"My classmates are all from different cultures and backgrounds from all around the world, so it also helps me to learn more about others."
Iraide Garai
HND Fashion & Textiles
HNC/HND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Undergraduate
COURSE OVERVIEW
The HNC/HND in Graphic Design will enable you to develop your creative ability and technical graphic skills, allowing you to determine the career path you wish to take. The course is delivered via a combination of practical workshops, lectures, one-to-one tutorials and field trips to galleries and museums. You will engage in creating your own portfolio and will have the choice to specialise within a discipline of your choice, such as illustration, digital media, advertising or typography.
| KEYFACTS | |
| Campus: | London |
| Awarding Body: | Pearson |
| Duration: | HNC First Year - HND Second Year |
| Delivery: | Full-time |
| Intakes: | October and March |
| Fees: | UK/EU £6200 (SFE funding available) Additional Costs: £200 to include costs of travel to external venues and events |
| Academic Partner: | Walsall College |
| Level | HNC- level 4, HND- level 5 |
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR
The course is aimed at students wanting to develop a career in various strands of the Graphic Design industry such as magazine design, publishing, branding and design agencies, art direction and advertising, website design, work in the television and film industries, founding their own design studio, further study and research. Our students also develop skills that can enable them to develop careers in a wide range of related industries such as Arts Administration, Education, Media Practice and research and much more.
WHY TAKE THIS COURSE
- We foster a creative and professionally focused environment for each student to ensure that the knowledge acquired, contributes to the brokering of new connections and an empowering career.
- Through our curriculum and the diversity within the classroom and student community you can enjoy a dynamic, creative and culturally inspiring education
- Experience an interdisciplinary, discursive and innovative approach to Higher Education that involves the fostering of an enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit.
WHAT WILL I EXPERIENCE
This course enables further development and exploration of your studies to HNC/D level. You will build on your prior learning to explore advanced typography along with design projects based around: corporate identity and advertising (for print and screen). Live/competition work is a major part of the programme. The course culminates in a negotiated final major project and exhibition.
The aim of the HNC/D Graphic Design is to enable you to develop conceptual, cultural, creative and practical skills and to encourage flexibility, knowledge, skills and motivation as a basis for future studies and career development.
A large part of the course will stretch you in terms of cultural understanding and the interpretation of it in contemporary and historical design and although this course will give you a vocational training that will ready you for industry, it will also act as a tool to open your mind, make new associations in your environment and will make you begin to question the depth and originality of responses.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and skills in the field of graphic design
- Develop higher-level skills in a graphic design context
- Develop range of skills and techniques and attributes essential for successful performance in working life
- Ability to manage the delivery of various media and design projects
- Demonstrate critical awareness and ability to research and synthesize complex information
- Ability to communicate and present information and ideas in various forms
- Develop ability to handle information.
TUITION
LCCA also host guest speakers from the graphic design sector and advertising agencies to speak to you about their experiences. You will be taught to engage with the rapidly evolving market of digital design and visual communication on a local, national and global scale, in line with the demands of a fast-expanding industry.
The programme is complimented by visits to studio’s, agencies and industry practitioners; as well as attendance to Museums, Galleries and Exhibitions. The school takes part in international competitions, submits tenders and collaborates with companies thus allowing individual students or whole classes to take part in external professional offers – and ‘live projects’ which are always stimulating during their training period.
TEACHING
We offer a variety of engaging teaching methods from workshops, lectures, group critique and seminars, to individual tutorials. There is also emphasis on hands-on practical sessions which contributes towards the strong studio culture that has developed within the subject area.
ASSESSMENT
There are no exams on this course as your work is assessed primarily by coursework. Here’s how we assess your work:
- project presentations
- research and developmental work
- design portfolios
- written essays or reports
PROGRESSION
This qualification gives you the opportunity to progress directly into employment in the graphic design industry. Upon completion, you with be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to produce graphic content for a number of design industries, such as advertising, magazine and fine art. You may also choose to progress onto high education in the form of professional qualifications or a degree.
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