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Course Samples


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Visual Studies 1: Creative Arts Today
Creative Writing 1: Writing Skills
Creative Writing 1: Art of Poetry
Creative Writing 1: Scriptwriting
Photography 1: Expressing Your Vision
Music 1: Composing Music
Moving Image 1: Setting the Scene
Drawing 1: Drawing Skills
Painting 1: The Practice of Painting
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D
Illustration 1: Key Steps in Illustration
Graphic Design 1: Core Concepts
Textiles 1: A Textiles Vocabulary
Creative Writing 2: Writing for Children
Creative Writing 2: Writing Short Fiction
Creative Writing 2: Lifewriting
Creative Writing 2: Moving on with Scriptwriting
Creative Writing 2: Poetry – Form & Experience
Photography 2: Landscape, Place and Environment
Photography 2: Documentary, Fact and Fiction
Photography 2: Digital Image & Culture
Photography 2: The Self and the Other
Music 2: Moving on with Composition
Moving Image 2: Moving Image Methodologies
Drawing 2: Investigating Drawing
Painting 2: Studio Practice
Printmaking 2: Developing Your Style
Sculpture 2: Studio Practice
Illustration 2: Responding to a Brief
Graphic Design 2: Working with a Client
Textiles 2: Contemporary Practice
Visual Studies 2: Understanding Visual Culture
Creative Arts 3: Body of Work
Creative Arts 3: Research
Creative Arts 3: Sustaining Your Practice

Creative Writing 1: Writing Skills
Creative Arts 1: Creative Arts Today
Writing 1: Starting Your Novel
Writing 1: The Art of Poetry
Writing 1: Scriptwriting
Writing 2: Writing for Children
Writing 2: Writing Short Fiction
Writing 2: Poetry – Form and Experience
Writing 2: Life Writing
Writing 2: Moving on with Scriptwriting
Writing 3: Retrospect and Prospect
Writing 3: Independent Project

Drawing 1: Drawing Skills
Drawing 1: Exploring Drawing
Painting 1: The Practice of Painting
Painting 1: Understanding Painting Media
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D
Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Visual Studies 1: Creative Arts Today
Drawing 2: Investigating Drawing
Drawing 2: Personal Approach to Drawing
Drawing 3: Body of Work***
Drawing 3: Contextual Studies***
Drawing 3: Sustaining Your Practice***

Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D
Painting 1: Understanding Painting Media
Drawing 1: Exploring Drawing Media
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Drawing 2: Investigating Drawing
Painting 2: Studio Practice
Painting 2: Exploring Media***
Printmaking 2: Developing Your Style
Sculpture 2: Studio Practice
Drawing 2: Personal Approach to Drawing
Visual Studies 2: Understanding Visual Culture
Fine Art 3: Advanced Practice***
Fine Art 3: Research****
Fine Art 3: Sustaining your Practice***

Graphic Design 1: Core Concepts
Book Design 1: Creative Book Design
Visual Skills 1: Visual Dynamics***
Visual Communication 1: Graphic Fiction***
Illustration 1: Key Steps in Illustration
Illustration 1: Illustration Sketchbooks
Photography 1: Expressing Your Vision
Creative Arts 1: Creative Arts Today
Graphic Design 2: Working with a Client
Visual Skills 2: Visual Exploration
Graphic Design 3: Advanced Practice
Graphic Design 3: Visual Research
Graphic Design 3: Sustaining Your Practice

Illustration 1: Key Steps in Illustration
Illustration 1: Illustration Sketchbooks
Visual Skills 1: Visual Dynamics***
Visual Communication 1: Graphic Fiction***
Book Design 1: Creative Book Design
Drawing 1: Drawing Skills
Graphic Design 1: Core Concepts
Painting 1: Understanding Painting Media
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Creative Arts 1: Creative Arts Today
Illustration 2: Responding to a Brief
Visual Skills 2: Visual Exploration
Illustration 3: Advanced Practice
Illustration 3: Visual Research
Illustration 3: Sustaining Your Practice

Interior Design 1: Exploring Principles & Theories
Interior Design 1: Exploration through Experimentation***
Interior Design 1: Exploring Creative Practice***
Interior Design 2: Advancing Forward***
Interior Design 2: Future Thinking***
Interior Design 3: Final Major Project ***
Interior Design 3: Critical Research***
Interior Design 3: Sustaining Your Practice***

Moving Image 1: Setting the Scene
Moving Image 1: Fact and Fiction
Moving Image 1: Animation
Creative Writing 1: Scriptwriting
Moving Image 1: Introduction to Film Culture
Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Photography 1: Expressing Your Vision
Moving Image 2: Moving Image Methodologies
Moving Image 2: Independent Filmmaking***
Creative Writing 2: Moving on with Scriptwriting
Photography 2: Digital Image & Culture
Moving Image 3: Body of Work***
Moving Image 3: Contextual Studies***
Moving Image 3: Sustaining Your Practice***

Music 1: Composing Music
Music 1: Stylistic Techniques
Music 1: From the Present to the Past
Creative Arts 1: Creative Arts Today
Music 2: Moving on with Composition
Music 2: Orchestration & Arrangement
Music 2: Instruments & Repertoire***
Music 2: History and Context***
Music 3: Major Project***
Music 3: Contextual Studies***
Music 3: Sustaining Your Practice***

Drawing 1: Drawing Skills
Painting 1: The Practice of Painting
Painting 1: Understanding Painting Media
Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Sculpture 1: Starting out in 3D
Creative Arts 1: Creative Arts Today
Painting 2: Studio Practice
Painting 2: Exploring Media***
Drawing 2: Investigating Drawing
Painting 3: Major Project
Painting 3: Contextual Studies
Painting 3: Sustaining Your Practice

Photography 1: Expressing Your Vision
Photography 1: Context & Narrative
Photography 1: Identity and Place
Moving Image 1: Setting the Scene
Moving Image 1: An Introduction to Film Culture
Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Book Design 1: Creative Book Design
Visual Studies 1: Creative Arts Today
Writing 1: Writing Skills
Graphic Design 1: Core Concepts
Visual Skills 1: Visual Dynamics***
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Photography 2: Landscape, Place and Environment
Photography 2: Documentary – Fact and Fiction
Photography 2: Self and the Other
Photography 2: Digital Image and Culture
Moving Image 2: Moving Image Methodologies
Photography 2: Re-Approaching Photography***
Photography 3: Body of Work
Photography 3: Contextual Studies
Photography 3: Sustaining Your Practice

Textiles 1: A Textiles Vocabulary
Textiles 1: Ideas and Processes
Textiles 1: Mixed Media for Textiles
Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Visual Studies 1: Creative Arts Today
Textiles 2: Contemporary Context
Textiles 2: Contemporary Practice
Textiles 3: Personal Specialism
Textiles 3: Research
Textiles 3: Sustaining Your Practice

Graphic Design 1: Core Concepts
Illustration 1: Key Steps in Illustration
Visual Communication 1: Graphic Fiction***
Book Design 1: Creative Book Design
Illustration 1: Illustration Sketchbooks
Visual Skills 1: Visual Dynamics***
Drawing 1: Drawing Skills
Photography 1: Expressing Your Vision
Printmaking 1: Introduction to Printmaking
Visual Studies 1: Understanding Visual Culture
Creative Arts 1: Creative Arts Today
Graphic Design 2: Working with a Client
Illustration 2: Responding to a Brief
Visual Skills 2: Visual Exploration
Drawing 2: Investigating Drawing
Printmaking 2: Developing Your Style
Visual Communications 3: Advanced Practice
Visual Communications 3: Research
Visual Communications 3: Sustaining Your Practice