NZ Diploma in Arts and Design (Level 6)

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Location

Hawke's Bay Campus International

Study Options

Full-time

Length

1 year

Level

Level 6

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Develop your creative career

Build on your skills and knowledge from the Level 5 diplomas, through engaging in a series of real-life and in-house projects. You can explore various creative disciplines including design, fashion, music, screen production and visual arts.

This diploma teaches the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to think innovatively and develop a career as a creative practitioner in your chosen discipline.

With your diploma completed successfully you can continue on to the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Practice.

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Your future career and study opportunities

Possible jobs and career opportunities can include:

Arts / Fashion / Music / Screen administration / industry entry level position
Graphic designer entry level position
Furniture design entry level position
Gallery or museum curation entry level position
Illustrator, Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker
Spatial / interior design intern
Web designer
Fashion designer
Musician, Composer, Performer
Screen, Film, TV production

Continue your study pathway with a Bachelor of Creative Practice followed by an Honours or Masters degree.

Outline

Throughout the delivery of the diploma, you will learn through engaging in projects. This project-based learning (PBL) approach places you at the centre of the learning experience and allows for the embedding of theory and practice within the project context.

The aim of project-based learning is to facilitate your development of knowledge, creative skills and research skills by beginning the learning journey on any given topic with questions, problems or provocations to be addressed or resolved.

You will complete five projects at Level 6. There is an opportunity in the second semester for you to choose between two options: individually working towards an external outcome (such as a competition) or a group project with an external client.

As a graduate of this qualification you will be able to:

Apply specialised skills and theoretical knowledge in the production of work in a selected area of art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
Use investigative tools with creative processes, methods and technologies to synthesise ideas and solve problems in a selected area of art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
Critically analyse research findings to support the development of ideas and to position own work within conventions and contexts in art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
Demonstrate leadership and professional practice to manage projects/briefs and prepare for selected career pathways in art, design, music, fashion and screen production.
Critically evaluate work, communicate to a range of audiences, and present own resolved work in a real-world context.

Subject areas include:

Design
Fashion
Music
Screen production
Visual arts

Dates

There is one entry date per year:

February

Entry

Entry requirements

The academic entry requirement for the NZ Diploma in Arts and Design (Level 6) programme may be limited by the number of places available.

An offer of a place on the programme will be extended to applicants who meet the entry criteria (120 credits of an NZQA approved Level 5 Degree/Diploma qualification or equivalent) or can satisfactorily prove that s/he has the potential to succeed on the programme and is over the age of 20 by the official start date of the programme of study.

Applicants must provide a hand-written letter of application and a portfolio of work that represents their level of achievement at the interview.

Interview

All applicants will be required to attend an interview (and may bring whānau support) and are encouraged to bring evidence of creative work and any documentation of process to the interview.

The purpose of the interview is to confirm the authenticity of the applicant’s portfolio of work and to assess the portfolio of work and the applicant’s suitability for the programme. The interview will determine whether an applicant is offered a place on the programme and at what level of the programme the applicant is offered a place (see Level Placement below). Thus, meeting the academic entry requirement is not on its own sufficient to ensure admission to the programme.

The interviews will be conducted by two IDEAschool academic staff and in the case of Cross Credit or Level Placement by the Programme Coordinator and a staff member.

English language entry requirements

All applicants must demonstrate an acceptable level of English language fluency prior to acceptance in the programme.
Ways in which English language fluency may be demonstrated include the following:

Successful study of a programme in which English was the language of instruction (subject to the conditions in the EIT | Te Pūkenga Database for English Language Proficiency (DELP)).
Completion of a New Zealand Certificate in English Language (Level 4 with any endorsement).
IELTS Academic score of 6, with no band score lower than 5.5, achieved in a single test within the two years preceding enrolment.
Accepted international equivalents to the above IELTS scores, achieved in a single test within two years preceding enrolment (see equivalency tables in DELP).

Entry with credit

Academic learning services

Academic Learning Services is here to assist you on your journey towards the successful completion of your studies at EIT | Te Pūkenga. Our aim is for you to become confident, competent and independent learners.

We have dedicated advisors who can assist with your learning.

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Scholarships

EIT | Te Pūkenga offers a variety of scholarships across various subjects and programme levels. Some scholarships are based on your age, some are specific to the subject you want to study. Not all scholarships are based on your academic ability and anyone wanting to study should investigate what scholarships are available to them.

You can find a list of EIT | Te Pūkenga scholarships here however there are many more scholarships offered nationally. Information about these is on an database called “givME”. givME is accessible at EIT | Te Pūkenga or at some public libraries. If you would like to come to EIT | Te Pūkenga to look through the giveME database don’t hesitate to contact scholarships@eit.ac.nz or call in for a chat.

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