This course will give you the experience and knowledge of a broad range of graphic design skills enabling you to successfully produce a portfolio to gain employment in the design industry. Students will: • have opportunities to work on 'live briefs' in the local community • build their confidence, presentation skills and abilities to work with real clients • undertake placements with our extensive alumni network • enjoy visits to design exhibitions and museums, and conferences • Small, friendly community of staff/students at our Regent Street campus. • High contact time with the programme team. • Develop ongoing relationships with our alumni network. • Offer advice and resources beyond graduation. • Contacts with top design companies throughout the UK, benefiting our students after graduation. • Teaching staff who are practitioners and research-active in the Creative Industries. • Visits to design exhibitions and museums, attendance at conferences. • Opportunities to work on real life, client-based project work. • Visiting principal cities in Europe attending conference, design exhibitions and galleries. • Close relationship with our careers team to develop students employability prospects. You can also choose to study this course as a four-year integrated masters option MDes Graphic Design UCAS code: 21C5 or as a foundation year BA (Hons) Graphic Design (four years including foundation year) UCAS code: W290

YEAR 1 (LEVEL 4) Your creative practice modules, with their emphasis on creating ideas and solving problems in an environment focusing on learning and teaching, will offer you a broad basis into the subject dicipline. The learning environment enables you to learn from others. These modules aim to provide a firm foundation of experience on which to build your confidence and holistic appreciation of the subject. Team assignments are particularly useful in helping you to make new friends and collaborate with students in other subject areas. Your work will receive continuious feedback from the staff team throughout your course. Emphasis will be placed on your personal growth and development as an aspiring designer. MODULES Contextual Studies 1 Creative Futures 1 Introductory Subject Studies Principles and Processes Ideas and Concepts Media and Techniques YEAR 2 (LEVEL 5) You will find these modules will consolidate and extend your self development. Within the practical modules you will extend your workshop experiences in print making, book binding and photography. There is flexibility during your studies to initiate collaboration through working with others at the Regent Street campus. You are expected to take responsibility for your own learning, develop action plans, and evaluate your personal development in response to assignments. MODULES Contextual Studies 2 Creative Futures 2 Extended Practice Practice in Context Specialist Study YEAR 3 (LEVEL 6) At this level, you will find you have the opportunity to expand your creativity in the direction of your future employment. This involves critical, analytical negotiated studies projects determining your own career path. Delivering your work through presentations will enable your confidence to grow in communicating your ideas. You will have responsibility for your own diary, monitored by the programme team, enabling you to work to strict deadlines. Your work will be showcased at the university's Summer Show, where local industry employers are invited to attend with views to employment opportunities. MODULES Contextual Studies 3 Creative Futures 3 Negotiated Study 1 The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.

There is continuous assessment throughout the course. We will advise you on your level of attainment and direct you towards a strategy for further progression on the programme. TEACHING AND LEARNING Wrexham Glyndŵr University is committed to supporting our students to maximise their academic potential. We offer workshops and support sessions in areas such as academic writing, effective note-making and preparing for assignments. Students can book appointments with academic skills tutors dedicated to helping deal with the practicalities of university work. Our student support section has more information on the help available. You will find your learning process a coherent one, which will emphasise the relationship between the various modules you will study and the assignments within them. The overall philosophy of our programme is based on student-centred learning and will provide you with the opportunity to utilise and extend your experience in a supportive environment. At the outset of the programme you will be expected to take responsibility for your own learning and to be proactively engaged in a variety of teaching and learning processes. The programme is structured to enable you to work in an interdisciplinary manner, to be flexible and enable you to develop individually. Your experience will also be supported by a personal tutor/tutorial system Independent learning is an important aspect of all modules as it enables students to develop both their subject specific and key skills. Independent learning is promoted through the feedback given to students, which takes several forms including small group and one-to-one discussions.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: W991

Institution code: G53

Campus Name: Wrexham

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Wrexham Glyndwr University takes into account a variety of qualifications and experience when considering applications to our programmes. If you are unsure if the qualifications you currently hold will be accepted for entry, or if you're not sure you'll achieve the required UCAS Tariff points, please contact us at enquiries@glyndwr.ac.uk for further advice and guidance.

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Northern Ireland	9000.0	Year 1
Scotland	9000.0	Year 1
Wales	9000.0	Year 1

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