Graphic Communication Design
Training
In London
Description
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Type
Training
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
This well-established and broad-based course aims to encourage your creativity, individuality and personal growth through the study of graphic communication design. The emphasis is on the application of skills to develop ideas and present information in ways that are engaging, meaningful, useful and worthwhile. You will be encouraged to develop your awareness and understanding of the social contexts and environmental responsibilities of design, so that you can identify communication strategies that will enrich people's lives by enabling them to be better informed about the world in which they live. You will learn to engage audiences through imaginative and creative design solutions that may challenge, persuade, shock, provoke, excite and entertain, but always aim to inform. You will also develop the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development. Graphic design is a multi-disciplinary activity that requires a wide range of intellectual, creative and technical skills. The course places emphasis on the design, presentation and communication of ideas and information suited to the genuine needs of the end-user. We seek to produce communication that may enrich people's lives by enabling them to be better informed about the world in which they live. Based at the recently refurbished Harrow Campus – home to the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design – you will work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique creative hothouse. The project work produced reflects the broad range of our students' interests and understanding of design, and of the media through which they communicate. It also reflects the diversity of contemporary audiences. The course encourages your creativity, individuality, personal growth and understanding, employing a range of delivery and teaching strategies including project work, group work and collaboration, workshops, seminars, group tutorials, crits
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A Levels - BB/CCC International Baccalaureate - 26 points (minimum) Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended National Diploma - MMM Access to HE Diploma - Pass with 45 credits at Level 3 with a minimum of 25 Level 3 credits at Merit or Distinction. GCSE minimum grade 4 (Grade C in grading system prior to 2017) in English. If English is not your first language, you should have an IELTS score of 6.0 overall, with a score of 5.5 in each element. Ideally you should have obtained the BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Pass-Merit depending on overall academic profile) but
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Subjects
- Presentation
- Credit
- Teaching
- Design
- Communication design
- Typography
- School
- Project
- Communication Training
- Media
- Music
- Teaching Strategies
Course programme
The modules introduce you to a variety of historical, theoretical and conceptual issues, and to processes related to the generation, development and production of designed outcomes. Exercises and project work enable you to demonstrate your understanding of some of the basic principles of design, and encourage awareness of their relevance and importance within design and communication.
Subjects of study include:
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Design History and Culture
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Design Process
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Typography and Communication
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Visual Language and Communication
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Visual Narratives
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Visual Representation
- Authorship and Interaction
- Live Projects
- Professional Practice
- Representation of Information
- Typography and Communication
- Contextual Studies Report
- Design Research and Development
- Information Applications
- Launch Pad
- Major Project
Credit Level 4
You will carry out a greater degree of independent study, and support and develop project work with research, analysis and selection. The modules encourage your personal awareness and reflection, and offer you a degree of choice and selection of project options and media outcomes. During the Professional Practice module you can undertake studio placements, and engage with contemporary design practice.
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Credit Level 5
You will have an increased degree of personal choice for the development of independent, high-quality work, demonstrating the higher level challenges of synthesis and innovation. In-depth research and design work will be characterised by your ability to analyse, synthesise and apply creatively what you have learnt during the course. The range of projects undertaken may include: animation and visual narratives; exhibition and installation design, design for screen and interaction; signage, wayfinding, and environmental graphics; and typography and design for print.
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Credit Level 6
Graphic Communication Design