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BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS
(CRAFT AND DESIGN)
General Information
This four-year articulated degree program offers a unique combination of academic and
practical study, offering the advanced reasoning, research, and writing skills of a traditional
liberal arts education at UNB along with the hands-on experience of studio art courses offered
by the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, one of Canada's most respected fine craft
and design schools.
Eligibility
Admission to the Bachelor of Applied Arts (BAA) program is through the University of New
Brunswick. Applicants must meet the admission requirements for the BA degree and will follow
the normal admission procedures of the University of New Brunswick. Students must indicate
on both admission forms which institution they wish to attend first. Deadline to apply is March
31.
Prospective applicants and students wishing to transfer into the program with advanced credit
should contact the office of the Dean of Arts or the BAA program advisors at either UNB or the
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.
Program of Study
The BAA is a four-year degree program, two years of which are taken at the New Brunswick
College of Craft and Design (NBCCD) and the remaining two years (60 ch) at the University of
New Brunswick Fredericton (UNBF). The two required years at NBCCD will generally consist of
the Foundation Visual Arts Certificate and the first year of the Diploma in Fine Craft. Students
may start at either institution, may attend each school in alternate years, or complete the
requirements of one before moving on to the other.
Year 1 at UNB
The first year consists of 24 ch at the first-year level and 6 ch at either the first-year or secondyear level. Students may be advised to take certain courses that relate to their interest in craft
and design, to their future career plans, and/or to upper-level courses they plan to take in Year
2 at UNB.
Courses required are as follows:
RTS 1000 (6 ch)
6 ch in each of three disciplines chosen from the four groups of disciplines (A, B, C, D) listed
below (18 ch).
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6 ch may be taken in any Arts or Science discipline, or taken as 3 ch in each of
two disciplines, including those already being taken this year; the course(s) in this category may
be at either the first-year or second-year level. In addition to disciplines listed in groups A-D,
students may take courses in Drama, Film, Music Women's Studies, or International
Development Studies to meet this requirement (6 ch).
A (Languages) 1 B (Humanities)
C (Social Sciences) D (Sciences) 2
Chinese
Classics
Anthropology
Astronomy
French
English
Archaeology
Biology
German
History
Economics
Chemistry
Greek (Ancient) Media Arts & Cultures Political Science
Computer Science
Greek (Modern) Philosophy
Psychology
Earth Sciences
Sociology
Mathematics
Japanese
World Literature
& Culture Studies
Latin
Physics
Russian
Spanish
Statistics
Notes:
1. Other languages such as Arabic, Maliseet, and Mi’kmaq (when available) may be taken
to satisfy the requirements of Group A.
2. Lower-level laboratory courses taken in other Faculties will not be counted in the credit
hour total but will be counted in the calculation of the Grade Point Average (GPA) for
the BA program.
Year 2 at UNB
The second year at UNB consists of 30 ch of lecture courses or seminars, of which at least 24 ch
must be chosen from the 3000-4000 level in consultation with the program advisor. Normally,
students may not take independent study, reading, or thesis courses. The course selection
should support the student's interest in craft and design. Courses required are as follows:
ch in Cultural Studies and Art History
ch in humanities, social sciences, fine arts
ch in skill development: math, language, multimedia, science, English (creative or
expository writing)
s approved
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Year 1 and Year 2 at NBCCD
BAA students must take two complete years of study at NBCCD. For their first year, students
normally take the Foundation Visual Arts Certificate. For their second year, they take the first
year of a Diploma program in a studio of their choice. Below is the typical list of courses for
these programs:
.Year 1 at NBCCD
1. Fall Semester
-History to 1600
Textiles/Fibre Arts, Integrated Media, Graphic Design.
2. Winter Semester
from Observation: Form and Expression
-D Design
istory of Visual Culture 1600 to the Present
Textiles/Fibre Arts, Integrated Media, Graphic Design
Year 2 at NBCCD
1. Fall Semester
munication (or Studio History for Photography Students)
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Jewellery and Metal Arts, Textiles/Fibre Arts, Integrated Media, Graphic Design)
2. Winter Semester
ours per week of classes in same chosen studio as in the Fall Semester
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