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Graphic Design and Illustration BA (Hons)
University of Hertfordshire
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Course Summary
- Type: BA (Hons)
- Location: Hertfordshire
- Duration: 3 Years
- Deadline: Ongoing
Course Description
This Graphic Design and Illustration degree provides a strong work-related experience aligned to graphic design and illustration, with students increasingly specialising in one of these two over the three years of study.
The first year is idea focused, emphasising design thinking, generation of ideas and problem solving with workshops providing hands-on media and software experiences. The second year focuses on projects related to the creative and cultural industries, emphasising professional constraints and expectations. It includes live projects, pitching and work-related experiences and you will develop design production knowledge. You will benefit from our collaboration with external partners including a design school in Moscow.
The final year is focused around the professional portfolio with national competitions, an emphasis on professional standards of working and support from staff whose experience best matches student interests. It is intended to provide an experience from which you can emerge as a creative, able to work to professional standards. The staff team is drawn from nationally and internationally recognised designers and illustrators who bring their research and professional interests directly into the student environment.
Over the last two years alone, students on the graphic design and illustration course at the University of Hertfordshire have won commendations, prizes and work placements in a number of extremely high-profile national and international design competitions. These include: two ISTD awards, two YCN commendations, one Howard Smith Paper Design Awards commendation, one finalist in the Yahoo! Sharpener Awards, one runner-up in the Lloyds TSB Student Illustration Awards, one finalist in the V&A Student Illustration Awards, one "Best in Show" at D&AD's New Blood exhibition, one commendation and three "in book" in the D&AD Global Student Awards.
