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BA (Hons) Graphic Design

University of Portsmouth ( Navitas ), United Kingdom
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Course Overview

When you finish the course, our Careers and Employability service can help you find a graphic design job that puts your skills to work in the creative industries. You can get help, advice, and support for up to 5 years as you advance in your career. You could work in many areas of media, including magazine design, publishing, branding and design agencies, art direction and advertising website design work in the television and film industries, and further study and research.

You can work across various creative industries with the skills and knowledge you gain from this course. In 15 months after graduating, 90% of Graphic Design graduates have already started work or are pursuing further studies (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey 2019), so you'll be in excellent company.

Areas you could work in include magazine design publishing, branding and design, advertising, web design, and TV and film. You could also set up your own business, work as a freelancer, or go on to postgraduate study.

General Eligibility

Typical offers

Levels – BBB–BBC

UCAS points – 112-120 points to include a minimum of 2 A levels, or equivalent (calculate your UCAS points)

T levels – Merit

BTECs (Extended Diplomas) – DDM–DMM

International Baccalaureate – 25

Part Time Work Details

Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Core modules:

  • Information Design

  • Introduction to Graphic Design

  • Introduction to Visual Culture

  • Research-Informed Design Thinking

  • Typography and Layout

  • Screen Design - Motion Graphics

2 Year 2

Core modules:

  • Editorial Design

  • Ethical Design

  • Professional Practice – Design Studio Practice

  • User Experience Design

Optional modules

  • Art, Design, and Performance Study Exchange

  • Engaged Citizenship through Interdisciplinary Practice

  • Experimental Practice – HyperGraphics

  • Professional Experience

  • Student Enterprise

  • Modern Foreign Language (Institute-Wide Language Programme)

  • Visual Culture: Cult, Taste, and Collecting

  • Visual Culture: Performing Identity

  • Visual Culture: Technology and the Image

  • Professional Practice – Design Studio Practice

  • Visual Culture: The Body in Practice

3 Year 3

Core modules

  • Major Project in Graphic Design – Research and Development

  • Major Project in Graphic Design - Resolution and Presentation

  • Professional Practice – Design Brief and Competitions

  • Professional Practice – Independent Design Practice

  • Professional Practice – Promotion and Employability

Optional modules

  • Visual Culture: Dissertation

  • Visual Culture: Research Project

Language Requirement

  • IELTS5.5
  • TOEFL59
  • PTE50
  • Duolingo69
English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.

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