BA (HONS) GRAPHICS & ILLUSTRATION

BA (HONS) GRAPHICS & ILLUSTRATION

This course offers a dynamic and exciting approach to the practice of Graphics & Illustration. By fostering the development of great ideas and challenging existing

thinking in the subject, you will be equipped with the tools to help define your future and find an individual voice within the field of visual communication.

You will be encouraged to explore innovative and experimental methods of defining your practice as a credible designer or illustrator. Teaching comprises of hands-on

workshops and talks by industry professionals. You will also have an opportunity to showcase your work at the Cambridge Art & Design Exhibition and in the London

Graduate Show.

FANTASTIC TR ACK RECORD OF PROGRESS ING STUDENTS INTO WORK OR A MASTER’S AT THE BESTINSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART AND UNIVERS IT Y OF THE ARTS LONDON

YEAR ONE...Through the integration of practical workshops and

themed project assignments, you will explore thefundamental basics of visual communication. Emphasis

is placed on idea development as you pull together your own unique visual language.

“I have a sketchbook worth of research and ideas which has really built up my confidence. It’s amazing how quickly the whole class has developed and adjusted with the course. The small class size and the tutors are so accessible, you get the attention there and then, when you need it. I love the fact we have our own Macs, it’s

fantastic - I couldn’t fault the facilities.”

Rachel Hannah Smith | BA (Hons) Graphics & Illustration

YEAR TWO...Modules build on existing knowledge and creative

thinking but they also allow you todevelop skills within a chosen specialism. By

exploring themes, concepts and a wide range of media, the focus remains on refining your

individual direction with the aid of self-evaluation.

YEAR THREE...This is the culmination of your study and the beginning of a career in the creative arts environment. The year begins with a variety of projects that support a critical and imaginative approach to visual communication. A self-initiated

programme of study follows, where you will explore a specific area of interest in depth. Aided by tutors and industry specialists, you will complete a full body of work from which to select your own professional portfolio.

WHAT TO EXPECT

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“I have enjoyed the people on the course the most - compared to other classes it feels more of a community and with a family vibe. Everyone in my year supports each other and tutors always make time to help you out which is really refreshing.”

Kenneth Wilson Gardner Jr | BA (Hons) Graphics & Illustration

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Age 18 years +

Educational Level A levels plus Foundation, Access to Higher Education or equivalent

English Level IELTS 6.0+ (IELTS 5.5+ will be considered, with no element below 5.5)

Portfolio Good portfolio of work

UCAS Code C06

UCAS Course Code W990

Course Length 3 years

Course Start September

Contact Time Up to 27 hours per week

English Language Up to 5 hours per week if required

Progression You can study at Postgraduate level or f ind careers within industry including Magazine Publishing or Advertising and roles such as Graphic Designer, Art Director, Freelance Illustrator

PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ARE AT THE HEART OF THE

COURSE, AND AS A STUDENT,

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO

EXPLORE INNOVATIVE AND

EXPERIMENTAL WAYS OF

DEFINING YOUR

PRACTICE AS A DESIGNER

OR ILLUSTRATOR.

YEAR ONE SUBJECT MODULES...

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

CREATIVE SKILLS 1This module is designed to establish a solid platform of practical skills and approaches to Graphic Design and

Illustration practice. The module involves process-based workshops where you are introduced to key skills and techniques. Workshops will act as a bridging period of study to establish more a consistent level of skills and

awareness among students with a mixture of prior learning experiences. Project work will be contextualised

through themed projects; outcomes are presented as representations of final products, for example, as a book

or poster.

VISUAL COMMUNICATIONThis module builds upon a wide range of previous learning experiences. Typically the module begins

with exploratory quick fire projects, brainstorming and problem solving. Project briefs are designed to

develop critical thinking skills, design development and will focus on helping you to select a pathway within

graphic design or illustration. You will be encouraged to employ divergent thinking, to stretch your perceptions of creative thinking and creative practice. Ethical issues will be considered within the discipline as you explore a range of visual languages. Projects will involve individual and group work (including two and three-dimensional

design skills).

VISUAL EXPRESSION 1The module focuses on the communication of ideas

(and thinking), and establishes good working practices in relation to the research and development of visual

communication project work. You will explore a range of visual thinking and research methodologies and basic elements of design vocabulary as a means of

exploring, developing, expressing and realising ideas. The module is designed to conclude by providing you

with an introduction to professional presentation skills. You will present work selected from the projects undertaken during level 4, work which best represents

the knowledge and skills (learning outcomes of the Field) developed during the year.

