Graphic design ba (hons)

Graphic Design BA (Hons)

Contact

Tracy Allanson-Smith T: +44 (0)1332 593216 E: adtenquiry@derby.ac.uk Connect with us www.facebook.com/DerbyUniArts http://twitter.com/DerbyUniADT

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Fees: This is a resource intensive course, so it costs £8600.

Start date: You can start this course in September.

This is an excellent course with a relaxed, yet intense teaching structure. Doing the course has been excellent and the support needed has always been available.

Tristain Nesbitt

Teaching and learning Teaching is delivered mainly through studiobased and experiential learning using project briefs. This is mixed with tutorials, lectures, seminars, visiting speakers and visits to galleries and exhibitions.

Assessment is based on coursework, relevant to each module. This may include portfolios of artwork, exhibitions, sketchbooks, research and background material, essays, reports and presentations.

Autumn

Stage one Stage TWO

Spring

About the course This course will support you in developing dynamic and individual responses to creative projects, ranging from corporate identity, branding, advertising and typography to packaging and screen based moving images.

We have strong links with national and local organisations, so you will get the chance to work on professional briefs with external agencies such as Saatchi and Saatchi, OneDotZero, Spin, Rolls-Royce and Balfour Beatty, as well as many others.

Autumn

Duration and mode of study: Full time 3 years or 4 years with Year Zero.

You will create an original and distinctive design portfolio that you can use to showcase your creativity.

Visual Culture History

Visual Culture Theory

Spring

Entry requirements: You will usually need 260 UCAS points from accepted qualifications (see www.derby.ac.uk/entryreqs for a full list).

Graphic Design Practice

Professional Practice

Directed Projects in Graphic Design

Autumn

UCAS code: W211

You will experience professional practice guidance throughout the course which will enable you to generate links with industry and produce effective media for selfpromotion, helping to ensure a very successful transition to employment.

Study modules

Stage THREE

Where you will study: Derby Campus, Markeaton Street.

Why choose this course?

Visual Culture: Extended Essay

Negotiated Study in Graphic Design

Spring

Factfile

Destinations

Specialist Practice in Graphic Design

Options Stage Two You will choose from:  Sequential Illustration  Digital Moving Image  Digital Strategies.

Additional information We’re a member of the D&AD (Designers and Art Direction), so you can be sure that the course is in step with developments in the industry.

We also provide support for students starting out in the creative industries through our incubation unit – Banks Mill. It offers studio workspace and business development activities in a vibrant and thriving community of artists, designers and makers.

Visual Exploration

Visual Problem Solving

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You could also develop your skills and knowledge even further by continuing your studies on our MA Visual Communication course.

Your career As a graduate you could work in areas such as art direction, editorial design, typography, branding, advertising, corporate identity, interactive media, signage, design consultancy or web design.

Graduate Karen Stevens now works as an Art Director for Orchestra, a marketing and advertising agency in London’s Canary Wharf.

Tim Jones now works with bluechip companies as a Senior Art Director and Group Head at Big Communications in Oxford.