New Zealand Diploma in Arts and Design

Summary

Building your skills by moving into advanced studios in your choice of photography, video, image, object and digital design.

This programme builds upon the knowledge and skills gained in the New Zealand Diploma in Arts and Design (Level 5), and pathways onto the third year of the Bachelor of Arts and Media.

Advance your critical design thinking and professional practice while specializing in several creative areas of your choice. Courses include lens-based media, object design, graphic design and image studio.

Courses Offered What courses will I do?

During this programme you will complete four compulsory courses in:

• Advanced Critical Studies (Lab and Project)
• Professional Practice (Lab and Project)

You will also take four elective courses, in an area of your choosing:

• Advanced Lens-based Media (Lab and/or Project)
• Advanced Graphic Design
• Advanced Graphic Design - Motion Graphics
• Advanced Object Design (Lab and/or Project)
• Advanced Image Making (Lab and/or Project)

What will I learn?

Upon successful completion of this programme you will be able to:

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

What can I do after I graduate?

After you graduate from this programme, you will have the skills and knowledge to work:

• in an intermediate-level position in arts, craft and design industries (e.g. production and/or design roles)
• as an arts administrator (e.g. in theatres, museums, auction houses, art galleries)
• in sales and advertising
• or be self employed, acting as a freelancer

 Completion of this programme also pathways into the third year of the Bachelor of Arts and Media.

Entry Requirements

Courses on this programme require prior knowledge or experience in the subject or completion of the Level 5 pre-requisite course.

Please contact us if you feel you have the required knowledge and experience for direct entry, to discuss options for recognition of prior learning.

Additional requirements

Please see the Supporting documents section for more information and form templates.

Creative Work

What does Creative Work look like?

As part of your application to study the Bachelor of Arts and Media at NMIT, you are asked to show us that you can take something down the creative process, from concept to presentation.

We are open to anything creative:

• Sketches, paintings, video clips, multimedia, photography, life drawings or murals
• Sketchbooks or workbooks showing the development of ideas
• Arts or design works, including both process works and finished works 
• Photographs or slides or recordings relevant to the programme
• Photographic or digital records of any of the above

We are looking for an art applicant’s ability to develop the following:

• Technical skills in arts and/or design
• Design processes and/or concept development

This article about providing creative work(external link) can also help.

Additional Course Costs

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