Fine Arts: Diploma
Description
Fine Arts offers a two-year Fine Arts Diploma Program and a one-year Certificate Program. Both are designed to enable students to acquire a solid foundation in the basic skills of visual arts. Selected courses and groups of courses within the Diploma program may be applied to a 3rd year entry into the Kwantlen Fine Arts BFA, Visual Arts or university transfer credit in Fine Arts and Education.
Further Study
If you think you would like to ladder your Diploma into our BFA degree program, please plan your program of studies to reflect the first 60 credits of the BFA degree. Please contact a Bachelor of Arts advisor to help you plan your BFA degree.
Students coming from another accredited institution should apply for transfer credit to obtain credits that could be applied to the Diploma.
Students planning to enter another university after their first or second year should check transfer requirements before choosing their electives. See the appropriate university calendar for details. For further information contact a Bachelor of Arts advisor. Students are encouraged to take both terms of any given discipline (i.e. both Drawing I and II) to facilitate effective university transfer status.
Program Admission Requirements
General university admission requirements apply to this program including the undergraduate-level English Proficiency Requirement.
Content
The sixty (60) credits for the diploma may be accumulated on a full or part-time basis. In order to receive a diploma, students must complete ARTH 1120 and ARTH 1121 (6 credits), 48 Fine Arts credits, and 6 additional academic credits. It is recommended that at least one academic elective is an English course. Upon completion of the two-year diploma program at Kwantlen, graduates will have acquired both intellectual and technical skills to work effectively with a wide range of media. With these skills students can continue to develop their creative potential individually, through the BFA, Visual Arts program, or at another learning institution. Most Fine Arts credits are university transferable.
The department recommends that students consider a course of study that includes specializing in one or more areas, such as ceramics, painting, drawing, photography, print media, sculpture, and digital media.
Graduation
Upon successful completion of this program, students are eligible to receive a Diploma in Fine Arts.