HISTORY OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION 1

The module will familiarise you with the history of graphic design and illustration to enable you to begin

to develop an understanding of conventions within the field. It will pay particular attention to changes in the

field during the last few decades. You will be exposed to a wide range of historical, social, political, economic and

cultural contexts and will be introduced to a range of the key issues influencing some of the critical debates used to examine contemporary visual culture. The module will encourage you to reflect critically and to begin to

locate your own work in a broad contextual framework. You will be introduced to key study skills and academic

protocols. Throughout levels 4, 5 and 6, subject lectures occur alongside research and writing skills seminars, which aim to provide you with the skills necessary to formulate informed arguments, and to present their

ideas using appropriate methods and protocols. At level 4, these seminars focus primarily on writing skills.

YEAR TWO SUBJECT MODULES...

CREATIVE SKILLS 2This module will further develop a range of

professional practical skills and approaches to Graphic Design and Illustration practice. Projects involve

process-based workshops where you are introduced to advanced skills and techniques. Workshops will support a transition period of study and will develop specialist skills as you begin to specialise; projects offered will

enable selection and progression to elected specialist activity; focus is placed on you developing skills related

to a chosen specialism.

VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2This module is concerned with the continued development of conceptual ability, explorative

thinking and innovative communication. The module will establish ways of building a body of work and

individual approach to graphic design and illustration practice. It supports the exploration of the potential

for communication through a wide range of media and in diverse contexts. In fulfilling project work, you will be encouraged to employ technical skills developed

in other modules. You will document project development work, from concept to final design

solution, and national and international competitions may well form the basis for project briefs.

The module explores the notion of designer/illustrator as instigator or ‘author’ and involves the establishment

of an individual direction of creative enquiry. A range of quick fire assignments of varying length

and emphasis will enable you to stretch your critical thinking skills developed in earlier modules. Self-

evaluation plays a critical role in project development.

END OF YEAR PRESENTATION PORTFOLIO

The module is designed to provide you with experience of professional presentation skills and the development of key knowledge and skills involved in creative career management. You will present work selected from the projects undertaken during level 5 (work which best represents the knowledge and skills developed during level 5) and work on a collaborative design project, a

celebration of the year.

VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN RESEARCH: CONCEPTS, IDEAS &

THEORIESThe module provides you with an opportunity to

reflect critically upon your own work and to locate it in the context of contemporary practice. This module

introduces you to some of the key issues informing contemporary design research. The module explores some of the psychological motivations underpinning design practice and the sublimated impulses behind consumption. You will be introduced to some of the

analy tical and critical methodologies used to describe design, material and visual culture. Attention is given to the analysis of concepts, ideas and theories related to your own creative practice. The module will enable you to develop conceptual and analy tical skills and to deconstruct assumptions. All issues covered will be described in relation to the work of contemporary practitioners. At level 5, while writing skills remain an integral part of the curriculum, the emphasis of

seminars is on critical analysis. Level 5 you are required to reflect upon key texts from your chosen discipline, with the aim of improving your critical analysis skills so that you may be prepared for compiling the literature

review, which forms an important part of their work at level 6.

YEAR THREE SUBJECT MODULES...

VISUAL COMMUNICATION 3This module is concerned with the exploration,

development and synthesis of conceptual, theoretical and practical skills to create compelling communication

solutions, which communicates individual voice and point of view. The module presents a series of set and self-initiated assignments that support a critical, individual

and imaginative approach to visual communication. Normally between 2 to 5 projects involving different levels of commitment, scope and ranges of media are

undertaken.

MAJOR PROJECTThis module will offer the opportunity for you to

develop a self-initiated project that showcases your own area of interest. The project enables you to foreground

your specialist development in design research, whilst demonstrating your capacity for creative visual resolution. The work developed and finalised in this

module will become the driving force of work exhibited at the end of year show, enabling you to showcase your

oeuvre to a wider audience.

PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO & DEGREE SHOW

This module is concerned with the research and development of professional practice and the

understanding of a range of routes and roles possible within design practice; you are required to develop and present a professional portfolio, which shows

understanding of how best to promote and present your work, and skills, to potential clients within design

practice. The content of the portfolio will come from negotiated projects; you will define project

work relevant to the practice of Graphic Design or Illustration (or both). The module includes professional

practice talks by industry specialists and recent graduates from across the spectrum of communication

design to support individual research, initiative and evaluation in the development of specific and relevant career routes and personal goals. The module offers

the opportunity for professional placements and work experience.

