Art and Design Practice - Level 3 National Extended Diploma
Course Type
Further Education
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
2 Years
Start & End Date
1 September 2025
4 June 2027
Location
Ballymena (Farm Lodge)
Interview Required?
Yes
This course is ideal for people seeking a career in Art and Design. Across the year, our students will learn the core elements of art and design including Graphic Design; Product Design; Drawing skills; Critical & Contextual Awareness; and Investigation of materials, techniques & processes in 2D & 3D.
The course will focus on exploring the visual arts in practical ways, to provide the learner with the skills that are needed to operate in a modern commercial environment. So there will be an emphasis on developing drawing, photography and software skills as well as 3D design techniques in a range of contexts.
The course will also focus on practical working methods, such as effective research and decision-making techniques, to create an awareness of modern, professional creative industry production processes, from initial brief and concept right through to final product design and manufacture.
The course will also help learners to develop presentation & communication skills essential within the contemporary art and design world & creative industries in general.
Although this qualification will award the student with a Level 3 Diploma in Art & Design, students who successfully complete all modules will have the opportunity to enrol on a second year of the course to potentially achieve an extended diploma.
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on or before 1 July in the year of proposed entry to the course and have at least 4 GCSE's at Grade C or above or other relevant qualifications. Applicants should also demonstrate a good interest in art and design, both analogue and digital.
This course is free of charge.
Further Education (Level 1-3) full-time courses including Apprenticeships have no course fees for most students:
Level 3 Further Education (full-time)
There are no tuition fees for Level 1 - 3 full-time students aged between 16 and 18.
If you are aged 19-24 and have already achieved a Level 3 qualification, fees will apply. Details of fees are available from any campus reception.
If you are aged 25 or older, fees will apply unless in receipt of a FE grant. (If you are aged 25 or older, admission to a full-time Further Education course will be considered on an individual basis at the College's discretion).
Level 3 Access Courses (full-time)
If you are in receipt of a FE grant, no fees apply.
If you are aged 19 or older and have already achieved a Level 3 qualification (3 A Level equivalent), fees will apply.
Details of fees are available from any campus reception.
All tutors are qualified and experienced counsellors. This underpins the authenticity of teaching and learning activities as students engage with practitioners who understand the challenges and opportunities of the counselling role. The following teaching team deliver this course at Northern Regional College:
Staff Team
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This course is ideal for people seeking a career in Art and Design. Across the year, our students will learn the core elements of art and design including Graphic Design; Product Design; Drawing skills; Critical & Contextual Awareness; and Investigation of materials, techniques & processes in 2D & 3D.
The course will focus on exploring the visual arts in practical ways, to provide the learner with the skills that are needed to operate in a modern commercial environment. So there will be an emphasis on developing drawing, photography and software skills as well as 3D design techniques in a range of contexts.
The course will also focus on practical working methods, such as effective research and decision-making techniques, to create an awareness of modern, professional creative industry production processes, from initial brief and concept right through to final product design and manufacture.
The course will also help learners to develop presentation & communication skills essential within the contemporary art and design world & creative industries in general.
Although this qualification will award the student with a Level 3 Diploma in Art & Design, students who successfully complete all modules will have the opportunity to enrol on a second year of the course to potentially achieve an extended diploma.
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on or before 1 July in the year of proposed entry to the course and have at least 4 GCSE's at Grade C or above or other relevant qualifications. Applicants should also demonstrate a good interest in art and design, both analogue and digital.
Course Fees
This course is free of charge.
Further Education (Level 1-3) full-time courses including Apprenticeships have no course fees for most students:
Level 3 Further Education (full-time)
There are no tuition fees for Level 1 - 3 full-time students aged between 16 and 18.
If you are aged 19-24 and have already achieved a Level 3 qualification, fees will apply. Details of fees are available from any campus reception.
If you are aged 25 or older, fees will apply unless in receipt of a FE grant. (If you are aged 25 or older, admission to a full-time Further Education course will be considered on an individual basis at the College's discretion).
Level 3 Access Courses (full-time)
If you are in receipt of a FE grant, no fees apply.
If you are aged 19 or older and have already achieved a Level 3 qualification (3 A Level equivalent), fees will apply.
Details of fees are available from any campus reception.
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