HNC/HND Garden and Landscape Design – Part Time
Eden Project University Centre Cornwall College - 23 September 2024
Eden Project University Centre Cornwall College - 26 September 2024
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HNC/HND Garden and Landscape Design – Part Time
Based in specialist facilities at Cornwall’s Eden Project this programme is designed for those with an emerging passion for garden and landscape design. It will enable you to pursue a career within this creative industry and will also appeal to those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of garden and landscape design for more holistic reasons.
The programme integrates the creativity of art and design with a core understanding of horticulture, earth sciences and landscape technology. We recognise the world of garden and landscape design is diverse so you will work together with a specialist teaching team to reflect the need for graduates to have a wide range of skills. This team includes award-winning garden designers, artists, landscape architects, design historians and horticulturalists all of which combine private practice alongside their teaching commitments and have significant industry experience.
Students under the tutelage of the current team have won numerous awards including the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Young Designer of the Year, three times in the last five years, and the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Student Designer of the Year Award, three times in the past six years, latest awarded to recent HND graduate Jo Midwinter in 2015.
Through real or ‘live’ projects during the course you will learn how to create stimulating and thought-provoking spaces in a variety of locations – from private gardens to public landscapes – whilst at the same time developing your own unique design identity and philosophy. Clients students have worked with recently include Truro Cathedral, The Pengersick Castle Trust, The Eden Project, The Leonard Cheshire Disability Trust and the Potager Garden.
The HND in particular emphasis is placed upon professional practice, design communication and user-focused design. Alongside subject specialists you will study how to progress design concepts and ideas related to contemporary user group themes such as design for the elderly, health and well-being, therapy and social inclusion.
What you will learn
Indicative Modules
Year 1
• Garden & Landscape Design 1: Foundations – Space, Place & User
• Design Communication: Tools & Techniques (including Computer Aided Design, InDesign, SketchUp and Photoshop)
• Plant Use in Design
• Horticultural Science
• Practical Horticulture for Designers
• Personal & Employability Skills Development
Year 2
• Garden & Landscape Design 2: Practice – Planning & People
• Contemporary Issues in Garden & Landscape Design
• Garden & Landscape History
• Professional Identity
• Negotiated Project
Modules are subject to change and availability
Entry requirements
48 UCAS points from AS and A-Levels (at least 32 points must be at A2-level) or relevant level 3 qualification, ie BTEC National Diploma / BTEC Extended Diploma - PPP Grades required (specific unit grades may be requested). Access to HE Diplomas in a relevant subject - 45 credits at level 3 (specific unit grades may be requested). Plus GCSEs at grade C/grade 4 or above in English Language and Mathematics: alternatives at Level 2 may be considered.
Mature applicants with relevant experience but without the stated qualifications will be considered individually and are encouraged to apply.
We accept a variety of qualifications to include equivalent international qualifications.
All applicants are subject to wider entry requirements.
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Criminal convictions
You are not required to complete a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check or provide a Certificate of Good Conduct to study this course.
If you are currently subject to any license condition or monitoring restriction that could affect your ability to successfully complete your studies, you will be required to disclose your criminal record. Conditions include, but are not limited to:
• Access to laboratory facilities including chemicals
• Access to computers or devices that can store images
• Use of internet and communication tools/devices
• Curfews
• Freedom of movement
• Contact with people related to University Centre Eden or The Cornwall College Group
Progression
Top-up to the BSc (Hons) Horticulture (Garden & Landscape Design) also at the Eden Project (Dependant on the standard of individual design portfolio).
Possible Careers
• Garden & Landscape Designer
• Landscape Architect
• Garden & Landscape Consultant
• Horticultural Consultant
• Computer Aided Designer/ Professional Design Communicator
• Landscape & Amenity Manager
• Garden and Landscape Contractor
• Projects and Contracts Manager
• Interior landscape contractor
Eden Project University Centre Cornwall College
Year 1
• Garden & Landscape Design 1: Foundations – Space, Place & User
• Design Communication: Tools & Techniques (including Computer Aided Design, InDesign, SketchUp and Photoshop)
• Plant Use in Design
• Horticultural Science
• Practical Horticulture for Designers
• Personal & Employability Skills Development
Year 2
• Garden & Landscape Design 2: Practice – Planning & People
• Contemporary Issues in Garden & Landscape Design
• Garden & Landscape History
• Professional Identity
• Negotiated Project
Modules are subject to change and availability
Mature applicants with relevant experience but without the stated qualifications will be considered individually and are encouraged to apply.
We accept a variety of qualifications to include equivalent international qualifications.
All applicants are subject to wider entry requirements.
If you are currently subject to any license condition or monitoring restriction that could affect your ability to successfully complete your studies, you will be required to disclose your criminal record. Conditions include, but are not limited to:
• Access to laboratory facilities including chemicals
• Access to computers or devices that can store images
• Use of internet and communication tools/devices
• Curfews
• Freedom of movement
• Contact with people related to University Centre Eden or The Cornwall College Group
Eden Project University Centre Cornwall College
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Dates & Locations
- Location - Eden Project University Centre Cornwall College
- Start Date - 23 September 2024
- Tuition Fees: Tuition Fees: £6167.00*
*Please note - Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.
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For 23 September 2024 start date
- Location - Eden Project University Centre Cornwall College
- Start Date - 26 September 2024
- Tuition Fees: Tuition Fees: £4625.00*
*Please note - Fees apply to adults and HE students only. Only the most common fees scenario is shown. Actual fees may vary depending on your personal situation. Please contact us for further information.
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For 26 September 2024 start date
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