Graphic Design

Description

Why study Graphic Design at Dundee?

Graphic design is about the visual communication of ideas. At Dundee we will challenge you with a range of design projects set by tutors, external design agencies and international design bodies. Your learning experience will be supported by lectures, tutorials, workshops and exposure to professional bodies through our study programme and our unique industry placement scheme.

We aim to provide a working environment that is reflective of contemporary professional practice. Each year-group works in a design studio, and each student has a personal work desk. We believe that this helps to support good communication, a more intimate teaching environment and improved peer learning. We believe in building community.

While many courses around the UK offer elective modules in different media, we have determined that all of our students will engage in the broadest spectrum of practice. All of our students study design for print, typography, branding and marketing, motion-graphic design, video editing, design for web and apps, as well as traditional media e.g. screen-printing.

Placement scheme

You will have the opportunity to participate in an established placement scheme with design agencies across the UK, and you will also present your work at an end-of-year exhibition.

'New Blood'

Final year students gain valuable experience and exposure within the graphic design world by taking part in 'New Blood' - a showcase of the best graduates in graphic design, visual communication, advertising and other commercial creative arts.

At the end of the course you will be able to:

• understand the graphic design process
• demonstrate an effective personal visual vocabulary
• understand historical and contemporary influences on design
• use computer aided design from initial concept to final outcome
• cohesively answer a design brief

Student exchange

Students can apply to take part in a student exchange for a period of one or two semesters to a European or international partner institution: destinations include France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. You will have the opportunity to participate in an established placement scheme with design agencies across the UK. You will also present your work at an end-of-year exhibition.

Communication Design

Graphic design is one of three courses that comprise the communication design programme (animation, graphic design and illustration). While following your course in graphic design, you will also gain a broad educational experience by being provided with a wide range of opportunities for you to engage with generic communication design issues as well as your pathway choice in graphic design. The goal is to deliver agile and flexible graduate designers who have a broad understanding of communication design coupled with deep knowledge and expertise in their chosen subject pathway.

For examples of student work, staff profiles, and news from Graphic Design,

Careers

With the wide range of skills that you will develop on the design programmes, you will be prepared not only to practise as a designer in your chosen field but also to meet the challenges of a variety of different career paths. Recent graduates have been employed in a wide variety of fields of work including:

• Freelance design
• Packaging design
• Branding
• Digital based media
• Advertising
• Television & motion graphics
• animation
• TV/theatre set and exhibition design
• games industry

• business
• arts management
• architectural and interior design
• lighting design
• landscape design
• sound
• CAD
• teaching

Placements, live project work and participation in national and international competitions all hone the employability and aspirations of our students. Students have found employment with many major design studios and organisations such as:

• BBC
• Sky TV
• Nokia
• Audi
• Chanel
• XBox 360
• Wolff Olins

Postgraduate study

Some graduates choose to continue their studies at postgraduate level on our taught Masters degree or PhD programmes.

Enterprise

Others have gone on to establishing their own successful businesses. Extra curriculum activities such as the Enterprise Gym help students cultivate entrepreneurial skills. The Greenhouse Business Pre-Incubator facility provides ambitious students with an office space to explore their business idea.

Jim Richardson graduated in in 1998. He now runs a design agency called Sumo in Newcastle upon Tyne, which specialises in working with clients in the arts and cultural sectors. This can be anything from developing a Facebook application for the BBC to creating an advertising campaign for the Natural History Museum, from branding art galleries, to building exhibitions on design. He says: "My agency has employed four graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone over the past ten years, and I always know where to go when I am looking for talented young designers."

Colin Bennett graduated in 2005. After several years of working as Design Director for companies such as Atalanta and Stand, Colin is currently employed as Art Director for Apple in California.

Andy Stewart graduated in 2007. He is currently a Visual Designer for Android at Google in San Francisco.

Tim Brown graduated in 2007 and started as a junior designer with the Partners in London. He is now a Design Director in their Singapore office.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline January 15 Tuition fee

The fees you pay will, in most cases, depend on your current country of residence.

The fee shown is annual, and may be subject to an increase each year.

Fee category

Fees for students starting September 2015

Scottish students

£1,820 per year of study (for Sept 2014 entry). Fees for September 2015 will be confirmed by the Scottish Government in early 2015.

Rest of UK students

£9,000 per year, for a maximum of 3 years, even if you are studying a four year degree. See our scholarships for rest of UK applicants.

EU students

£1,820 per year of study (for Sept 2014 entry). Fees for September 2015 will be confirmed by the Scottish Government in early 2015.

Overseas students (non-EU)

£12,950 per year of study. See our scholarships for international applicants.

Not specified Start date September 2015 Course starts in september Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test

• English

Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Full-time

Course Content

How you will be taught

Your learning experience will be supported by:

• lectures,
• tutorials,
• workshops,
• visits to design agencies.

What you will study Level 1

Students can enter Graphic Design after successfully completing our Art and Design (General Foundation) course (apply for course WW12) or on successful completion of a recognised Foundation Course or equivalent (apply for course W210).

Level 2

• Tutor set briefs
• Typography
• Design for print and screen
• Computer aided design
• Drawing
• Contextual studies

In Level 2 you will apply and develop your skills.

Level 3

In Level 3 you explore.

• Tutor-set briefs
• Typography
• Design for print and screen
• Live project work
• National competitions
• Contextual studies
• Business studies
• Work placement
• Elective modules such as Visual Effects, Comic Art & Graphic Novels, Printmaking etc
• Optional one semester of exchange study at an international institution

Level 4

• Self-directed programme of study
• Professionally endorsed national competitions
• Supporting stidy elective
• Exhibitions in Dundee and London

How you will be assessed

Progress is monitored as an integral part of the teaching process. Module tutors will conduct an assessment of completed work and supporting studies at the end of each part of the module and aggregate these assessments to provide a final mark for the module.

Requirements

See Course Homepage for Full Details

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Dundee.