Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Art

at Institute of Technology Carlow

Students learn creative skills, aesthetic awareness and professional practices in contemporary visual art. Subjects include painting, sculpture, digital media, photography and video, art and design history, as well as engagement with art and the moving image and material and visual culture. Students learn by working on creative projects in a studio context, in IT labs and traditional lectures and by engaging with the local community.
 

Year 1 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Visual Studies - Colour, Drawing, 3D

• Visual Studies - Skills Based Workshops

• Visual Studies - Notebook Research

• Art and Design: Themes and Contexts.
   

Year 1 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Visual Studies Themed Project

• Digital Media Design

• Photography and Video

• Visual and Material Culture
   

Year 2 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Video Editing

• Art and The Moving Image

• Painting Practices (part 1)

• Sculpture and Expanded Practice (part 1)
   

Year 2 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Painting Practices (part 2)

• Sculpture and Expanded Practice (part 2)

• Art and Design: Themes and Contexts.

• Professional Practice in the Arts
   

Year 3 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Themes in Contemporary Art and Culture

• Collaborative Exhibition Practices

• Entrepreneurship for Artists

• Painting Practices (part 1)

• Sculpture and Expanded Practices (part 1)
   

Year 3 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Painting Practices (part 2)

• Sculpture and Expanded Practices (part 2)

• Visual Methodologies and Research Proposal

• Socially Engaged Practice

• Media Arts
   

Year 4 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Dissertation (part 1)

• Painting Practices (part 1)

• Sculpture & Expanded Practice (part 1)
   

Year 4 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Dissertation (part 2)

• Painting Practices (part 2)

• Sculpture & Expanded Practice (part 2)

Leaving Certificate:

• 2H5 & 4O6/H7
   

Subjects required:

• English or Irish at Ordinary O6/H7
   

Portfolio:

Additional details can be found in the attached document for download.

• Your portfolio will be assessed within 7 days and an assessment result will also be issued.

• CAO Late applicants or Change of Mind applicants should make contact with the Wexford Campus to arrange a portfolio assessment or email artportfolio@itcarlow.ie

The fees for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) may vary from €10,000 to €15,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

You will be able to commence your career as a professional artist, an artist’s assistant or studio manager. You will also be qualified to work in related fields like film, photography, theatre, information technology, art handling, exhibition installation, community arts and arts administration. Your art history and cultural studies training will enable you to become an art critic or writer.