First Year Art & Design (Common Entry) – BA (Hons)

The programmes at Limerick School of Art & Design (LSAD) aim to assist students to become confident, articulate, informed, creative and expressive practitioners, who will be capable of making significant contributions in their own particular fields of contemporary culture.
The Year One Art and Design (Common Entry) programme begins this process by providing students with the necessary stimuli to encourage self-confidence, self-motivation, and an appetite for knowledge, which will drive their creative practice. Year one recognises the wide variety of backgrounds from which it draws its students. It recognises ethnic, cultural and gender diversity which are the basis of individual originality. The programme provides students with the necessary skills, vocabulary and contextual knowledge to progress to 2nd year of honours degree studies in one of the following – Painting; Print Contemporary Practice; Sculpture & Combined Media; Animation & Motion Design; Ceramics in Expanding Practice; Fashion; Graphic Design Communication.
LSAD is the largest centre for Art and Design outside of Dublin and has an award-winning reputation both nationally and internationally.

The programme – an inside view
At LSAD we recognise the wide variety of backgrounds from which we draw its students and support ethnic, cultural and gender diversity as being the basis of individual originality. On completion you can choose to specialise in one of eight disciplines from 2nd year to 4th year. We offer Active Learning at its best with practical, hands-on studio where learning becomes the fusion of theory and practice.

In Semester One we introduce you to the vocabulary and working methodologies that allows you to engage with the contemporary context of Art and Design in a broad-based Studio Project. Each week your skillset builds as you engage with core studies based on principles of, 2D Studies, 3D Studies, Digital Media, Concept Development and Contextual Research.

In Semester Two you choose a path that will form the basis of your future career as an artist or a designer. At the end of the first semester one you select three elective specialisations and you get to experience an intensive practical introduction in each. After feedback and tutorial advice, on your experiences, you select the area of specialization, which you will pursue for your final three years. Provisional places are offered in specialized disciplines, based on grade point averages and are made official subject to students successfully passing the Year One programme.

Extra Costs:
Students will be required to pay an extra €100 for class material fees.