work that represents the applicant’s level of achievement
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An interview
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Evidence of ability to cope with the academic demands of the programme (for those
without University Entrance)
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Curriculum vitae (optional).
Applicants who submit a formal application to enrol on the programme including a
handwritten letter, and who meet the entry criteria will be invited to submit a portfolio
of work and attend an interview. Applicants are also encouraged to bring a workbook
showing drawing and design process to the interview. The purpose of the interview
is to assess the applicants’ portfolio of work and suitability for the programme.
Programme dates
Semester one
Programme starts
16 February 2015
Easter holidays
03 April - 07 April 2015
Term one holidays
03 April - 17 April 2015
Term two starts
20 April 2015
Queen’s Birthday
01 June 2015
Semester one ends
26 June 2015
Mid year holiday
29 June - 17 July 2015
Semester two
Programme starts
20 July 2015
Term three holidays
28 Sept- 09 Oct 2015
Term four starts
12 October 2015
HB Anniversary Day
23 October 2015
Labour Day
26 October 2015
Programme ends
27 November 2015
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The interview provides an opportunity for Visual Arts and Design (VAD) staff to
confirm the authenticity of the applicant’s portfolio, and appraise and discuss
work in considering the applicant’s suitability for admission. It will determine
whether an applicant is offered a place on the programme, and if so, at what
level of the programme the applicant will be offered a place.
Job opportunities
lPainter
lPrintmaker
lSculptor
Please note: this process means that those applicants who do not successfully complete
lIllustrator
the selection process, even if they have achieved University Entrance, may still not be
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Spatial/interior designer
offered a place on the Degree. Instead, they may be offered a place on the Diploma or
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Furniture designer
Certificate of Visual Arts and Design.
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Graphic designer
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Web designer
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Arts manager or administrator
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Gallery or museum curator
Level placement
Level placement is the mechanism by which the programme ensures that students are
placed at an appropriate level. On the basis of evidence provided at an interview and the
presentation of an application portfolio, students may be placed in Levels 6, or 7 of the
programme. Students may be awarded credit for whole levels of the programme in
this way.
English language entry requirement
Students are required to have attained an acceptable level of English language fluency.
This may be demonstrated in a variety of ways, including successful study in English,
completion of a New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 4), approved scores
on IELTS tests (6.0 Academic with no band score lower than 6), completion of accepted
international equivalents, or completion of an EIT Hawke’s Bay assessment.
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Entry with credit
For information and enquiries about Recognition of Prior Learning and Cross Credit
please contact Nigel Roberts, nigelis@eit.ac.nz, telephone (06) 974 8000 ext 5055.
Programme redevelopment
The Bachelor of Visual Art and Design has been through extensive redevelopment over
the past 2 years.
The first delivery of Level 5 of the redeveloped programme was in 2013, Level 6 in 2014
and Level 7 in 2015.
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Programme information
Throughout the delivery of the Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design (BVAD), students
Subject areas
will learn through engaging in projects. This project based learning (PBL) approach
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Drawing and Design
places the student at the centre of the learning experience, and allows for the
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embedding of theory and practice within the project context.
By weaving their way through the various projects that form this degree, students 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.
Year one
There are seven projects at Level 5. All seven projects are core to the degree. These
projects are largely prescribed, involve both individual and group learning, and include
the key foundational visual arts and design skills, techniques and theory required at
standard software, digital photography, video, 3D
rendering, web design
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3D Design: wood, clay, metal, plastics
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Furniture interior, spatial design including CAD
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Print: woodblock, silkscreen, photosilkscreen, etching
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Paint: acrylics, oils, new media
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Intron press and 3D printing
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Sculpture, clay, installation art
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Art & design history, theory
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Research by creative practice
degree level.
Year two
Students will complete five projects at Level 6. There is an opportunity in each semester
for students to choose between options.
The Level 6 projects are increasingly self-directed, ensure the development of a stronger
global understanding of creative industries, and include increasing professional skills such
as marketing and business management, as well as legal issues relative to the creative
practice.
Year three
Students will complete four projects at Level 7. There is an opportunity in semester
one to choose between three options: studio time, work experience or developing a
real-world commercial visual arts and design product. Upon completion of their option,
students work collaboratively across the entire cohort to develop a collective publication.
In the final semester, students then propose and ultimately work towards a large off-site
end of year exhibition.
Assessments
Formative assessment will occur within each project to provide feedback to students
about their progress and indicative grade. This formative assessment will typically be
refered to as ‘green lighting’, whereby students will be expected to meet a critical point in
the project timeline before proceeding any further.
Each project is then assessed summatively at the conclusion of the project.
For all summative assessment, each project will be assessed using the same domains,
with each domain weighted relative to the nature of the project.
The four assessment domains that will be applied to each project are:
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Visual Arts and Design Work
lResearch
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Creative Process l
Professional Skills
Asessment methods may take the form of creative outputs, design or drawing journals,
essay writing, presentations and so forth. Some assignments will be individually
assessed while others will be group work.
