Progression opportunities

I’ve never thought about going to university after college. I wouldn’t mind getting a job somewhere so I can put my skills to practice.

This module is going to help me research university, jobs and what I want to do after college.

Courses

Jobs

Apprenticeships

That there is lots of career options for people who have studied art at university and want to do art as a career option.

The career opportunities:

Art teacher

Photographer

Animator

Arts administrator

Heritage manager

From the career opportunities I’ve looked at so far photographer stood out to me.

Photography

BA (Hons) Photography Plymouth College of Art

. It costs £9000 a year

. The course runs over 3 years

. They want you to have a portfolio

. They want you to have 200 UCAS points

. I have learnt that they teach landscape and environmental studies

. They specialise in contemporary photographic arts practice

. The college has a print lab so you can get your work done there

. The college has a fab lab for people who want to specialise in digital design

. The college has an equipment resource centre

. Andy Ford is a successful photographer who studied this course

. The course makes me want to join up for this course because I like to take photographs

. I would join Plymouth College of Art to do photography and to collaborate with the other courses.

It would be more expensive going away then staying in Plymouth because you would have to pay for travel and for paying for somewhere to live

If I was going to apply for photography at the college I would need a photography portfolio

http://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-photography/#overview

Print making

BA (Hons) Print Textile Design and Surface Pattern

Plymouth College of Art

. The course runs over 3 years

. The course costs £9000 a year

. You would need a portfolio

. You also need 200 UCAS points

. They specialise in textile designs

. I like this course because you learn how to be a textile designer

I prefer to do photography as an option but textile design still interests me.

http://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-printed-textile-design-surface-pattern/#overview

BA (Hons) Fine Art

Plymouth College of Art

. The course runs over 3 years

. The course costs £9000 a year

. You would need a portfolio

. You also need 200 UCAS points

. The course involves artists and practitioners

. I like this course because they provide a dynamic and stimulating learning environment

. I am interested in fine art because I like creating and it would be a great place to learn new ideas.

The advantage of doing fine art course is you would learn new skills.

http://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons/#overview

After investigating what to do after the Art and Design course I am thinking about staying at the college because there's more options. There are other reasons like there is more of what I like to do here. It also costs less if i stay at the college rather than going to University out of town because I don't have to travel around as much. It would cost less to stay around rather than going to a new university. In order to become a professional photographer I would need to learn how to do that I would need to study photography.