2 years
All of your visual art instructors are professional practicing artists. We offer state-of-the-art studio spaces, fully equipped for ceramics, sculpture, painting, drawing, and design.
The program offers you a concentrated visual arts foundation in a two year time span.
The first year emphasizes experience in drawing, painting, design, ceramics, sculpture, art history, and English. A broad range of visual experiences will help you form a visual arts vocabulary and master skills in composition and technical areas.
The second year of the program emphasizes creative growth, visual maturity in studio work as well as allowing you to experience open options to broaden your education.
First year:
Second year:
Two electives from the following full-year studio courses:
Visit RDC’s Course Catalogue/Timetable to read detailed course descriptions.
You may transfer up to 20 course equivalents taken at Red Deer Polytechnic to the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, the Alberta College of Art and Design, NSCAD University, and the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. The Visual Art diploma program is also transferable to most other Canadian universities and art colleges.
Transfer requirements vary from one university to another. See the Alberta Transfer for detailed transfer policies.
A minimum mark of 50% in ELA 30-1 or ELA 30-2
OR
A minimum score of 250 on the Reading component, 250 on the Writing component and 5 on the WritePlacer Test.
Note: Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate English language proficiency in addition to the program admission requirements.
Students must pass all courses (25 courses, 65 credits) as specified in the Program Content section of the Academic Calendar, and achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 for the program.