Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Graphic Design
- 3 years
- Duration
- 15,950 GBP/year
- Price
- Sept 2024
- Start
- May 2024
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Oxford / United Kingdom
- Location
- Oxford Brookes University
- School
Program description
Try new things and look for fresh ways to push the limits of graphic design. The dynamic subject of graphic design is approached from an applied perspective in this course. To develop your creative and professional talents, you'll make use of resources including professional studios and workshops. Your fundamental knowledge of design and research will be developed, as well as your unique design identity, through practical, practice-based projects.
Throughout the course, you’ll explore a range of approaches and techniques including:
- typography
- interaction
- user experience
- social design
- photography
- animation
- digital design
- book and editorial design
Live projects with the design industry will prepare you for a professional studio. RSA, D&AD, ISTD, Creative Conscience, Extinction Rebellion have collaborated recently.
You'll develop your own visual problem-solving style and graduate with technical, critical, and conceptual skills.
You'll develop your own method of visual problem solving during the course, and you'll graduate with the technical, critical, and conceptual abilities that are highly desired by the creative industries. A variety of jobs, including branding consulting, digital design, illustration, publishing, and advertising, can be attained through this study.
Program structure
Year 1
- Critical Thinking: Research skills & methods
- Design Practice: Principles
- Design Process: Strategies & Techniques
- Critical Thinking: Theory & Practice
- Design Process: Context, Communication and Audience
- Design Practice: Application
Year 2
- Critical Thinking: Design & Society
- Design Practice: Integrated Projects 1
- Visual System
- Design Process: Issues, Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Design Practice: Integrated Projects 2
- Professional Practice
Year 3
- Final Negotiated Practice
- Collaboration
- Entrepreneurial Practice
- Professional Practice
Price
- Tuition Fee - 15,950 GBP per year
Requirements for applicants
General Entry Requirements
- Acceptable passes in five subjects (exceptionally four subjects) at GCSE or GCE including:
- one 12-unit vocational A-level, or
- two A-levels or two 6-unit vocational A-levels, or
- one A-level or 6-unit vocational A-level plus two AS-levels, or
- two 3-unit vocational A-levels
- A National Certificate or Diploma at a good standard.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 24 points) or the European Baccalaureate Diploma (minimum of 60%).
- Five subjects in SCE with two at Higher level or one at Advanced Higher level.
- Three subjects in Scottish Highers or two at Advanced Higher level.
- Any other qualifications considered by the Academic Board to be of equivalent standard.
English language requirements
- IELTS level 6.5 or 7.0 overall with 6.5 or 7.0 in all components
Specific entry requirements
- Applicants will need to provide a submission of a digital portfolio of an appropriate standard
About the university
The history of Oxford Brookes University spans more than 150 years. We began as a modest School of Art in rented classrooms and have expanded into one of the UK's top modern universities with a reputation for distinction in teaching and research on the local, national, and worldwide levels.
Our primary goal is to provide a top-notch educational experience that helps each of our graduates to be competent, self-assured, and prosperous. The standard of instruction students receive is an integral component of this.
Oxford Brookes works with a wide range of partners both domestically and internationally. Our connections are essential to improving our instruction, research, and information sharing. Additionally, they provide our students a wealth of placement, internship, and employment options.
In cooperation with our Associate College Partners as well as directly, we offer a variety of higher education and degree apprenticeships (ACPs).
