DAPL04 – FIRST LEVEL ACADEMIC DEGREE IN GRAPHICS

 

Learning objectives

The courses of study for the attainment of the academic Diploma of first level of the School of Graphics have the objective to form artistic competences and qualified professionality that, taking into account the pluralism of languages and innovations in techniques that characterize the contemporary world, are able to develop their own research and individual production both in the field of graphic art and design, linked to traditional techniques, both in the elaboration and experimentation of multimedia and contemporary graphics, in the conservation and cataloguing of art printing.


Graduates of the School’s diploma courses must:

  • Possess adequate knowledge of the techniques of representation in the field of chalcography, xylography, screen printing, computer graphics and printing techniques, historical and methodological knowledge of graphic processes and art printing;
  • Possess methodological and critical tools adapted to the acquisition of skills in expressive languages, techniques and the most advanced related technologies;
  • Be able to use effectively at least one language of the European Union, in addition to the mother tongue, in the primary area of competence and for the exchange of general information;
  • Have adequate skills and tools for communication and information management, in particular IT tools.

 

Employment prospects

The graduates of the school will carry out professional activities in various fields, both in the free artistic profession, both in the field of visual arts and creative activities, as well as collaborating, in relation to the different fields of application, the planning, design and implementation of the specific interventions of graphics, both in the field of traditional tools, and new technologies and new language expressions found in national and international events. The Academies will organize, in agreement with public and private bodies, the stages and the most appropriate internships to contribute to the achievement of the specific professionalism and define further, for each course of study, specific training models.

 

Access requirements

Admission requires the possession of:

  • Diploma of upper secondary school or other qualification obtained abroad recognized as suitable by the Academy in compliance with international agreements;
  • An adequate initial preparation of the student, concerning the basic knowledge necessary for the School of Graphics, verified through the entrance exams.If the examination is not positive, the Academy may indicate specific additional training obligations to be met within the first Year of the course.

 

Type of access test

The entrance exams shall include:

  • Multiple-answer tests with 50% general and 50% specific questions of the School’s area of competence;
  • Drawing test chosen by the examination Commission;
  • Free theme graphic test consisting of one or more elaborations made using the techniques most appropriate to the candidate. The tests will take place on the following days and will end with an aptitude interview.

 

Type of final test

The final test consists of:

  • An artistic-project thesis consisting in the production of essays on a subject specifically assigned by the teacher of the course of the discipline to which the student is enrolled;
  • A thesis of historical character – theoretical or methodological or technical – artistic, in the form of a short essay, in one of the disciplines included in the curriculum or in the personal study plan. Any subject of artistic production attached to the thesis will be functional to the specific character of the thesis.

DAPL04 – FIRST LEVEL ACADEMIC DEGREE IN GRAPHICS