DISSERTATIONThe module requiresyou to work independently; to exercise and deploy knowledge and skills acquired in

earlier stages of the programme; to focus in depth on a specific and discrete topic in a given field; to develop

and sustain a thesis, within a guiding theoretical framework. The preparation of a dissertation

proposal, is to be approved by the Module Leader. At level 6, you are involved in intensive research training.

In Level 6 seminars and tutorials, you explore ways to define and refine research questions, identify and

employ appropriate texts in the formulation and support of arguments, critically analyse texts and

artefacts, assess the value of sources, and structure their own responses.

• An iMac for each student

• Your own dedicated workspace

• 5 days a week teaching, more than anyone else

• Small class sizes, no more than 15 students to 1 teacher

• Lecturers based in your studio all day every day

• Studio access 7 days a week

• Guaranteed participation in an end-of-year show

• Guaranteed Graduate Show in London

• Outstanding teachers who are working artists and designers, bringing industry links and real insight to the world of work

• Guest speakers offering one-to-one advice, helping you to build industry contacts

• Support for every individual student and tailor the programme to the career pathway you wish to take.

• Exceptionally talented teachers who will teach you real skills that will be invaluable throughout your whole career

• A dynamic and global community bringing opportunities, international contacts and friendships.

• English support to help with essay and dissertation writing

• Free printing up to A3 colour (average cost at other institutions £1 per A3 colour sheet)

WE PROVIDE

F IVE DAYS A WEEK TE ACHING , MORE THAN ANY WHERE ELSE

SMALL CL ASS S IZES WITH NO MORE THAN 15 STUDENTS TO ONE LEC TURER

LEC TURERS BASED IN YOUR STUDIOS ALL DAY EVERY DAY, PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL AT TENTION

...THIS IS WHAT MAKES CSVPA UNIQUE

SEMESTER AMonday 26th September 2016 to Friday 27th January 2017

Christmas Vacation: Saturday 17th December 2016 to Sunday 8th January 2017

SEMESTER BMonday 30th January 2017 to Wednesday 28th June 2017

Easter Vacation: Thursday 6th April 2017 to Wednesday 19th April 2017

SEMESTER DATES 2016–17

TUITION FEES 2016–17

HOME/EU TUITION FEES 2016 TO 2017

INTERNATIONAL TUITION FEES 2016 TO 2017

*A 2% advance payment discount is given on programmes of 2 semesters or more if payment for tuition and accommodation fees is made in full at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the course.

All programmes are subject to a £200 registration fee and a refundable deposit payment of £2,300 (refundable after the completion of your course)

Annual Fees

BA(Hons) Graphics & Illustration Awarded by Kingston University £9,000

Discounted Advance Price*

2 Semesterly Payments

Per Semester

BA(Hons) Graphics & Illustration Awarded by Kingston University £18,700 £19,080 £9,450

The catered accommodation fees include breakfast, lunch and an evening meal on weekdays and brunch and supper at the weekend during term time. Day students or self-catered students will need to purchase meals required. College policy is such that all under 18s are catered.

Catered Early Bird Discount#

Discounted Advance Price #

3 Terms Termly Semesterly

Halls of residence, catered £12,655 £13,055 £13,320 £4,440 £6,660

Homestay, catered £8,810 £9,085 £9,270 £3,090 £4,635

Self Catered Early Bird Discount#

Discounted Advance Price #

3 Terms Termly Semesterly

Halls of residence, self-catered £10,350 £10,675 £10,890 £3,630 £5,445

Additional Fees

Registration Fee £200

Refundable Deposit £2,300

Weekly Fees During Vacation:Catered - Under 18 years old £670

Catered - Over 18 years old £400

Self-catered - Over 18 years old £300

Additional Fees

• Coursebooks, some materials and examination fees (as applicable)• Optional social activities (as applicable)

Storing Belongings During Vacations

No charge until Term 3 or Semester 2 finishes. Students who wish to store their belongings over the Summer will incur a storage fee. Prices from £110 (for 12 wks) but students must confirm with the College after arrival.

Please note:Christmas vacation – CSVPA and all accommodation will be completely closed during this time. All students are required to return home or stay with approved family or guardians.

Easter/Summer Vacation – students may choose to stay in college accommodation during this time. However, an additional weekly fee will be charged and stays must be arranged one term in advance (in the first term students must notify the college within 2 weeks of arrival). Students may be required to move to alternative accommodation at this time.

ACCOMMODATION FEES 2016–17

Airport TransfersAll unaccompanied students under 16 will incur an additional £50 fee

Heathrow £190

Gatwick £220

Stansted £110

Other London £190

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