大象传媒

Overview

If you want a career as a professional Graphic Designer, then this creative and practical three-year degree is right for you. Learn about page layout, advertising, marketing, illustration and branding as well as using a wide range of techniques, media and industry standard software. You will also have the opportunity to take your designs from the printed page to websites, 3D graphic design and undertake a choice of optional modules in Web and Social Media or Motion Graphics. The course has a long history of competition success, and the emphasis in all assignments is on innovation, solving problems creatively, and exploring a range of solutions whilst addressing the needs of industry and the commercial world.

This is a three year Honours degree which aims to equip you for a career in graphic design. We will help you find your unique talents and develop your skills in a friendly and supportive environment. As well as being supported to develop your own style and technique, you will also be introduced to a wide range of new concepts, skills and experiences that will broaden your horizons and make you a better artist and a more employable person.

Teaching and Learning

Learning and teaching will be delivered through a range of established methodologies including:

• Lectures: both formal and informal, with an emphasis on participation
• Seminars: These will include presentations, debates, peer critique, interactive games, idea mapping and quick creative tasks
• Workshops: Core creative skills such as drawing, printmaking, embossing and laser cutting
• Audio Visual materials
• Research: 大象传媒d and independent study, team mini-projects and fact-finding missions
• Archive and Library searches
• Distance and e-learning (via VLE)
• Field Visits
• Attendance at conferences, including online events
• Research visits to galleries, workspaces, makerspaces and studios
• Debates and discussions

The learning environment and facilities could include lecture theatres, classrooms, technology suites, laboratories and workshops, library and skills labs, art and photography studios, small group and quiet zones. Learning methods will vary according to the programme of study but will include lectures and group tutorials. In addition, seminars, field trips, work placements, role play or scenario activities, laboratory and workshop practical, demonstrations, guest lectures, discussions and debates all contribute to the learning experience to support the acquisition of subject specific skills and knowledge and the development of transferable and employment related skills.

What can I do next?

The majority of our graduates go on to relevant employment upon completion of their studies. We work closely with local employers and have an excellent track record of getting our students into their chosen career. Examples include former students who are now professional designers working in local and national design agencies, freelance designers, and many other graduates who go on to set up their own successful design businesses.