ART BUSINESS (LEVEL 6 | TOP-UP) - BA (HONS)

This BA (Hons) Art Business (Top-Up) course is essentially about employability, providing you with the knowledge, understanding, and experience needed to work effectively in the creative industries. During this (one-year full-time/ two-year part-time) level 6 course, you will be supported to navigate the extensive range of careers in the creative and cultural sectors. The course will support you to develop the professional skills needed to pursue your ambitions, and the intellectual and critical skills to challenge existing structures, in order to innovate for the future.

The course will offer a nurturing space for you to self-reflect and identify your innate skill set, developing the ability to locate the right employment routes or to generate ventures for yourself.

Essential Requirements: 

• 240 credits equivalent following the study of a cognate design discipline at Levels 4 and 5, or HND, Foundation Degree, DipHE (or equivalent).
• Applications from students with alternative qualifications and/or considerable work experience will be considered on their merit.
• Applications taken to the next stage must attend an interview in order to receive an offer.

IELTS:

 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each band.

The BA Art Business top up course is, by its nature, employability focused. Providing you with the knowledge, understanding and experience needed to work effectively in the creative industries. You will be supported to navigate the extensive range of careers in the creative and cultural sectors. The course will support you to develop the professional skills needed to pursue your ambitions, and the intellectual and critical skills to challenge existing structures, in order to innovate for the future.

Specifically, you will develop transferable skills and learn how to:

• Self-audit and how to relate this to future employment options.
• Negotiate, plan and present to a professional standard.
• Work independently and collaboratively.
• Be self-motivated, organised and effective.
• Build outward facing communication skills – e.g. CV/application writing; social media and other platforms for self-promotion, presenting yourself and your work professionally using video and various types of presentation software.