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Academic staff
ideaschool is headed by Chris Verburg. Chris has a
Chris Verburg
Head of School - Sound Engineering
background in sound engineering, and brings over
Nigel Roberts
Programme Coordinator - Visual Arts & Design
20 years experience in the New Zealand film industry
Mazin Bahho
Design/Spatial
to his role.
Peter Baker
Visual Arts/3D Design
Wellesley Binding
Visual Arts/Painting
Linda Bruce
Visual Arts/Ceramics
Anthony Chiappin
Design/Graphics & Illustration
Jerry Gull
Communication Design/Typography
Michael Hawskworth Visual Arts/Drawing
The Programme Coordinator for Visual Arts and Design
is Nigel Roberts. Nigel has worked at EIT since 2004. He
holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design from EIT and
a Masters degree from Elam School of Fine Arts at the
University of Auckland. Nigel is a practising artist in his
own right and has exhibited both locally and nationally.
Roger Kelly
Design/3D Design
Hayden Maunsell
Technician
The remaining teaching staff bring a mixture a generalised
Alan Neilson
Technician
knowledge of visual arts and design theory and practice,
Katherine Quinn
Technician/Secretary Visual Arts/Illustration
with specialised knowledge in particular media areas. A
Dr Bridget Sutherland Visual Arts and Design/Moving Image
Paula Taaffe
Visual Arts/Painting
Mandy Rudge
Visual Arts/Design Thinking
Jill Webster
Visual Arts/Print
Diane Wilkie
Design/Graphics & Photography
Tania PattisonSecretary
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list of current staff members is outlined.
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15 credits/4 weeks
15 credits/5 weeks
Individual e-portfolio
BVAD5.20
Self-Portrait
Individual e-portfolio
30 credits/all semester
12
15 credits/4 weeks
BVAD5.30
Pattern Universe
BVAD6.30 Community Project (Visual Arts or Design)
or
30 credits/all semester
BVAD6.20 Competition Project (Visual Arts or Design)
30 credits/all semester
BVAD6.10 From Local to Global
Individual e-portfolio
45 credits/12 weeks
BVAD7.30 Internship
or
45 credits/12 weeks
BVAD7.20 Dragon’s Den
or
45 credits/12 weeks
BVAD7.10 Studio Project
2
BVAD5.10
Space and Place
1
Semester One
Structure of the Progamme
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1
2
3
Semester Two
4
15 credits/4 weeks
BVAD5.40
Visionary Structures
15 credits/4 weeks
BVAD5.50
Ways of Seeing
15 credits/4 weeks
BVAD6.40
The Business
of Being a
Visual Artist
and Designer
15 credits/4 weeks
17
15 credits/4 weeks
16
BVAD7.50
Exhibition Proposal
15
BVAD7.40
Ideas of the Year
14
7
8
9
15 credits/4 weeks
BVAD5.60
Documenting
Visual Arts
and Design
30 credits/8 weeks
10
11
12
30 credits/8 weeks
BVAD5.70
The World as a Stage
BVAD6.60 Ideas of the Year
or
30 credits/8 weeks
BVAD6.50 Ideas of the Year
Visual Arts
or
Design
or
Project Management
45 credits/12 weeks
6
BVAD7.60
Exhibition Project:
5
14
15
16
15 credits/4 weeks
BVAD6.70
Studio Methodology
13
17
Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design programme structure
Programme information/pathway
Direct entry:
Open entry
University entrance
OR
Certificate in introduction to Visual Arts and Design
20 years of age
or over with relevant experience
AND
Portfolio & interview
Entry criteria
50 Level 2 NCEA credits
AND
Portfolio & interview
Diploma in Visual Arts and Design
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Bachelor of Visual Arts & Design
Level 5
Level 6
Level 7
Postgraduate study
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Employment options
Course descriptions
Course
Project Title
Credit Semester Core Value Offered
Option
Elective
Level 5
BVAD5.10 Space and Place
15
1
Core
15
1
Core
15
1
Core
15
1
Core
15
2
Core
15
2
Core
To provide students with an initial experience of working in projects and of project-based learning. Students will
orientate themselves in relation to their peers, to EIT and Hawke’s Bay, as well as to the cultural context and the
context of visual arts and design.
BVAD5.20 Self-Portrait
To engage students with the concept of becoming a creative practitioner. Students will explore where they have
come from; where they are; and the possibilities of: who they are going to be; who they want to be; where they
want to be.
BVAD5.30 Pattern Universe
To build understanding that the patterns that can be observed throughout the universe are evidence of the
underlying order, structure and connectedness of all things. To use this knowledge to inform the making and
application of pattern in arts and design practice.
BVAD5.40 Visionary Structures
To develop sculpture and 3D design techniques and methods with reference to historical, contemporary and
futuristic spatial structures.
