Program Title:
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Art & Design in Education

Aims:
This program is tailored for Working Designers and Art/Design Educators; it engages in-service professionals in developing new practices in a design-driven society. It aims to refine practitioners’ conceptual skill and practical knowledge in relevant disciplines; and to facilitate the development of critical perspectives on issues of design, culture and education in local contexts. It also engages educators and design practitioners in teamwork and developing new learning materials and contents for our information society.

Characteristics:

• It provides advanced art and design training at a practical and theoretical level, suitable to the local culture and its educational context;
• It engages in-service design and teaching professionals in academic research, school-based educational development, work-based projects, as well as art and design experimentation;
• It operates in a credit-based academic structure;
• It operates on weekday evenings and/or weekends;
• Students are assessed by coursework (no examinations)