Full Time Communication Design - BA(Hons)

Communication Design - BA(Hons)
Course Length: 3 Years
Site: West Durrington Campus
Attendance: Full time
Course Code: FHBCO1

The Course
UCAS code: W211
Communication Design develops creative thinking and this exciting inter-disciplinary course encourages experimental, collaborative and conceptual work as well as ensuring that students have an awareness of marketing, environmental and cultural issues. The course aims to give the student the opportunity to study design for communication across a wide variety of media, processes and disciplines. These include animation, drawing, image making and graphic solutions, film, video and sound, photography and printmaking, interactive and web design. The focus will be on the development of the student as an individual, capable of working collaboratively, producing designers who are innovative, self motivated and prepared to work within an interdisciplinary design ethos.

Course Content
Year 1
The emphasis is on developing a personal vocabulary through visual language and a range of disciplines explored via media workshops.

• Visual Language
• Media Workshops
• Design Studies
• Cultural and Supporting Studies

Year 2
Students further develop their skills and focus their work through design projects and workshops run by guest lecturers. Students at this level have been awarded membership of the CSD and recently a student won the Channel 4/V&A film challenge.

• Design Studies
• Visual Language
• Professional Practice
• Cultural and Supporting Studies

Year 3
Students work on external briefs and have been nominated for D&AD and YCN Student Awards as well as New Designer of the Year. They develop their portfolios and are encouraged to continue to work collaboratively.

• Portfolio Studies
• Final Major Project
• Professional Practice
• Dissertation

Progression/Career Path
Graduates may be employed as designers, image-makers, art directors, animators, computer based designers, work in film, video, marketing, publishing or continue to post graduate study/research.

Entry Requirements

• BTEC National Diploma
• Foundation Studies in Art, Design and Media.
• 2 A Levels
• Alternative qualifications will always be considered.

What Past Students Say
The breadth of study across disciplines gave me a wide range of skills which helped me produce work with character which stood out and enabled me to get into advertising. My job is certainly cool and the briefs are often similar to the college ones, except that now I get paid, which is nice"

Stephen Webley
Advertising Creative,Tribal ddb, London

Applications
Applications are to be made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) quoting institution code: N41 and Institution code name: NBRK

Further Details
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