BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Visual Communications prepares you for contemporary professional practice, where strong ideas, a multi-disciplinary approach and an open and flexible attitude are the keys to successful and creative problem solving. You explore how the medium and the message interact and produce versatile, idea-driven solutions.

Renate Muhina, BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Visual Communications

Marie Barrett-Smith, BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Visual Communications

Lewis Nichols, BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Visual Communications

Left Right

Key study topics include:

• Introduction: awareness of contemporary practice in graphic design
• Graphic design: storytelling – sequence, scale and structure
• Visual communication: metaphor, signs and symbols
• Information graphics
• The editorial process: exploring magazine design
• Electives: explore another discipline e.g. photography, printmaking, animation, illustration
• Discovering your voice: investigating the designer as author
• Defining your practice: personal design and motivation project
• Live projects including the D&AD Student Awards
• Portfolio and career development.

*This course is no longer recruiting for 2012 entry. For 2013 entry we will not be offering this course at UCA Maidstone, further details regarding changes to this course and it's location will be published here in due course.

Accommodation at UCA Maidstone

View this course's location on our campus map