Bachelor of Design and Art (Level 7)

Evolve your art and design practice and refine your academic and technical skills through studio-based courses and internship opportunities as you work towards a degree qualification.

Whether you are building on a Level 6 diploma qualification and completing the final year of a degree (Level 7) or plan to pathway into a degree you can compete the one-year Level 7 Design and Arts programme in Taranaki.

Develop and refine your art and design talent guided by our highly respected tutors, who are active in New Zealand’s art scene.  Complement your practical studio learning with professional practice, research and an invaluable internship.

This Design and Art degree features independent work focused on your specialist area and relevant work experience. Learning will be studio-based at WITT with some collaborative blended learning with creative industries kaimahi and ākonga from UCOL Whanganui.

Entry Requirements

  • A Level 6 Arts and or Design qualification; or
  • Equivalent knowledge, skill, work experience, or study

Interviews will take place as part of the application. 

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