In Jewellery/Metal Arts, you will:
NBCCD student earns honourable mention from the Canadian Gemmological Association
Sterling Exhibit Opens at Government House, July 2024
Two NBCCD Grads Awarded Society of North American Goldsmiths Scholarships, July 2023
Email the Recruitment Office: nbccdrecruiting@gnb.ca
Jewellery/Metal Arts 2025-2027 Curriculum Standard
The Curriculum Standard is an introduction to the program which includes the program’s critical performance, a program description, program learning outcomes, and the program’s potential career opportunities. This is followed by information on duration, credits, admission requirements, advanced placement, certification, articulations, and prior learning assessment and recognition.
This document also contains a program delivery sequence and the course profiles with specific course learning outcomes and grading basis.
In addition, the Curriculum Standard is used as a tool for revision and evaluation of the program and for the promotion of transfer agreements with other post-secondary institutions.
JMET 2900
Form
JMET 2901
Function
HIST 2905
Pebbles to Gold: Jewellery History BCE
DIGD 2019
3D Modelling: Jewellery/3D Objects 1
ENTR 2011
Visual Documentation
JMET 2907
Casting
JMET 2904
Production
DIGD 2020
3D Modelling: Jewellery/3D Objects II
ENTR 2012
Business Practices and Marketing
JMET 3901
Approaches in Metal
JMET 3900
To Market
JMET 3902
Openings and Closings
JMET 3907
Jewellery Rendering
ENTR 3000
Sales and Opportunities
JMET 3903
Silversmithing
JMET 3908
Advanced Jewellery Construction Techniques
HIST 3901
Gold to Pebbles: Jewellery History CE
ENTR 3001
Creative Entrepreneurship
Complementary Course (choose 1)
(1) The $50 application fee is in Canadian dollars, applies to Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents and is non-refundable and subject to change without notice. International applicants pay a $100 Canadian application fee. See International Students for more information.
(2) Equivalent experience is determined by NBCCD by assessing your combination of learning and experience through recognition of prior learning. If you are 21 years of age or older and have past experience, you may be assessed as an Adult Learner.
Interview
The College may contact you for an interview, it is important to consider why you want to study with us and your future goals.
Foundation Visual Arts:
Please note that this program traditionally starts with the one-year Foundation Visual Arts program as a prerequisite.
DIRECT ENTRY PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS
To ensure that you are well-prepared to bypass the Foundation Visual Arts Program (FVA) and enter directly into an NBCCD Diploma Program, we need to assess your abilities and knowledge of the foundations of visual art.
Go to the Admission Requirements to learn more. This page will also provide more details and info on where to mail your transcript of marks, cash, cheques and/or money order.
Deadline to apply: January 15
In this course, students visualize, render and produce models using computer-aided design software and 3D printing technologies. Working in virtual space, they focus on developing basic technical skills to create projects that are then realized in a physical form. Students gain an appreciation of the advantages and limitations of these technologies for further studio development.
In this course, students learn to make jewellery and objects through the ancient lost-wax casting technique. Using plastics, organics, and waxes, they make models which are cast in a variety of metals. In addition, they make a silicone mould to reproduce a delicate prototype. The emphasis is on students being able to safely and independently operate a burnout kiln and centrifugal casting machine.
In this course, students make production work in multiples with a high level of technical finesse while exploring various surface techniques. They produce a line of jewellery for retail and wholesale venues. In addition, they refine their abilities and productivity and in turn demonstrate confidence in their pricing structures.
In this course, students learn to move metal with controlled hammer blows to create a functional and/or sculptural hollowware and flatware. They learn advanced methods of forming metal including raising, planishing and shell construction. Pulling together techniques acquired in previous courses, such as forging, sheet and wire manipulation, sinking, forming and casting, students create one-of-a-kind pieces.
The Foundation Visual Arts (FVA) Certificate is a 1-year program that offers you a wide-ranging overview of the practice, theory and history of the visual arts. Before you begin honing your craft or digital practice, learn the language to communicate visual arts. Students new to the arts will start in this preparatory course before their two-year Diploma program.
