Campus: 

London

Awarding Body: 

Pearson

Duration: 

HNC First Year - HND Second Year

Delivery: 

Full-time

Intakes: 

February, October

Application Deadline: 

EU Applicants: January 15 2020

UK Applicants: January 21 2020

Fees: 

UK/EU £6,500* (SFE funding available)

Academic Partner: 

Walsall College

Level 

HNC- level 4, HND- level 5

Non-Academic Entry Requirements: 

All applicants need to attend an interview and bring a portfolio of work that demonstrates a range of creative thinking and technical skills applied to your chosen subject or other design related projects. You will also undertake a literacy and numeracy diagnostic test. (Full list of entry requirements can be view below)

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.

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.

Graphic design has been gaining popularity in the design market. Our learners will have the opportunity to expand their work of artistic and creative nature. They will be offered the possibility of working flexibly, which provides many benefits on a personal and educational level. Our graphic designers will develop skills that will open the doors to creative expression, capturing different ideas, messages and emotions through newly created images.

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.

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.

There are no exams on this course as your work is assessed primarily by coursework. Here’s how we assess your work:

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.

**Progression to Higher National Diploma (HND) is subject to sufficient interest and student experience.