Post Baccalaureate (Higher Diploma) (Fine Art)

The Higher Diploma in Fine Art is a joint Burren College of Art/ National University of Ireland, Galway programme based at the Burren College of Art.  It is equivalent to the American Post Baccalaureate programme and is known informally as the 'Post Bac'. Students of the Post Bac register as students of both Burren College of Art and NUI Galway. The aim of the programme is to assist graduate students to identify their artistic identity and interests and to prepare them for the next step in their artistic careers.

Since students whose artistic identity is not yet clearly formed are very diverse in their needs, this programme is structured through individually negotiated independent study. This structural flexibility distinguishes it from the MFA programme, which offers a developmental programme oriented to professional practice. Courses include Studio Practice and Critique, Historical and Critical Studies, The Burren: Culture and Environment. The Post Bac is a joint Burren College of Art/NUI Galway programme based at the Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare. Students register as full students of NUI Galway. The programme operates in association with the Royal College of Art, London and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which provide visiting faculty to the programme. 

Please visit: http://www.burrencollege.ie/programmes/postbac/programme.html for full programme description.