BA Graphic Communication
Learn to think creatively and to express your design ideas with confidence. Our course equips you for a career in design by combining a strong practical base with an understanding of what makes good design succeed.
In the first year we introduce you to practical design projects and the history and theory of design and also provide direction in the use of relevant digital technology. In the second year you engage with more practical design, both project work and professional practice, supported by teaching of theory and history. In the final year your practical skills are further developed and you specialise through your choice of dissertation topic, options, and self-directed project. Practical project briefs and professional assignments investigate a wide variety of design problems- our students design books, catalogues, posters, banknotes, signage, CDs, exhibitions, websites, interfaces for mobile phones and other hand-held devices, and much more.
What will you study?
Year 1
Design practice 1
Digital design methods
History of graphic communication 1
Year 2
Design practice 2
History of graphic communication 2
Professional practice 1
Theory of graphic language
Optional modules
Introduction to editorial design
Practice of entrepreneurship
Final year
Design practice 3
Professional practice 2
Self-directed project
Dissertation
Optional modules
Design for creative print production
Ephemera studies
History of letterforms & typography
Practice of entrepreneurship
Screen design: planning & development
Twentieth century book design