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Cardiff School of Art & Design
BA (Hons) Illustration
Induction & Enrolment Information
Academic Year 2016/2017
C O N T E N T S 1. Welcome from your Teaching Team 2. Summer Tasks / Pre-induction Tasks 3. Enrolment / Student MetCard Collection 4. Induction Week Timetable 5. Attendance / Timetable 6. Useful links
1. Welcome from your Teaching Team
Illustrators! I am delighted to welcome you to Illustration at CSAD. It is an exciting and important year ahead
with so many challenges in the wider world and different perspectives to explore.
We all look forward to meeting you again at the start of term and working with you.
Please read your summer brief carefully and if you have any questions please email your year tutor Chris
Glynn [email protected]
Amelia Johnstone
Programme Director
2. Summer Tasks / Pre-induction Tasks
Summer 2016 Induction Project: Visual Essay
“Freedom in art is a gift neither from the politicians nor the authorities. Freedom exists inside of us... in our most intimate interior, in our solitude, in our suffering. It is the most delicate domain of our soul and spirit.” - Tadeusz Kantor (Creddo 1990)
1. Find out about the following artists/designers and choose three: Jean-Michel Basquiat Leonora Carrington Helen Chadwick Maya Deren Rowland Emmett James Gillray Hannah Hoch Saul Steinberg Choose one of the following places for your three characters to meet: Café - Ship - Circus Undertake visual and factual research on each of your chosen artists to find out: - their approach to composition, materials and colour - their artistic purpose and struggles Using your research create a visual essay (to include between six and 36 images) to tell the story of an imagined encounter between these artists; it may help to give them a shared problem; In making your images, consider the following: - colour and tonality, contrast - mood and atmosphere, sense of place - passage of time, pacing and surprise - empathy, point of view 2. Be ready to show your visual essay and share your research during Induction Week. RULES Make your own images; Use a limited palette; Apply your own rules; Where the brief does not specify, make your own decisions. Your visual essay can include explanatory text, narration, dialogue, or no words at all. Good examples of visual essays: La Jetée - Chris Marker, a film assembled from stills. https://myspace.com/musiconlips/video/la-jet-e-
the-jetty-chrismarker-full-movie/60214837 Scott McCloud Understanding Comics John Berger Ways of Seeing Matt Madden 99 Ways to Tell a Story see also: photo-roman
Aims: 1. To get every idea and thought onto paper; initial ideas, brainstorming and developmental
work; 2. To observe, experiment, explore, analyse, and research processes and ways of visually
communicating; 3. To explore and express ideas, themes, characters, environment, atmosphere, action and
drama;
Learning Outcomes: on completion of this project, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an ability to explore and research ideas; 2. Demonstrate an ability to develop ideas visually; 3. Demonstrate the ability to use visual language to communicate appropriately and effectively; 4. Demonstrate an ability to share ideas and approaches, and present to the group;
If you have any questions regarding this project please email your Level 4 Year Tutor, Chris Glynn:
Recommended Reading
It’s a good idea to do some preparatory reading for the course. Here are some books we recommend:
Critical theory, philosophies of seeing:
Marshall MacLUHAN The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man
Rick POYNOR No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism; Obey the Giant: Life in the Image
World;
Susan SONTAG On Photography
Illustration Purposes & Process:
Sara FANELLI Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am
Hari KUNZU Memory Palace
Sarah SIMBLET The Drawing Book
Edward TUFTE Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
Narrative:
Bruno BETTELHEIM The Uses of Enchantment
Jorge Luis BORGES Labyrinths
Mikhael BULGAKOV The Master and Margarita
Marina WARNER From the Beast to the Blonde; - Scaring, Lulling & Making a Mock; ‘Stranger Magic’;
Marjane SATRAPI Persepolis
Starting Out:
Siri HUDSVEDT What I Loved: a Plea For Eros; Yonder
Rainer Maria RILKE Letters to a Young Poet;
Fay WELDON Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen
4. Enrolment / Student MetCard Collection
Enrolment is an important process which confirms your status as a Student. You can complete the
online self enrolment process from any computer through our Self Service system. Please note that in
order to self enrol; your status must be Unconditional Firm (UF).
You will receive an email notifying you when you are eligible to enrol online. The email will direct you
to a password reset facility in order to request a password to be able to login and complete the
enrolment process. For information and guidance on this process please make sure you visit our
enrolment page – www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/enrolment.
This process is essential in that it will allow you access to your student loan (if applied for), payment of
fees, Cardiff Met’s IT systems and importantly enable you to obtain your Student MetCard. A
scheduled time for collection of your Metcard is stated within your Induction Week timetable.
You will also receive your Programme Handbook during your Induction Week.
Library & Information Services
You will have access to Cardiff Met’s Library & Information Services soon after completing your online
enrolment. A confirmation email will be sent to you with your Cardiff Met login details. To see the
facilities and services available, please refer to www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/library.
