Graphic Design with Photography with Integrated Foundation Year
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Four GCSEs including English Language and Maths at grade 4/C or above.
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This may be derived from a Level 3 qualification in a related subject or A Levels. The college would consider applications from mature students with relevant work experience who may not have related formal academic qualifications.
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About this course
For the BA (Hons) Degree in Graphic Design with Photography with Integrated Foundation Year at Warwickshire College and University Centre; you will cultivate an approach to design where the craft of assembling and manipulating images forms the basis for your practice encompassing photography's multiple environments.
You will develop a range of integral creative skills that will challenge and inspire you, providing the platform needed to launch a career in the graphic design and photography creative industries. This course will involve substantial practical based work, whilst accessing graphic design, photography, film and media studios, as well as a range of professional camera equipment. Theoretical studies will underpin technical and practical skills and allow you to apply your creativity by taking on briefs as a professional designer or photographer.
You will build links with industry by working on live briefs and will be encouraged and supported to seek specialist work experience. By combining live projects, core practical skills, tuition and critical thinking, this course endeavours to prepare you to contribute to industry as a professional worker and engage fully in the contemporary workplace. Working collaboratively, entrepreneurially and with confidence; our aim for you is to create a professional, industry ready portfolio of work that will stand out from the crowd.
This is a four year course where the foundation phase is integrated and studied across the first two years of the programme. You will study additional modules alongside core Level 4 course modules.
**This course is delivered and awarded by Warwickshire College and is regulated by the Office for Students (OfS).**
For our Higher Education Terms and Conditions please visit https://wcg.ac.uk/page/701/terms-and-conditions
Modules
Modules may include:
Years 1 & 2 - Level 4
Academic Study Skills, Employability and T-Shaped
Concepts and Techniques
Lens-Based Image Making
Graphic Principles
Collaborative Practice
Year 3 - Level 5
Work-based and Placement Learning
Application of Graphic Communication
Motion Graphics
Live Brief
Professional Practice
Year 4 - Level 6
Research, Theory and Design
Capstone Project
Enterprise and Industry
Launching Networking Platforms
Exhibition
Students are expected to complete 100 hours of work-based or placement learning by the end of Level 5.
For further details about this course, please refer to the programme specification here:
https://blob.wcg.ac.uk/pdf/definitive-programme-specification-ba-hons-graphic-design-with-photography-v3-acc-b1ef074fb4757b8fe17aa1f3ce786188.pdf
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated, please contact us for the latest information.
Assessment methods
The approach to assessment has been designed to provide students with a variety of challenges appropriate for undergraduate level work.
Assessment is constructed in such a way that a student’s knowledge and understanding of each module studied during the course is assessed.
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