Art, Graphics And Printmaking - Visual Communications Ballyfermot College of Further Education

Price: TBA

Location: Ballyfermot College of Further Education Ballyfermot Road Ballyfermot Dublin 10 Ireland
Duration: 1 Year

Course details

This course enables students to create and produce an interesting and dynamic portfolio of work. It offers students a balance between traditional methods of art making such as drawing, painting, print making, figures studies, alongside digital photography and computer graphic design, resulting in an integrated portfolio. A one week field trip takes place in the first term to stimulate the students' research work. Throughout the year various artists and designer visit the college to talk and guide students. Many graduates progress on to NCAD, DIT, IADT and further afield.

COURSE CONTENT:

Design Skills, Drawing, Graphic Design Skills, Printmaking, Appreciation of Art, Craft and Design, Communications, Drawing, Figure Studies, Painting, Traditional Black and White Photography, Work Experience.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

Five passes in Leaving Certificate/LCVP or a merit in Leaving Certificate Applied or QQI level 4 Certificate. Art Portfolio (See guidelines). The academic entry requirements may be waived for mature applicants (21+).

PROGRESSION:

Graduates may progress to courses in Higher Education Institutions on a competitive basis through the new QQI Common Awards System (CAS). For information on the new scoring system see

PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES:

Applicants should bring to interview a selection of 12 to 18 pieces of recent observational studies. The work should include both quick sketches and detailed drawings which demonstrate the ability to deal with line, tone, texture, colour and form using a variety of media (e.g. pencil, charcoal, pastel, oil, paint). Sketchbooks or notebooks can be included in the portfolio submission.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

Course Location

Show map Location Ballyfermot College of Further Education Ballyfermot Road Ballyfermot Dublin 10 Ireland

About Ballyfermot College of Further Education

BCFE is a college of further and higher education providing vocational education through the provision of excellent teaching and guidance in a caring and supportive learning environment.

Recognising Their position within the City of Dublin VEC they have a responsibility to provide educational opportunity and support to all, and in particular to Their local community.

Conscious of Their educational tradition they continue to be innovative and creative in the provision of cTheirses to meet the needs of Their present and prospective learners.

Their cTheirses provide learners with relevant qualifications and competencies enabling them to enter and advance in the work force or continue to further studies.

CORE VALUES

Equal opportunities and access.
Respect for each inpidual.
An open and flexible approach to learning.
Learner-centred.
Commitment to innovation and improvement.

AIMS

Their aims are:

To continue to be a leading provider of further education.
To be innovative in developing new cTheirses at different levels in a planned and integrated way through consultative processes.
To further improve the quality of Their cTheirses and their delivery.
To provide a range of cTheirses recognised within the Qualifications Framework.
To contribute to educational access and opportunity for the local community.
To develop internal structures appropriate to a college of further and higher education.
To continue to enhance the physical resTheirces of the college.
To enable staff to develop their full potential within the college.
To further develop partnerships with potential and current employers.
To further develop collaborative relationships with educational institutions.

MANAGEMENT

Ballyfermot College of Further Education is managed by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee (CDVEC) with a local Board of Management representative of the community/special interest, industry/services and commerce, students and staff.

The CDVEC is the statutory agency for vocational and technological education for the City of Dublin. It manages 21 schools and colleges, which cater for 11,000 students.

Maureen Conway is the Principal of the College and the Deputy Principals are Diarmuid O’Brien and Kevin Devine.

HISTORY

Ballyfermot College of Further Education is a leader in further education and training in the Republic of Ireland since it opened in 1979. Following the radical social, economic and demographic changes of the last few decades in Ireland and the corresponding evolution in education, Ballyfermot College not only contributed immensely to the development of Post-Leaving Certificate cTheirses (PLC) for Irish school leavers, but also offered further education, specific skills and training in areas previously untouched by most educational institutions.

The college opened in 1979 as the Senior College Ballyfermot. Since then the college has worked with a range of educational and industrial partners to develop and offer a wide range of successful cTheirses in further and higher education. The college caters for students from the age of 17 and upwards.

The college offers a choice of 39 cTheirses of Further and Higher Education in 9 departments.

Senior College Ballyfermot (SCB)

The Senior College opened in September 1979 to provide the Leaving Certificate to students from Ballyfermot. After consultation with local secondary schools it was decided that students from 3 of the local schools, Ballyfermot Vocational School, Caritas and St Dominic’s would complete their leaving certificate in the Senior College. The new school offered a wide range of subjects to the boys and girls of the area. The College is part of City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee.

The new College also offered secretarial cTheirses to post Leaving and post Intermediate students, as theyll as pre-employment cTheirses for post intermediate students.

During the 1980’s a range of post Leaving cert. CTheirses theyre introduced into the College, including Preliminary Engineering which had links with DIT Bolton Street, Hotel Catering and TTheirism cTheirses which had links with CERT, Business cTheirses and Social Care cTheirses. Most of these cTheirses continue today.

In the 1990’s the Senior College gave up its Leaving Certificate classes, which returned to the local schools, and continued to develop Post-Leaving Certificate cTheirses making it a leader in developing this area of education.

In 2000 the Senior College changed its name to Ballyfermot College of Further Education.

DEPARTMENTS

Within BCFE there are several Departments: