Art and Design
Art and Design
Pre-Degree Foundation
This intensive popular route into Higher Education is highly regarded locally and enjoys good progression year on year.
The comprehensive curriculum balances core subjects such as communication, drawing, art and design history and visual studies with the opportunity to develop specialist skills in fine art, graphic design, fashion and textiles, 3D design, sculpture, ceramics, glass, computer art and photography. Visits to galleries and museums form an integral part of this course.
Art and Design
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
This exciting and intensive course will thoroughly prepare you with the skills, techniques and attitudes needed to succeed in Higher Education or employment.
We will help you identify your creative direction and specialism in the first year when you can sample graphics, photography, fashion, textiles, 3D design, computer design, painting, drawing and printmaking. During the second year you will develop your knowledge and specialist skills within your chosen field.
Art and Design
BTEC Level 2 Diploma
This broad based introduction to art and design will enable you to experiment with a wide range of disciplines including drawing, painting and sculpture, 2D and 3D design, graphic design, photography, fashion and textiles, ceramics and digital art. The key skills of communication, IT and application of number are also studied. You will have the opportunity to take additional GCSEs.
Access to Creative Technologies
Entry Level
This new one year course is designed to give students a broad-based introduction to the world of creative technologies. The course covers, media, music, information technology and art & design. It provides the skills, knowledge and the understanding to progress to a Level 1 qualification.
Creative Technologies
Level 1 Diploma
This course offers study in a wide-range of creative technologies, these include; information technology, using the internet, video production, website design, games development and music technology. It provides the skills, knowledge and understanding relevant to the workplace and to progress onto a Level 2 diploma in Information Technology, Creative media Production or Music.
Thanks to BCoT I feel like a different person and have lots more confidence in myself as well as in my artwork! “The prospectus appealed to me and a tour and taster day confirmed my choice of both college and course.
On joining the course I was intent on a career in fine art and becoming a painter. However, the National Diploma gave me wide experience in all the art disciplines, taught me lots of techniques and helped me choose another career path.
Some of the units were a challenge, particularly graphics. As I am not a neat person, I had to make a lot of effort to adjust but suddenly I found myself having fun. Some of the graphics processes have allowed me to develop skills in other areas.
I particularly enjoyed a trip to Madrid where we visited three art galleries. I had not been to many art galleries before and found it interesting. The trip was linked to a project and I produced a collage using mixed media.
I have chosen a career in children’s illustration – showing what a story is about through pictures. I prefer to work by hand but have had training using the AppleMacs too.
College is so different from school. The lecturers are good, treat you as adults and make time at BCoT fun. They are always there and willing to help if you need them, even if you don’t have a lesson. They see things in my work that I cannot and have opened my eyes.”
Next year Katy is going to Maidstone - University College for the Creative Arts, to study on a BA Illustration course.
Key: entry requirements
Further Study
GCSE Grades A-C
or other Level 2
GCSE Grades D
or other Level 1
GCSE Grades E
and below
