Year 1
Digital Interpretations (Mandatory)
This module introduces key digital software and contexts, familiarising students with industry standard requirements and encouraging them to explore the creative potential of digital processes
Ideas Generation in Illustration (Mandatory)
This module introduces students to approaches and methods for the generation of ideas in order to solve visual communication problems.
Exploring Visual Language (Mandatory)
This module engages students with the activity of image making as a multi-faceted language, reinforcing the idea of drawing, mark-making and image construction as core skills to both the graphic designer and illustrator.
Typographic Exploration (Mandatory)
This module introduces the basic principles of formal typography and how type can be used creatively.
Print Media for Graphic Illustration (Mandatory)
This module explores a range of print processes and media for creating illustration outcomes.
Contextual Studies (Mandatory)
This module introduces the historical and contemporary contexts of Graphic Design and Illustration and explores their relationship to professional practice.
Year 2
Visual Identity (Mandatory)
This module develops a student’s understanding of contemporary visual branding and how a designer/illustrator communicates their clients’ identity.
Applied Ideas in Graphic Illustration (Mandatory)
This module allows students to explore how sequential narratives in applied contexts influence and affect an audience's interaction with illustrative outcomes.
Illustration for Screen (Mandatory)
This module allows students to develop their knowledge and digital skills in UX and UI illustration and design for screen-based communications.
Applying Critical Perspectives (Mandatory)
This module builds on Contextual Studies at Level 4 and introduces the underpinning research and writing skills needed to be able to approach a Dissertation at Level 6. It seeks to extend students’ critical questioning of their discipline and introduces design writing and publishing as a potential career option.
Year 3
Graphic Illustration Portfolio Development (Mandatory)
This year-long module focuses on the development of a Graphic Illustration Portfolio. Through reflective analysis and the completion of set and negotiated projects, it provides the student with the opportunity to produce work that represents their personal career ambitions. The module allows the student to bring together all that they have learnt on the course to date, and to develop a self-awareness of their personal creative process and how to produce highly effective and professionally realised visual communication outcomes.
Personal and Professional Critical Review (Mandatory)
This module allows students to explore the personal and professional career or postgraduate education options open to them. Through reflective creative projects, engagement with industry partners, discussions surrounding contemporary practice, and exercises that explore employability skills, the module seeks to position the student more confidently in their progression from higher education.
Dissertation (Mandatory)
The Dissertation provides an opportunity to conduct a significant piece of research that engages critically with the student’s own interests. It allows them to articulate their findings through a piece of academic writing and to position themselves as an emerging expert in their field of study.
