Your year of study on Level 0 is a transitionary time for developing a committed and self-motivated working practise to take onto your degree in visual art and design. We aim to help you develop            an understanding of materials as part of the ideas generation process. We recognise this is a challenge and are here to help guide you through what will hopefully be an exciting year at the start of a journey towards a professional career in the creative industries. The basis for success on year zero is an individual enquiring mind and an ability to solve problems through making and doing. By the end of the programme we aim for you to feel confident using process and research to shape and contextualize your own self initiated art and design work. 

On the programme you will have the opportunity to develop keys skills for art and design through practice, working with materials (wood, metal, plaster), process, creative expression, problem solving, reflective thinking and cultural and contextual analysis. Throughout the program you will be supported and guided in the selection of your future field of study.

Successful completion of Level 0 programme gives you direct entry to the following specialist programmes at UEL

• K108 Architecture
• W222 Fashion (including BA Hons Fashion Design, BA Hons Fashion Design with Marketing, BA Hons Fashion Futures: Trend Prediction and Forecasting)
• W108 Fine Art
• W219 Graphic Design
• W282 Moving Image
• W642 Photography
• W228 Printed Textile Design
• Combined honours programs are also available

The heart of the programme is the design studio. You will learn the fundamentals of each discipline through project work, problem solving and reflective thinking. Learning is also taking place through lectures, seminars and tutorials.

At the end of the summer term all the students exhibit their work at the end of year show, which fills the School.

The program is accommodated in the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) on the Docklands Campus. As well as its excellent studios there are extensive workshops, photographic darkrooms and computer suites.

Students also make study visits to buildings, galleries, museums, exhibitions, cities and landscapes.

Project work is fundamental to learning and teaching on the programme. Projects give students the opportunity to develop their concepts, creative thinking, contextual awareness, experience of working with materials, understanding of process, and critical analysis. You will develop skills in drawing, model making, colour theory, CAD, photography, moving image, 2d and 3d realization.

Assessment takes place through presentations, studio critiques, assessment reviews, and written work. Students receive constructive feedback on their progress throughout the year. Formal assessment takes place at the end of the academic year.

In the second or specialisation semester there are sometimes exciting community based projects e.g. mural created on the Olympic 2012 Site.

Project work is fundamental to learning and teaching on the programme. Projects give students the opportunity to develop their concepts, creative thinking, contextual awareness, experience of working with materials, understanding of process, and critical analysis. You will develop skills in drawing, model making, colour theory, CAD, photography, moving image, 2d and 3d realisation.

This programme is delivered within School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) in a dedicated building for Art and Design on the Docklands Campus.

This environment provides opportunity for you to mix with students on a wide variety of creative programmes at degree and higher degree levels.

Architecture, Design, Fashion, Fine Art, Graphics, Photography, Illustration, Animation and the creative industries.

Being creative and thinking about things through the process of making and drawing.

to develop your visual skills, making skills, your creativity and critical thinking.

This programme is designed as the first step in a career in the creative industries.

Students benefit from contact teaching five days a week throughout the academic year. Each project is taught by specialist teacher who gives daily advice and feedback on the progress of the project. There are regular individual tutorials on your project work and advice on your choice of suitable future studies.

East London offers unrivalled access to the most important creative resources, as well as good transport links.
Gives access to other highly regarded programmes in the School of Arts and Digital Industries (ADI) at UEL and other institutions.