GRAPHIC DESIGN LEVEL 3 UAL DIPLOMA IN ART & DESIGN (RQF)

This is a challenging, broad-based 90 credit course related to Graphic Design. The aims of the course are to develop your skills through a series of projects that explore and build on creative thinking strategies and the use of materials techniques and processes. The course is predominately practical and you will spend most of your time in the purpose-built Graphics Studio using the suite of Apple Mac computers and scanners. There are also low-tech image techniques which you will use to create dynamic spreads and typographic statements. You will be taught by a team of lecturers most of whom are or have been designers and illustrators and who will encourage an experimental approach and cutting-edge practice. Your work will be very much in line with contemporary industry practice and will be based on finding creative solutions to realistic problems. The practical work is supported by a programme of contextual studies and this includes a number of visits to galleries and museums.

Course Assessment Method

Assessment is continuous, at regular intervals, which includes all project work undertaken, throughout your study.

The course has a mixture of compulsory and optional units including: Typography, Drawing Techniques, Materials Techniques and Processes, Contextual Studies (History of Art and Design), Computer in Art and Design, Traditional Illustration, Visual Communication and Editorial Design.