Graphic Communication at University of Nicosia

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Overview Aims and ObjectivesThe Graphic Communication programme from University of Nicosia aims to:Equip students with the understanding and appropriate skills to operate effectively within a competitive and diverse design industry.Stimulate students to develop their own interests within the broad field of enquiry offered by the subject and to develop a range of intellectual, visual, technical and social skills.Provide learners with the means for lifelong learning within the professional or educational environment.Provide reflective and responsive graphic design training which is directly relevant to the changing needs of the creative and manufacturing industries.Develop a range of processes and skills, including design studio skills, multimedia skills, as well as business awareness and historical and theoretical knowledge in order to test individual ideas and solutions.Encourage students to become more self critical, display critical judgment and challenge assumptions and prejudice.Provide students with the opportunity to study and practice graphic design in the context of the area of visual communication or engage in postgraduate study.Make students aware of the professional practice of graphic design; this will be achieved through a programme of work that combines visiting lecturers from industry, real-life projects, competitions and study visits.The programme has both an academic and a market orientation. It focuses on studying and discussing developments in the graphic communication academic field but it also reflects the needs and requirements of the national and international graphic design industry.Career ProspectsIn Graphic Communication the human eye is the basic channel of communication; the history, the theory and the practice of the graphic language play an important role as the latter significantly affects our everyday life. From daily newspapers to school books, the packaging of products in hypermarkets and the logos on shop signs, the signage at the airports and movie titles, the advertising giant posters and the screens of our mobile phones, graphic language is present and aims to communicate. For the planning, organisation and design of graphic language – special knowledge is required. The content of the programme offers students substantial tools and equips them with comparative advantages that will enable them to either get leading positions in the professional sector or pursue high level postgraduate studies.The programme provides excellent career opportunities for those who wish to become professional typographic and graphic designers, illustrators and web designers in areas including publishing (magazines, books, academic, electronic), information architecture, corporate identity and branding, digital and on-line media and work as designers for museums and galleries and more. Many of our graduates go into information management, research work and teaching.

The Graphic Communication programme from University of Nicosia provides an integrated, stimulating education in design for students who wish to obtain a firm grounding in the practice of the subject, informed by theory and history.

Disciplines

Graphic Design

Media Studies & Mass Media

Design

Requirements

Other Requirements

1 : The minimum admission requirement to an undergraduate programme of study is a recognized High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) or equivalent internationally recognized qualification(s). Students with a lower HSLC grade than 7.5/10 or 15/20 or equivalent depending on the grading system of the country issuing the HSLC are provided with extra academic guidance and monitoring during the first year of their studies.In addition to the above all applicants are expected to submit a portfolio of art/design/multimedia, ideally in both electronic and physical form.Portfolios will be submitted by the applicant during an interview, which may be conducted online, scheduled by the University of Nicosia and will be assessed by the Department’s admissions panel. The interview takes the form of a discussion around the applicant’s range of skills and interests, focusing on the portfolio of work in graphic and/or multimedia design, the arts or related areas.

Graphic Communication

University of Nicosia

Cyprus,

Nicosia

Graphic Communication

University of Nicosia

University of Nicosia

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