Graphic and Media Design

This inspiring degree will provide you with the creative and technical abilities needed to succeed in graphic and media design. You will be encouraged to personalise your journey throughout the course based on your passions and aptitudes, and to develop your own, unique graphic style. Our smaller group sizes mean you can access help from industry-active tutors and technicians – as and when you need it. And our studios offer a relaxed learning environment with plenty of individual work space. This course will equip you with key skills for exciting creative industry careers including: editorial design, branding, packaging design, graphic arts, information graphics, interactive design, graphic illustration, web design, app design, motion graphics, book arts, animation and advertising. We take an immersive, project-based approach to learning. This is supported by regular workshops teaching vital technical and software skills. Throughout the course, you’ll work on a wide range of external projects, developing your professional practice. Being part of a dedicated creative community at HCA means it is easy to cross boundaries, access an exciting range of workshops, and collaborate with students across other disciplines. Industry Links We have excellent connections with external employers, who provide many opportunities for commissioned work with live outcomes. Project partners have included SuperDry clothing, MASH Cinema and Hay Festival, amongst many others. HCA students have won awards in national design competitions such as D&AD & YCN. Our well-developed links with media industries in the region, London, and nationally, offer you invaluable professional experience, the chance of fantastic work placements, and a stimulating external speaker programme. In the past, final year students have exhibited at high profile graduate showcase exhibitions in London. After this Course Our students successfully gain employment across a range of graphic design and media specialisms such as editorial design, advertising, branding and digital design including website and interactive games design. Students may also go on to postgraduate study. Highlights 1. Learn from experienced, practising professionals whose work includes a wide variety of contemporary screen and print media. 2. Fantastic access to teaching staff, workshops, and equipment. 3. Collaborate with: photography, illustration, animation, and film making students. 4. Work alongside experienced professionals on live industry projects. 5. Explore your own passions, with the option of a graphic arts pathway. 6. Develop your unique graphic voice, free from the constraints of a house style.

UCAS Tariff - 80 points
We would normally expect applicants to have achieved 80 UCAS Tariff Points at entry but whilst qualifications are important, our offers are not solely based on academic results and we may make offers based on other evidence of talent and suitability for the course. Portfolio submission (where applicable) and successful interview or audition are required.