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Art encompasses a broad spectrum of creative endeavors that combine imagination with technical expertise, spanning art creation, critique, historical study, and aesthetic appreciation. This innovative, student-focused program is exclusive to the Wexford Campus, offering learners the chance to develop artistic abilities, creative understanding, aesthetic sensitivity, and professional exposure in modern visual arts. The curriculum fosters dialogue through group discussions, educational excursions, and guest artist sessions.
Participants acquire artistic techniques, visual literacy, and industry-standard approaches in current visual arts. The program covers disciplines like painting, sculpting, digital arts, photographic and video arts, art and design history, along with explorations of motion imagery and material/visual culture. Learning occurs through hands-on studio projects, digital workshops, conventional lectures, and community collaborations.
Year 1 entry:
Candidates for year 1 entry to our Bachelor Degree programmes must hold a high school completion certificate that comes in at level 5 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications. All candidates must have completed 12 years of full-time education prior to applying for entry to SETU Carlow. All subjects on the High School Completion Certificate must be successfully passed, with good grades.
Advanced Entry:
SETU Carlow welcomes applications from students who have completed some studies at higher level at other institutions and who wish to transfer onto a Bachelor degree programme at SETU Carlow.
English Language Requirements:
IELTS: 5.5 IELTS(minimum of 5 IELTS in each component)
TOEFL Internet Based test (iBT): 70 (min score of 15 in each component)
TOEFL – Computer Based Test: 196 (min score of 15 in each component)
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: Grade C
Duolingo English Test (DET): 90
English Test for Academic and Professional Purposes (ETAPP): B2+
GCE O-Level English: Grade C
GCSE English: Grade C
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 50
Test of Interactive English (TIE): B2+
TOEFL Paper Based Test: 550
TOEIC: 605
Irish Leaving Certificate: Ordinary Level O6