BA (Hons) top-up in Graphic Design BA (Hons) top-up

This is a one year course for applicants who have completed a Foundation Degree or HND in a related subject and achieved 120 credits at Level 4 and 120 credits at Level 5.

All applicants are interviewed, required to produce proof of their Foundation Degree or HND achievement and produce a portfolio of work for consideration for a place.

On this course you will be encouraged to generate and express ideas and communicate Graphic Design solutions to teaching staff, peers and industry professionals and are expected to demonstrate a commitment to exploring the creative and commercial potential of your specialist practice through the production of digital and / or physical work.

You are required to produce work of an appropriate technical quality and to research and develop the use of techniques, processes, and materials in support of the development of your own practice.

Practical projects foster your ability to identify, explore, and resolve creative problems and develop skills of creative experimentation and presentation in relation to the realisation of creative endeavours & professional briefs.

The curriculum develops your professional and transferable skills through engagement with contemporary critical debates & technologies, interaction with external visiting professionals, and the opportunity to undertake work-based learning to demonstrate your employability skills and build portfolios of professional practice.

The final modules ‘Emerging Professional – Critical Investigation’ and ‘Emerging Professional – Synthesis of Practice’ require you to fully engage with your own identity as an emerging creative professional and demonstrate ambition in the presentation of work in our end of year exhibition to highlight your skills and creativity.