BA Applied Art at NCAD
Application
NCAD via CAO
Apply To
NCAD
ECTS Points
BA (Hons) NFQ Level 8
Course Code
AD101 First Year Art and Design (Common Entry)
Course Code
AD104 Fine Art & Applied Art
NCAD via CAO
NCAD
BA (Hons) NFQ Level 8
AD101 First Year Art and Design (Common Entry)
AD104 Fine Art & Applied Art
NCAD’s Department of Applied Material Cultures within the School of Fine Art offers two BA pathways:
Ceramics and Glass
& Glass (Hard Materials) at NCAD embraces diverse creative practices including design for manufacture, uniquely crafted art objects and architectural framing of ceramics, glass and silicate related materials. Work occurs at intimate and architectural scale challenging our relationships to object, surface, transparency, light and space. Response to materials and engagement with the process of ‘making’ are fundamental principles of the programme. C&G students are encouraged to develop an awareness of a broad range of traditional and new emerging processes.
Textile Art & Artefact
Textile Art & Artefact is centred upon the fundamental principle of ‘making’ as personal response to materiality. This enables students to realise outcomes in textile applied art and textile artefacts. TA&A students are encouraged to have an awareness of a broad range of both new and hand-crafted textile processes.
Year 1
On entry to NCAD, no matter what pathway you are registered on you will be instantly immersed in an exciting and unique interdisciplinary programme where art and design students work side-by-side and together to explore and discover the wide range of pathways open to them. Taught and guided in the studio by both art and design practitioners, you are encouraged to engage in an open and experimental research process in a manner that helps ensure that you enter the pathway that is best suited to your individual goals and abilities.
Year 2
The focus in the second year is on developing a personal visual language and the skills necessary to translate this into a successful creative practice.
Year 3: Studio+ & International
Studio+ is an optional year that gives students the opportunity between their second and final years to engage with the world beyond NCAD by gaining practical work experience in the form of internships and working on live commercial, social or community projects. Students can also take a number of electives from across NCAD and partner institutions. Studio+ can also include a work placement abroad or a study abroad period through the Erasmus programme with internationally recognised art and design faculties partnered with NCAD. Students who choose an Erasmus placement will graduate with a BA (International).
Final Year
In the final year, students are ready to develop their own programme of study, which reflects each individual’s skills and interests within their pathway / discipline.
As a consequence of the skills acquired, our applied art graduates have a wide range of national and international opportunities open to them. Many of our graduates go on to become practising applied artists and makers in Ireland and internationally.
NCAD offers a range of innovative masters programmes, practice-based PhD’s as well as a range of CPD courses.
Portfolio submission. Please refer to NCAD website for further details.
A CFA scholarship encourages the participation of learners from sections of society that are significantly under-represented in higher education by offering one free place on all of our CFA short courses.
