Program Overview

Graphic Design with Foundation BA Honours

Overview

Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster.

Course Structure

Each year you’ll study a mix of core and collaborative modules complementing these with choices from a wide and varied range of optional modules. You’ll learn through a dynamic mix of formats including workshops, lectures, seminars, critiques and technical sessions. In project work you’ll collaborate with students from your course and other disciplines, helping you to build your team-working and communication skills.

Foundation

• Critical Thinking in a Changing World
• Explorations in Art and Design
• Extended Project in Art and Design
• Fundamentals of Art and Design
• Introduction to Academic Practice
• Themes in Art and Design

Year 1

• Creative Industry Skills
• Design Cultures
• Digital Practice
• Graphic Explorations
• Typographic Explorations

Optional modules:

• 2D Computer Animation
• 2D Game Art & Design
• Drawing Explorations
• Elective

Year 2

• Branding and Identity
• Collaborative Practice
• Sequence and Message
• Visual Representation and Information

Optional modules:

• Concepting for Games
• Extended Reality for Creatives
• Stop-Motion Animation
• UX/UI Design
• VFX for Film and Games
• Visual Storytelling
• Web Design
• Elective

Placement Year

• Extended Work Placement (Visual Media)
• Study Abroad (Visual Media)

Year 3

• Critical Design
• Major Project (Graphic Design)
• Professional Practice

Optional modules:

• Character Performance
• Critical Enquiry for Creatives
• Designing Narrative Experiences
• Entrepreneurship for Creatives
• Experimental Image Making
• Publishing and Print
• Elective

Entry Requirements

UK

• A levels – DD (48 UCAS Tariff points)
• T levels – 48 UCAS Tariff points
• International Baccalaureate – 48 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme
• BTEC Extended Diploma – PPP
• BTEC Diploma – MP
• Access – 48 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course

In addition to one of the above, you should have:

• GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher level
• GCSE Maths Pass - IB Pass

If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.

International

• International Baccalaureate – 48 UCAS Tariff points from all components of the Diploma Programme
• We accept a wide range of international high school level qualifications
• We work in partnership with Kaplan International College London who provide International Foundation Certificate courses for students who don’t meet our entry requirements

English Language Requirements

• If your first language is not English, you should have an IELTS score of 6.0 overall, with a score of 5.5 in each component
• If you don't meet the English language requirements yet, then we offer online and on campus pre-sessional English programmes to help develop your English language skills to the required level before you start your course

Portfolio Guidance

• We are very interested in your potential as a student, and in support of your application we ask you to prepare a visual portfolio of 10 (minimum) to 15 (maximum) images of art, design or media work to reflect your course of interest
• We accept drawing and painting, graphic design and illustration, photography, printmaking and digital prints, sculpture and installations, moving image, 3D and product design
• Film, video and animation files should be uploaded on YouTube or similar website and links should be provided as part of your Portfolio
• If you include moving image, then there should be a maximum of 3 video files – and each file must be no longer than 3 minutes duration

Fees and Funding

UK

• UK tuition fee: £9,535 (Price per academic year)
• Fees are subject to UK Government Parliamentary procedure
• As well as tuition fee loans, there is a range of funding available to help you fund your studies
• The University is dedicated to supporting ambitious and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible undergraduate students, which cover all or part of your tuition fees

International

• International tuition fee: £17,000 (Price per academic year)
• When you have enrolled with us, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us
• We do not increase International tuition fees
• If you are an international student accepted on an undergraduate programme starting in September 2024 or September 2025 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first year) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification only, you will be awarded a tuition fee reduction which will align your fee more closely to the one for UK students

Teaching and Assessment

• Teaching methods across all our undergraduate courses focus on active student learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, problem-based and blended learning, and where appropriate practical application
• Learning typically falls into three broad categories: Scheduled hours, Placement, Independent study
• Our undergraduate courses include a wide variety of assessments
• Assessments typically fall into three broad categories: Practical, Written exams, Coursework

Facilities

• We provide dedicated studio space for each cohort which includes both collaborative and individual workspace
• Our studios are equipped with computers, photocopiers, printers and scanners for IT and digital production
• Our facilities accommodate many different techniques including screen printing, relief printing, photography, animation, painting, drawing, 3D fabrication and digital printing, laser cutting

Location

• Harrow is our creative and cultural hub, home to most of our arts, media and digital courses
• Harrow Campus is based in north-west London, just 20 minutes from the city centre by train

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• Animation with Foundation BA Honours
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