Preparatory year
The Preparatory Year is a preparatory study program for the university of applied sciences programme in Fine Arts or Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. The emphasis during the Preparatory Year is a preparatory study program for the university of applied sciences program in Fine Arts or Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. The emphasis during the Preparatory Year is on creating, thinking and doing simultaneously. If you have successfully completed the entire Preparatory Year (attendance is very important), you will be automatically admitted to the Foundation Year, the first bachelor course year of the bachelor’s degree programs of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
The Preparatory Year 2013 starts on at the end of September with an introduction.
Admission requirements: secondary education giving access to higher education.
Duration: 3 to 4 sessions a week for 30 weeks: Wednesday: 14:00–17:00 and 18:30–21:30 Thursday: 18:30–21:30 Friday: 14:00–17:00 Course fee 2013: € 1750 Admission interviews on: May 28, June 11.
The Preparatory Year is a preparatory study program for the university of applied sciences program in Fine Arts or Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. The emphasis during the Preparatory Year is on creating, thinking and doing simultaneously. It is a serious preparation for a study programme at the academy, and is intended to teach you how to react independently to assignments and reflect on your work with your lecturers and fellow students within one year. You will take classes in visual art and design and participate in media projects. The theory component comprises the Studium Generale, a lecture series of the Rietveld Academie, and visits to exhibitions and museums. You will be taught by professional artists and designers.
You will undergo an evaluation twice a year: at the end of January and at the end of May. Following the last evaluation, provided that you have completed and passed the whole Preparatory Year, you will be admitted to the Foundation Year the first year of study of the bachelor’s degree programs of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
The Preparatory Year is not subsidized by the government. This means that you can not apply for student grants or loans for this year.
project Jeannette van Raaij
drawing lessons by Carla Boomkens
Art assignment by Jasper Coppes
More information: precourse@rietveldacademie.nl
Coordinator Karien Wielenga
The preparatory year is preceded by a selection on the basis of the work you bring along and an interview with a lecturer. The work you bring along may consist of sketches, doodles, photographs, videos or three-dimensional work – in short, anything that shows your expressive capacity (at least 10 and no more than 30 pieces). The maximum age for participation in the preparatory year is 25. You can apply for the admission procedure by filling out the digital application form - through the link in the top yellow balk.
Applications must be received by May 31, 2013.
Apply before May 31, 2013.
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