Your Student MetCard
Cardiff Met have introduced a photo upload facility this year for our online enrolment, which can then
be used on your Student MetCard. This facility is optional. Alternatively, your photo will be taken at
the time you collect your Student MetCard.
If you have chosen to use the photo upload facility, you will need to bring photo ID with you when
collecting your Student MetCard.
Fees
Your course fees for September 2016 entry have been set at £9,000. If your course has any
additional costs attached to it, they will be listed on www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/additionalcosts. You
should already be aware of these costs.
5. Induction Week Timetable
Below is a schedule of your first week with us.
MONDAY 19th September TUESDAY 20th September WEDNESDAY 21st September THURSDAY 22nd September FRIDAY 23rd September
11.00 Week One Welcome NIAC (National Indoor Athletics Centre) Cyncoed Campus
Freshers’ Fayre Illustration staff will be there to answer questions from 12:00 - 15:00.
10:00: CSAD School Welcome Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre National Museum of Wales, Park Place, City Centre.
This is a school welcome to ALL art & design students. It includes a library introduction and an Illustration discovery activity in the museum. Attendance is essential.
10:00 - 13:00 Welcome to Illustration with tutors. Meet on the 1st floor landing of N Block, Llandaff Campus. Attendance is compulsory. Please bring your Visual Essay
prep work. 14:00 – 16:00 Constellation Introduction A0.31, Main Lecture Theatre, Llandaff Campus
10:00 - 16:00 Level 4 Introduction with Year Tutor Illustration undergraduate curriculum and PDP/Logbook
briefing 10:00 - 13:00 Followed by presentation of visual essays 14:00-16:00
Attendance is essential.
Inspirational Walk in Abergavenny with Illustration tutors. Please bring sturdy footwear and suitable outdoor clothing. Further details will be emailed to you in August. Dep. Cardiff 09:30 Arr. Cardiff approx. 17:45
6. Attendance and Typical Timetable
BA (Hons) Illustration is a full-time course, i.e. 40 hours per week, of which you are expected to
spend a minimum of 20 hours in university. Most taught days run from 10:00 till 17:00. We keep
registers of attendance and will follow up if you are absent.
In Level 4, core Subject and Field teaching takes place on Mondays and Tuesdays. These days
comprise a variety of briefings, subject-specific workshops, tutorials and seminars plus directed
studio activity/research.
During Terms 1 & 2 there will often be Illustration ‘Muses’ on a Monday. These illustrated talks
usually run from 16:30 till 18:00 but times can vary. They are a core part of the course.
Skills-based workshops (e.g. animation, print) take place on Wednesday mornings and as part of your
core learning on other days. There is no formal teaching on Wednesday afternoons.
Constellation teaching takes place every Thursday (lectures, seminars and tutorials). Attendance is
compulsory: Constellation represents one third of your study, i.e. 40 credits each year.
Friday is a studio day for research, catching up and logging your work. Pastoral tutorials may take
place on Fridays.
During assessment periods the pattern of the week is slightly different. From time to time, additional
events will take place at which your presence will be expected. Where possible, advance notice will
be given. We will issue your finalised timetable for the year in Induction Week.
Extra-curricular activity relevant to the discipline is also considered a vital part of your art school &
university experience.
If you are considering part-time paid work to support your studies, please follow the guidelines in the
CSAD Student Handbook.
8. Useful links
Additional Course Costs Additional costs are the mandatory or optional expenses, additional to tuition fees, that need to be paid for by students to fully participate and complete their studies. This covers such things as equipment, trips, placements and DBS checks. Each programme has different additional costs.
Accommodation Students are able to move into Halls from Wednesday 14th September but internet access will only be available for those who have completed the enrolment process successfully. There will be events held throughout Induction, information of will be sent to you by Accommodation when confirmed.
Student Services For help during your time with us in relation to your health, welfare, lifestyle and future career. The aim is to provide you with all the support you need to ensure your studies are as enjoyable and successful as possible. Services also include counselling, disability and chaplaincy.
Student Finance For information on Tuition Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans, non-repayable grants, bursaries and scholarships that may be available.
Cardiff Met Sport & Facilities
Cardiff Met SU including Freshers information & wristbands
Term Dates
Campus Maps, Bike Shelters & Met Rider Cardiff Met offers its own bus service called the Met Rider, you will be sent an application with your Induction & Enrolment Information. We also have Bicycle Storage shelters on each campus, with changing and showers available. The shelters are secured and are only accessed using your MetCard when you have requested permissions via the i-zone.
Safe Taxi Scheme Cardiff Met operates a Safe Taxi scheme through Dragon Taxis which ensures you always have a way to get home.
Virtual Tours Have another look around our campus and facilities with our guided virtual tours
Student Handbook
Academic Handbook
Santander Partnership and on campus branch Students will have the opportunity to open a Santander account during the Freshers Fayre, you will need to have photo proof of ID with you in order to do this.
Admissions Policy
