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Our courses are designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in their chosen field. We offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including:

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Our career guides are designed to help students choose the right course for their career aspirations. We offer career guides in the following areas:

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Popular Undergraduate Courses

We offer a range of popular undergraduate courses, including:

• Accounting, Finance and Economics
• Architecture
• Business and Management
• Computer Science
• English
• Film, Media and Screen
• Law
• Midwifery
• Nursing
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• Public Health
• Social Work and Social Care
• Sport and Physical Activity
• Teaching

Popular Postgraduate Courses

We offer a range of popular postgraduate courses, including:

• Business
• Civil Engineering and Built Environment
• Cyber Security
• Education
• Health Sciences
• Law
• Nursing

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• Disability Support
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Applying to university can seem daunting, but we are here to help. We offer a range of resources and support to help students through the application process.

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Research

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We are committed to research and innovation, and offer a range of research opportunities for students.

About our Research

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• Apply Direct

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Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

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• School of Creative Industries
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• University of Wolverhampton Business School
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• School of Allied Health and Midwifery
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• School of Architecture & Built Environment
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About Us

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We are a university with a long history and a strong commitment to education and research.

Our Staff

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Our History

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BA (Hons) Illustration with Foundation Year

Overview

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in illustration. We offer a range of modules and activities that help students develop their skills and knowledge in illustration.

What's unique about this course?

• Our modules are assessed on 100% course work.
• The National Student Survey 2022 and our students have awarded our BA (Hons) course with 100%
• We have a strong focus on live projects and employability with regular live projects set within industry

What happens on the course?

• BA (Hons) Illustration is assessed on 100% coursework.
• The curriculum is delivered through a series of projects, which will give you the opportunity to develop making and designing skills, conceptual ideas, contextual knowledge and understanding and experience of live industry briefs/external projects in the public domain.

Potential Career Paths

• Employability is core to the ethos of the School of Art’s learning and teaching, and Illustration provides opportunities from Level 4 to experience and engage with professional and industrial contacts.
• At Level 4 students are encouraged to encounter and experience all aspects of their specialist area and further embed themselves into the subject through visits and speakers.
• At Level 5 students will have the opportunity to experience professional practice and will work on subject-specific briefs led by external clients/organisations.
• At this level there will also be an emphasis on off-site/live projects/placements that offer opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborative practice.

Additional Information

• Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

• The School of Art houses a range of purpose built studio spaces and workshops with an extensive range of professional equipment not available in schools and colleges.
• Students at the School of Art are taught by practicing artists and designers working in academic and technical roles.
• These specialist practitioners teach both fundamental skills, support experimental and speculative practice and ensure practice is underpinned by knowledge and awareness of contemporary contexts.

What skills will you gain?

• BA (Illustration) offers an industry focus at all levels from introducing our students the different types of illustration employment at Level 4, to offering live brief and competition opportunities at Levels 5 and 6.
• Our students will also have experience of exhibiting and presenting work to a wide audience from Level 4 onwards, learning important transferable skills that can be applied to a number of other employment contexts.

Course Fees and Finance

• Location | Mode | Fee | Year
• Home | Full-time | £9250 per year |
• Home | Full-time | £9535 per year |
• Home | Part-time | £4625 per year# |
• International | Full-time | £14950 per year |
• International | Full-time | £15995 per year |

Entry Requirements

• Prepare for Foundation Pathway:- We will consider applicants who have not achieved 48 UCAS points (equivalence) from prior level 3 qualifications, if you have a keen interest in this subject area or hold relevant experience.
• You will be required to attend and pass a compulsory Prepare For Foundation assessment day where you will take part in a variety of activities which will assess your suitability for the course.

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan(Home Fee Status):
• Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility.
• To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.
• Changes for EU students:
• The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status.
• More information about the change is available at UKCISA:
• EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Self-funding:
• If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.
• For more information please contact the Gateway.
• Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:
• If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.
• We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Contact us

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How We Compare

• Find out how our course is rated on Discover Uni, the official website for comparing UK higher education courses

Full-time Course

• 100%say staff value students views and opinions about the course
• Data for courses in Design studies at University of Wolverhampton
• 95%of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
• Data for courses in Design studies at University of Wolverhampton
• 80%in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.
• Data for courses in Design studies at University of Wolverhampton

Part-time Course

• 70%in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.
• Data for courses in Creative arts and design over two years at University of Wolverhampton

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