BA (Honours) Culture, Criticism and Curation is part of the Culture and Enterprise programme. It gives you a very wide-ranging, humanities-based arts education. Content spans the history and theory of art, design, architecture, fashion, film, popular culture, performance, media and literature. Culture, criticism and curation refer to bodies of knowledge, skills, outcomes and opportunities within the arts. They are interrelated. Critical thinking, research, intellectual rigour and creative problem solving are at the core of the degree course. Criticism relates to critical writing (the history and theory of arts criticism), as well as the critical thinking at the heart of cultural practices. Critical writing and thinking are key skills that help BA Criticism, Communication and Curation: Arts and Design students develop successful futures as organisers of, or commentators on, the arts, as writers and as teachers. Communication refers to today's media, including television, radio, print journalism, publishing, the web and other technologies. It asks how different arts communicate in different contexts. To develop an approach to communication, you'll take practical courses in photography and web design, and in how to use these tools within your assignments. You'll be introduced to journalistic writing. And you'll consider how to communicate narratives and ideas to your audiences when curating exhibitions or planning public events. Personal communication skills - key to success in every professional field - are central to the degree course and developed within every unit. Curation refers to the specific skills and knowledge needed to 'curate' exhibitions - for example, historical research and the contextualisation of art practice. It also takes in the wider meaning of curating as applied to arts events organisation, from planning film festivals to hosting local street events. Curation is linked to critical writing and to communication through publicity, journalistic reviewing and other activities. BA Culture, Criticism and Curation runs for 90 weeks full time over three years, and is divided into three Levels, (or Stages) each lasting 30 weeks. The whole course is credit-rated at 360 credits, with 120 credits at each Level. Under the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications the Levels for a BA are: Level 4 (which is stage 1 of the course), Level 5 (Stage 2) and Level 6 (Stage 3). There's a progression point at the end of each Level and, in order to progress, all units of the preceding Level must normally have b

Animation at LCC is taught as a broad and experimental visual practice in the context of communication design. With new technologies changing how we make, understand and experience animation, students are encouraged to test boundaries and look at animation in many forms and in many ways. MA Animation explores both the theory and practice of animation aiming to give you the tools to be able to express creative ideas using a broad range of experimental visual media. You will investigate the production of animation in an era with unparalleled opportunities for skilled visual communicators.

IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required, with a minimum of 5.5 in each of the four skills.

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