BA Education (Joint Hons) and Design or Fine Art

Do you want to be an artist or designer and also have an interest in becoming an art teacher? The crucial component in the concurrent (4 years) BA Education (Joint Hons) and Design or Fine Art programme is the interweaving of the student’s own art and design formation with the formation of their identity and practice as student art teachers. The students can adapt and use their practice as an artist or design to teach and inspire future generations while teaching in schools.

The concurrent teaching and learning of the BA (Joint Hons) Education and Design or Fine Art programme is designed to enhance the dual identity and the complementary practices of the student as artist or designer and as teacher. The processes of thinking and learning, of making and imagining that are fostered in the studio, form the set of practices through which the student teacher will engage the learner in the school classroom setting.

The BA Education (Joint Hons) and Design or Fine Art student can choose to study in any of the Departments within the Schools of Fine Art or Design alongside their engagement with the School of Education. The students also engage in the School of Visual Culture along with their peers from the Schools of Design and Fine Art. This challenging programme offers a wide range of experiences from studio based learning to a range of school placements. On successful completion of the BA Education (Joint Hons) and Design or Fine Art programme the student qualifies with a professional teaching qualification to teach art in second level and further education. The qualification is recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland and internationally.