Graphic Design and Animation BA (Hons)

If you’re keen to learn core creative industry skills – from the handmade to the digital, including 2D and 3D concept realisations – our Graphic Design and Animation BA(Hons) course is designed to set you up to succeed. <br/><br/>You can gain a wider understanding of the strategies behind developing your work, while building skills in storytelling narratives, visual language, branding, user experience. <br/><br/>It’s vital that you understand how graphic design – both static and motion based – works in the wider world, which is why we work with a range of communication theories and diverse guest speakers. This gives you the chance to understand the factors shaping the industry. <br/><br/>You can gain the techniques and skills to pursue a multi-media design career in evolving creative industries. From film and advertising to websites and social media, graphic design and animation co-exist across media channels, including digital, print and moving image. <br/><br/>**Why Study Graphic Design and Animation BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?** <br/>Enhance your graduate prospects by undertaking a skills-boosting work placement. Alternatively, you could set up your own freelance business through our Enterprise Placement Year. Your achievements will also be celebrated at our annual summer degree show. <br/><br/>This degree could open the door to a variety of career possibilities, too, in graphic design and animation itself, or in art, illustration, for example. <br/><br/>**Why Huddersfield?** <br/>Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.