Graphic & Digital Design with Foundation Year BA

**On our Graphic and Digital Design degree, you’ll learn a wide range of creative practices, including typography, branding, photography, creative coding, AR/VR, illustration and moving image.**<br/><br/>Our Graphic and Digital Design with Foundation Year degree combines essential visual communication skills with our three-year design degree programme of specialist topics such as typography, and branding and advertising.<br/><br/>In the Foundation Year, you will learn the fundamentals of visual communications, including visual languages, storytelling and strategies for communication.<br/><br/>After completing the Foundation Year, students can progress into the three-year Graphic and Digital Design degree, graduating with the same award; or switch to a related creative degree pathway, such as Animation or Media and Communications.<br/><br/>Within the three-year design degree programme, you will explore a broad range of creative practices including photography, moving image, creative coding, illustration, AR/VR, data visualisation, creative AI, and print, through technical workshops, intensive design briefs and contextual studies.<br/><br/>With a strong focus on the creative industries, the programme also includes courses in professional development designed to help you build an industry-ready portfolio and confidently launch your career.<br/><br/>Popular career options for our graphic and digital design graduates include roles in creative agencies, particularly those specialising in print, publishing, packaging, advertising, branding and interaction design.<br/><br/>**What you should know about this course**<br/>- This programme’s Foundation Year offers you a strong grounding in visual communication skills and techniques<br/><br/><br/>- You will learn a wide range of different design practices, skills and technologies and experiment with a variety of techniques and mediums<br/><br/><br/>- You will undertake specialist courses in typography, branding and advertising, and creative coding<br/><br/><br/>- With a focus on design as a tool for critical engagement, you can also explore design as a form of self-expression and storytelling<br/><br/><br/>- With a strong studio ethos, you will learn as part of community and develop excellent communication skills, essential for the creative industries.<br/>