BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration

Course Overview

Increasingly in today's world of multimedia communication and publishing, illustrators and designers work with overlapping interests and on common projects. Joint Honors Graphic Design and Illustration is therefore full of possibility: many aspects of these disciplines are complementary and studying them in combination could lead to an innovative, interdisciplinary final year project. Both subject areas place emphasis on drawing as a tool for thinking and visualization and both nurture your creative development alongside the development of craft, digital, and 'transferable' skills that are applicable to a very wide range of graduate career and employment options. These will be further complemented by the Graphic Design courses focus on giving students the experience of working on live client briefs across its different areas of study. These will be further complemented by the Graphic Design courses focus on giving students the experience of working on live client briefs across its different areas of study including children's publishing, wayfinding and information graphics, branding, ID design, and sustainable design practices.

Graduates from this course have gone on to work in sectors such as publishing, graphic design, web design, media, and arts administration, or are self-employed. This course also provides an excellent basis for further studies. Its interdisciplinary nature means that students develop skills that are attractive to employers. In a Destinations Survey carried out by the University of Worcester Careers Service, 94% of Graphic Design students had found work or had gone on to further study within six months of graduating.

General Eligibility

104 UCAS Tariff points

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international applicants is 6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).