Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Graphic Design

Course

In St Helens

£ 200 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    St helens

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    September

If you're creative, have artistic flair and enjoy using the latest computer software, our graphic design course could be the perfect match for you.

Graphic designers communicate in a visual way and you could find yourself doing anything from designing fonts and typefaces, to manipulating photographs, investigating advertising or studying 2D animation.

Our software mirrors that used by industry professionals and this will be available to you thoughout your course.

Facilities

Location

Start date

St Helens (Merseyside)
St Helens College Water Street St Helens, WA10 1PP

Start date

SeptemberEnrolment now open

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Subjects

  • Animation
  • Industry
  • Design
  • Logo design
  • User Interface
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Typeface design
  • Magazine layout
  • App prototyping
  • 2D animation
  • Traditional illustration

Course programme

During this course, you will focus on developing and harnessing skills that will enable you to become a graphic design specialist.
You will study such areas of design as:
  • Typeface design
  • Magazine layout
  • User interface/app prototyping
  • 2D animation
  • Digital and traditional illustration
  • Branding and logo design
You will be taught by specialist staff to use industry standard software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects.
The course involves a varied mix of digital and traditional artwork that will help to develop both your drawing and software skills as well as your visual awareness and compositional skills.
Enrichment and employability opportunities on the course include working on cross-curricular projects within the computing and creative industries department, 'live' competition briefs and presentations from artists relating to subject specialisms.

Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Graphic Design

£ 200 VAT inc.