This is an innovative course with a reputation for producing ambitious and bold designers who communicate, inform, entertain and challenge the status quo.
You will work in a dedicated studio space with a course team who are professionals in typography, letterpress printing, book design, exhibition design, photography, art direction, animation, digital sound and music.
Opportunities to exhibit your work run throughout your course including at group shows and at the annual Graduate Show. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on live industry projects and establish professional connections.
Working closely with students from Illustration BA(Hons) will foster an understanding of visual communication intellectually and practically.
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Year 1
Year 1 introduces you to the basic concepts of visual communication in graphic design. Through a series of studio-based projects and workshops in computing, letterpress, photography and book arts, you will begin to develop your own visual language.
Modules
Introduction to Visual Communication: Orientation and Exploration
The Practice of Visual Communication: Investigation and Application
The Theories and Practice of Visual Communication: Media, Messages and Meaning in Graphic Design
Developing a Visual Language: Personal Project
Year 2
Year 2 introduces the key concepts of sequential communication with a focus on self-initiated, collaborative, experimental and independent ways of working. You will also begin to explore the creative industries via a personal and professional development programme. In years 2 and 3 you will attend a weekly professional practice lecture by guest speakers working within the industry. During your second year you can also take one module from a different course or discipline within the university to broaden your creative horizons and inform your work.
Modules
The Theories and Practice of Visual Communication: Audiences and Contexts
The Theories and Practice of Visual Communication: Contemporary Practice
The Theories and Practice of Visual Communication: Context of Personal Practice in Graphic Design
Option module*
*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.
Final year
In year 3 you build upon the creative and analytical abilities you have developed. Teaching encourages greater personal development as you move towards a more self-directed programme of study. You will work on set, with self-initiated projects and live industry projects, while establishing professional practice links.
Modules
The Theories and Practice of Visual Communication: Articulation of Graphic Design
The Theories and Practice of Visual Communication: Independent Practice in Graphic Design
Our graduates work across a range of disciplines within the contemporary creative industries including in the publishing industry, book design, design consultancy, a branding specialists and advertising agencies.
Our students are working internationally in Switzerland, Germany, France, Hong Kong, South Korea and China.
Employers of our graduates include:
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
