Arts University Plymouth
UCAS Code: W214 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Although many of our students do come in with top grades and high UCAS points, these aren’t necessarily essential for entry. We typically ask for a minimum of 104 UCAS points, but we understand that talented artists, designers and makers can have a wide range of relevant strengths and skills beyond formal qualifications. We’re just as interested in exploring your portfolio as we are in seeing your grades.
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About this course
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Explore the Dynamic World of Graphic Design with our exhilarating **BA (Hons) Graphic Design** degree. From shaping brand identities to crafting digital experiences, graphic designers play a pivotal role in connecting global audiences. Dive into the creative industry with a strong design portfolio, embrace the ever-evolving landscape of design and unleash your creativity in this innovative discipline.
Students on this course benefit from access to our cutting-edge multimedia studio environment. Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, our studios provide the perfect setting for unleashing your creative potential.
**Why Choose This Course?**
There’s never been a more exhilarating time to study graphic design as a discipline, as companies strive to cultivate culture and connect with their audience in new and unexpected ways. Discover what it takes to influence public conscience, capture imagination and provoke discussion through effective visual communication.
If you’re interested in the role of graphic design as a vehicle for change and idea transfer, this degree will equip you with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to succeed at the forefront of industry. From print publications to large-format advertising, user experience to data visualisation – you will learn how to make your ideas an online and offline reality.
Through interdisciplinary experiments and collaborative projects, you’ll learn specialist and generalist approaches to graphic design, embracing advances in new technologies. Join a new breed of professional designers, empowering brands and inspiring community action globally. With a critical awareness of commercial, cultural, and societal backgrounds, forge your professional journey in the evolving landscape of graphic design.
**Gain Real-World Experience and Industry Exposure**
With the support of our expert academics and industry-practising technicians, you will develop your own professional journey within an ever-evolving international landscape of motion, print, social, and interactive media design. Learn to respond to current design needs, from research and concept through to prototype and design, strategising packaging and campaigns that inform, entertain, and persuade. Your studies will also equip you with progressive problem-solving skills needed by future employers, including themes of ecological sustainability, emerging technologies, and user-centred design.
**Access Cutting-Edge Facilities and Industry Partnerships**
Unrivalled access to resources awaits our students, offering a blend of traditional and future-facing facilities. From screen-printing and letterpress workshops to cutting-edge 2D and 3D animation studios, you'll have access to state-of-the-art digital production equipment and creative software like Adobe Creative Cloud.
Explore into specialised areas including, Digital Graphics, Motion Graphics and Emerging Technologies, Graphic Design and Typography, Brand Identity & Communications and Social Media Campaigns.
**Professional Practice, Career Opportunities, and Skills Development**
In collaboration with Industry Liaison Groups, we prioritise real-world experience in our curriculum as well as established links with The Design Kids, Creative Conscience, Plymouth Design Forum, Upshot Design Agency, Getty Images, James Edgar, Trevor Pettit and Ramuntcho Matta.
Our strong international connections also allow our students to take a semester of study with one of our partner institutions within Europe and North America, and in turn, we welcome overseas students from those institutions to join us in our studios, creating an exciting cultural exchange.
Upon graduation, our graduates can pursue various career paths, such as graphic designers, art directors, digital designers, motion graphic designers, UX designers, advertisers, brand and marketing officers, mobile app designers, content producers, studio managers and account managers.
Modules
Our three-year programme includes guest lectures from renowned speakers and visits to start up agencies culminating in a major exhibition of work on a national platform in London.
You’ll gain skills and knowledge while developing your creativity and understanding of the wider professional context. You will also get the chance to exercise your entrepreneurial ambitions and work directly with live clients and global design studios, and generate your own saleable design projects.
Our graduates do fantastic things - from creating designs for The Rolling Stones and Katy Perry to working with Wu-Tang Clan and Nine Inch Nails.
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