BA (Hons) Graphic Communication
Norwich, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 up to 4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
GBP 17,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* we recommend that applicants apply by April of the year they are applying, but we will accept applications up until the end of August in exceptional circumstances
** non-UK students: £17,500 | UK students: £9,250
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Introduction
Your passion for exploring visual ideas and brand communication across all platforms will be at the heart of your time at NUA studying our award-winning Graphic Communication course.
Our BA (Hons) Graphic Communication degree is closely aligned with the industry and you will work on a wide variety of briefs set by staff, professional design agencies and external competitions.
You will engage in work that explores traditional formats as well as emerging digital technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. Your knowledge and skills will grow in branding, identity, advertising, motion graphics, and interaction/UX design, whilst developing strong skills in creative thinking and ideas-led communication solutions.
Design solutions to real-world problems
You’ll be challenged to engage with real-world problems, controversies and commercial briefs through research, design and technology.
Your original ideas are as likely to play out through an app, website or augmented reality experience as a printed poster, pamphlet or journal.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1
- Develop skills in typography, printing, layout, photography, design research, idea generation, visual narrative and storytelling
- Learn technical skills in various design-related digital media such as InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
- Explore print, paper, material, format and hand-craft/making skills
- Develop your ability to design solutions for presenting complex data and information through editorial design and infographics.
Year 2
- Focus on branding and identity, advertising and promotion, digital/screen design, app design, film and animation, corporate communications, infographics, design within the environment and large-scale graphics (super graphics), exhibition design and experience design
- Explore printed and digital formats, including books, journals and magazines, brochures and reports, as well as websites, apps, user interface design and user experience design
- Collaborate with others in a competitive presentation and/or pitch environment, and across courses with other NUA students.
Year 3
- Create a professional portfolio of work
- Explore new territories for graphic design, including new and traditional media
- Advance your core skills in 2D and 3D design, specifically in typography, layout, image usage and editing, print/physical and screen based digital technologies
- Take part in projects, including competition briefs and other professionally-focused projects
- Complete a Research Report that provides broad contextualisation to your practice.
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Career Opportunities
Design industry skills
As you hone your craft, you’ll get to meet leading practitioners from the creative industries and work on commercial briefs.
We’ll help to prepare you for a successful career as you compile your professional portfolio based on your own design interests.
Thanks to our strong links to the industry, recent graduates are highly-employable and have found full-time employment in leading design studios, working in areas such as branding and digital, motion and cross-platform advertising.
You will be taught by passionate and experienced tutors, as well as many visiting professional designers, whose reputation for nurturing talent means that leading design groups and agencies actively recruit graduates from the course.
Graduates work in a broad range of careers including
- Graphic Designer
- Digital Designer
- Website Designer
- App Designer
- Branding Designer Advertising Creative
- Promotions Designer
- Brand Strategist
- Copywriter
- Printmaker/Printer
- Filmmaker/Animator
You’ll also get specialist creative careers advice from our team in the Ideas FactoryNUA to help support you as you plan your career.