Course Overview

Students apply to the course predominantly from graphic design courses but are welcomed from a variety of backgrounds (if they can show an aptitude for typography). Students may have studied photography, architecture, illustration, interaction design, three-dimensional design, fine art, or, subjects such as journalism, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, or sociology. Whatever your background, youll be required to reflect on your worldview; the underlying assumptions, and understanding that guides and constrains your practice, and to use this reflection as a starting point from which to further develop. Your practice can take many forms: it can be self-expressive, or socially orientated; print, screen-based or three-dimensional. It can focus on an aspect of a well-defined area of design, such as branding, experimental typography, publishing, and user-centered design, or on something more unconventional defined as part of your study. Graphic designers often work in groups, sometimes comprising members from different disciplines. MA Graphic Design provides many opportunities to work in interdisciplinary ways as it sits alongside the courses of other disciplines. Many of the taught sessions such as the introduction to research methods and processes occur in these interdisciplinary groups. At other times however youll be developing your project with your supervisor and other students on your course. This will require you to develop a theoretical framework, methodology, and research methods that support your research focus.

General Eligibility

As part of your application to this course, wed like to see your portfolio. To find out more about what to include in your portfolio, you can download our portfolio guidelines here.

Part Time Work Details

N/A

Language Requirement

• IELTS score of 6.5 or above