BA (Hons) Graphic Design

University of the Arts London (UAL)

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

BA Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Arts focuses on challenging convention.Students are encouraged to experiment, develop their own distinct voice and look for appropriate methods of producing work. The course is run in close collaboration with the city's graphic design industry, giving our students the skills and professional exposure to prepare them for their future careers.Open DaysBook your placeStudent workStudent video workBA Graphic Design process video 2016 - Tom GuilmardBA Graphic Design News1 of 6Camberwell alumni launch limited edition publication Perspectives at London’s Photographers’ Gallery2 of 67 DAYS LATER: Looking back at undergraduate Design’s show build3 of 67 DAYS LATER: Politics and graphic design at Nation 2834 of 6IN THE KNOW: Sigune Hamann’s exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean MuseumView all

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Location

Start date

London
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45 - 65 Peckham Road

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Access
  • Primary
  • Design
  • 3d design
  • 3d training
  • Communication design
  • Illustration
  • Art design
  • Exhibition
  • 3D
  • Typography

Course programme

Course detail Content: what students can expect

  • To produce wide ranging projects ranging from the commercially focused to the more experimental, as well as engaging with the principles of social, political, commercial and industrial debates
  • To produce process driven work across different areas of communication design such as typography, book design, print, exhibition graphics, interactive, motion graphics and video
  • A series of key ideas lectures, which introduce important questions and theories that underpin contemporary art and design
  • Course tutors from a range of different disciplines, including artists, designers and filmmakers. The second year of this course is taught by Europa, a London-based graphic design company
  • To work with influential design and advertising agencies Camberwell has established links with, which also enables our students to take up work placements with these companies
  • To have access to Camberwell's shared workshops. View the Camberwell facilities section

Take a look at the course blog to see some of the activities students get up to -

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StructureYear 1

  • Unit 1: Introduction to BA Illustration, Graphic Design and 3D Design
  • Unit 2: Defining the subject - What is Graphic Design
  • Unit 3: Context 1 - Primary research
  • Unit 4: Subject - Possibilities
Year 2
  • Unit 5: Context 2 - Platform
  • Unit 6: Subject - Method
  • Unit 7: Context 3 - Focus
  • Unit 8: Subject - Audience and visibility
Year 3
  • Unit 9: Context 4
  • Unit 10: Subject - Realisation
Work experience and opportunities

Our BA Graphic Design students gain first hand experience through working on projects with leading organisations and businesses including Audi, Alexander McQueen, The BBC, Harrods, MTV, Nike, Paul Smith, South London Gallery, Tate and The Wellcome Trust.

Students can also study abroad in the second year of their degree as part of the college's Erasmus scheme.

Course datesAutumn Term:

Monday 24 September - Friday 7 December 2018

Spring Term:

Monday 7 January - Friday 15 March 2019

Summer Term:

Monday 15 April - Friday 21 June 2019

Learning and teaching methods

  • Collaborative work
  • Group and individual tutorials and crits
  • Independent study
  • Individual programmes of study
  • Introductions and inductions to university, college and course resources
  • Key ideas lecture programme
  • Learning skills in practical and technical workshops
  • Lectures and visiting speaker talks
  • Project based learning
  • Staff and student led seminars and discussions
  • Studio, external venue and other visits
  • Use of resource venues and institutions

Assessment methods

  • Development file
  • Essays
  • Evaluative reports
  • Peer assessment
  • Practical work
  • Presentations
  • Proposals
  • Self-assessment
  • Tutorial records
  • Written assignments

Facilities

  • Digital Media

    View images of and find out more about our digital media facilities

  • Printmaking

    View images of and find out more about our printmaking facilities

  • 3D Workshops

    View images of and find out more about our 3D workshops

Staff

  • Tracey Waller - Course Leader
  • Andrew Brash
  • Dr Sheena Calvert
  • Robert Sollis and Mia Frostner - Europa. Read an interview with Europa on Design Boom
  • Sigune Hamann - Reader in Art and Media
  • Charlotte Heal - Watch a talk given by Charlotte at the It's Nice That Here London 2015 event on YouTube
  • Robert Hetherington
  • Fraser Muggeridge - Watch a Frieze magazine interview with Fraser talking about his work on Vimeo
  • Alex Reuben - Read a review of Alex's 'Newsreel' documentary on the Telegraph
  • Olya Troitskaya
  • Sam Winston - Watch Sam Winston and Oliver Jeffers talk about their book 'A Child of Books' on YouTube
  • Charlie Abbott, Jake Hopwood and Alex Hough - Work Form. Read an article about 'NOIT', a journal designed by Work Form, on It's Nice That

Visiting Staff

  • Åbäke - Patrick Lacey
  • An Endless Supply
  • Sara De Bondt
  • Mark El-khatib
  • Ken Garland

  • Hellicar & Lewis
  • Kellenberger-White
  • Stefan Kraus
  • James Langdon
  • Studio Moniker

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