Bachelor of Design and Contemporary Art

Te Pukenga trading as Unitec

The Bachelor of Design and Contemporary Art is the key to turning your creativity and innovation into an exciting career in the art and design industry. With hands-on teaching and learning at the heart of this degree programme, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of your practice through making and creating while developing the technical skills and expert knowledge you’ll need to land your dream job. Your first year of study will involve lots of discovery and experimentation. From there, you’ll build a specialist area of practice that draws inspiration from your unique creative abilities and lived experiences, while remaining ever-focused on learning through doing. You’ll be supported every step of the way by a team of expert professionals. They’ll help you develop the knowledge and skills required to excel in the industry, motivate you to step outside your creative comfort zone, consider different cultural perspectives – and try something new.Highlights:Specialise in your chosen area of practice. Choose an area of interest from one of three majors: Design, Visual Art, or Digital Media.Gain key skills and experience through exciting studio projects, diverse technical workshops and in-depth contextual discussions.Apply practical learning in studios, computer labs, workshops, through one-on-one and group tutorials, wānanga and noho marae – with the opportunity to meet a wide range of artists and designers.Be creative in your own spaces. Our purpose-built gallery, exhibition and presentation facilities will prepare you for the professional environment.Get excellent student support from expert lecturers and technicians, ready to help you realise your creative ambitions.Work on a major creative capstone project in your final year of study – and exhibit this work at our end-of-year Gradfest. .Graduate work-ready for the future. This new qualification is a culmination of four years’ research – hundreds of hours of industry consultation, interviews and reflection, undertaken to ensure it meets the future needs of Auckland’s creative communities.

School of Creative Industries