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If you want to pursue a creative degree at Arts University Plymouth but feel you have yet to acquire the experience and range of skills necessary, our Integrated Foundation will prepare you for entry to one of our BA (Hons) undergraduate courses.**What is an Integrated Foundation?**\The Integrated Foundation will provide you with a preparatory year that will support your creative development, through a broad understanding of art, design and media skills relevant to your chosen degree subject. Learning through experimentation, exploration and discovery to support you in progressing to the next level of your degree at Arts University Plymouth.Our Integrated Foundation is a dynamic blend of lectures, workshops, and practical studio sessions designed to challenge and inspire. Our diverse student body spans from fresh-faced eighteen-year-olds to seasoned creatives in their seventies, fostering a rich collaborative environment. With the freedom to take risks and experiment, you'll develop a diverse skill set through hands-on experimentation with materials, processes, and methodologies. This transformative journey hones critical skills essential for degree-level study, expanding your proficiency in drawing, visual research, contextual studies, digital imaging, and design methods. Gain invaluable experience in a supportive atmosphere that encourages creativity, collaboration, and innovation.Explore contemporary craft through the evolving relationship between thinking and making. Develop your practice across materials and processes, with access to specialist workshops and digital prototyping in Fab Lab South West, plus live briefs, pitching and competitions.With almost 150,000 people employed in the UK’s craft industry, skilled craftspeople are putting the country on the map for original, forward-thinking contemporary design. The relationship between thinking and making is constantly evolving, with experimentation and innovation driving a new wave of craftspeople to explore original directions.On BA (Hons) Craft & Material Practices at Arts University Plymouth, you’ll often explore methods in which we can live harmoniously within natural and fabricated environments while supporting a healthy ecosystem, developing your practice through materials, processes and making.### **At a glance*** Degree: BA (Hons) Craft & Material Practices* UCAS codes: 3-year degree 67T2 / 4-year degree with Integrated Foundation 69K5* Typical UCAS points: 32### **Why choose this course?*** Explore an expansive range of material practices, including glassblowing and kiln-formed glass, ceramics, large and small scale metals, woodworking, concrete, plastics and textiles, in our industry-standard workshops.* Engage with live briefs and real clients: students have worked with Tate Exchange, The Box, MAKE Southwest, Mount Edgcumbe Estate, Eden Project and New Designers among others.* Become part of the international maker community by participating in our renowned, biennial Making Futures™ conference, a research platform exploring contemporary craft and maker movements as ‘change agents’ in 21st-century society.### **Careers and future opportunities**Career opportunities include: Designer/Makers, Ceramicists, Glass Artists, Wearables Designers, Sculptors, Architectural Surface Designers, Mixed Media Artists, Fine Artists, Gallery and Museum Professionals, Teachers, Technicians, Material Restoration Technicians and Conservators, and Prop Designers.
