Graphic Design

Why choose this course?<br/><br/>The Graphic Design degree will help you develop both your graphical style and flair for creative image-making. The course covers the practical, professional, and artistic sides of working as a graphic designer with an individual artistic voice, equipping you for a successful career in the creative industries.<br/><br/>You will:<br/><br/><br/>- Learn how to create compelling images, work to professional standards, and understand how your work fits into the industry.<br/><br/><br/>- Be introduced to a broad range of creative skills, from the generation of ideas to their technical production through printmaking, traditional and digital media, with an emphasis on design and the development of a unique personal style.<br/><br/><br/>- Be introduced to professional creative processes and encouraged to expand your abilities through workshops and practical projects.<br/><br/><br/>- Learn how to interpret a brief, identify, and solve problems, develop creative individuality, and produce a professional portfolio.<br/><br/><br/>- Gain personal, professional, and entrepreneurial skills including working as a freelance designer: from marketing and self-promotion to contracts, invoices and working with clients.<br/><br/><br/>- Be encouraged to work on live briefs and competitions.<br/><br/><br/>You can also choose to study this course as a foundation year Graphic Design (with Foundation Year) (four years including foundation year) UCAS code: W290.<br/><br/>Key course features:<br/>- You will be part of a vibrant and creative community of commercial artists including illustrators, animators, and comic artists.<br/><br/><br/>- You will be taught by a teaching team with a broad range of experience working professionally in the design and creative industries.<br/><br/><br/>- We encourage you to take on commissions and learn how to produce high-quality production prototypes to pitch to clients.<br/><br/><br/>- Be part of an end of year degree show exhibition - view the 2022 Degree Show e-magazine, Unjammed.<br/><br/><br/>*Study a course that has been ranked 5th in Wales as part of the Art & Design subject league table for Teaching Quality in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023.<br/><br/>*Subject area ranked 5th out of Welsh universities for the teaching on my course in the Design Studies subject league tables, National Student Survey (NSS) 2022.