BVAD5.50 Ways of Seeing
To allow students to critically engage with different ways of seeing and of representing ideas. To create paint,
photography and moving image work that challenges the conventional ways of seeing.
BVAD5.60 Documenting Visual Arts and Design
To develop students’ understanding of the ways to document creative practice, both as exterior to work and as
work itself. Students engage with a range of art historical texts to develop understandings of the contexts of art
and design. It is an opportunity for students to experience how to regard and utilise documentary strategies as
part of creative practices.
BVAD5.70 The World as a Stage
302Core
To integrate everything the student has learned during the Level 5 year into a project that leads to a formal
exhibition. The key theme of this course is to connect back with the beginning, reflect on the learning process,
identify future directions and connect with the world. Students will initiate, conduct and manage a project.
Total - Level 5 credits
120
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Course
Project Title
Credit Semester Core Value Offered
Option
Elective
BVAD6.10 From Local to Global
Level 6
30
1
Core
30
1
Option
30
1
Option
15
2
Core
To raise student awareness of issues related to being a global citizen, to establish a global presence via the
internet as part of an arts and design practice and to communicate globally via the internet with arts and
design practitioners.
BVAD6.20 Competition Project To provide students with the experience to carry out an authentic project, by participating in a visual arts or
design competition, either locally, nationally or internationally.
OR
BVAD6.30 Community Project
To provide students with the experience to carry out a authentic project, by making an visual arts or design
contribution to the community, either locally, nationally or internationally.
BVAD6.40 The Business of Being a Visual Artist and Designer
To develop an understanding of the necessary and relevant business skills needed to successfully operate in the
dynamic environment of the local and global creative industries.
BVAD6.50 Design Project
302Option
To complete a commercial design project from initiation to presentation to the client. Students will work to
industry standards using industry software and practices
OR
BVAD6.60 Visual Arts Project
302Option
To complete a public visual arts project from initiation to presentation to a client or for exhibition.
Students will engage with professional expectations.
BVAD6.70 Studio Methodology
15
Students will initiate and execute a studio project, producing works that synthesise the elements of process,
documentation and research within a studio methodology. The visual arts/design work created for this project
will be exhibited in the end of year in-house exhibition. The project will also prepare students for Year 3 Individual
Studio Project work.
Total - Level 6 credits
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120
2
Core
Course
Project Title
Credit Semester Core Value Offered
Option
Elective
BVAD7.10 Studio Project
Level 7
45
1
Option
45
1
Option
45
1
Option
15
1
Core
15
2
Core
45
2
Core
To develop a studio project that is visually and conceptually engaged, and is driven by clear aims and intentions.
Students will critically engage with contemporary/historical contexts within their own studio practice.
Students will apply high levels of self-evaluation, professionalism and communication to studio practice and projects OR
BVAD7.20 Dragon’s Den
To develop an understanding of the commercial realities of visual arts and design practice by applying creative
thinking skills towards developing a commercially viable idea to a prototype form and pitching that idea to a
panel of business investors OR
BVAD7.30 Internship
To provide professional working experience in a authentic/industry context. To provide opportunities for
students to engage in professional communication and industry dynamics and to enhance professional attitude
and conduct.
BVAD7.40 Ideas of the Year
To provide students with an opportunity to showcase their work to the national visual arts and design community
by contributing to a collective and collaborative publication.
BVAD7.50 Exhibition Proposal
To provide students with the opportunity to develop a well-researched proposal for an exhibition project, which
may either consist of producing visual arts or design work for exhibition, or organising an exhibition by applying
curatorial practices.
BVAD7.60 Exhibition Project
To carry out the project for which a proposal was developed in BVAD7.50 Exhibition Proposal. The project is
either the creation of visual arts or design work for exhibition, or the organisation of a visual arts
and design exhibition.
Total- Level 7 credits
120
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International Application Process
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Complete and sign our international student application form
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Attach certified copies translated into English of your:
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Passport or birth certificate
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Proof of name change (if applicable)
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Evidence of your English language proficiency
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ie. IELTS or equivalent
Academic transcripts and qualification certificates
Please note that some programmes may require you to submit additional
documentation such as your Curriculum Vitae, portfolio or references.
Please check our website for any programme specific documentation required.
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Send your application to us
The easiest way is to send it by email to international@eit.ac.nz
We’d also be happy to accept it by post. You can also now apply online at
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We will assess your application and let you know the outcome as soon
as possible
If you are accepted we will send you an Offer of Place along with details of the fees
payable. If you do not meet all of the entry criteria we may issue you with a Conditional
Offer of Place. You will need to meet all of the conditions as set out on your Offer of Place
before you can apply for your Student Visa.
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Pay your fees and apply for your Student Visa
Once you have accepted your offer to study with us and paid your fees, we will send you
a receipt that you will need to submit when applying for your visa. Details on applying for
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