**Overview** Redefine the world with a pencil or stylus on this BA (Hons) Illustration degree course. You’ll challenge convention in all spheres: from exploring illustration from new perspectives, to delving into its social, political and historical significance. You'll explore traditional and contemporary illustration techniques and the business essentials of the art form – and you can gain extra professional experience through a one-year placement, client projects, and entering design competitions. At the end of this course, you'll become an all-encompassing illustrator that stands out among competitors in the creative industries. **Course highlights** - Raise your professional profile by taking on live projects with local and international clients such as Anglepoise - Catch potential employers' eyes by exhibiting your work at national exhibitions and our annual Graduate Show - Have the chance to win eminent awards by entering international competitions like Design & Art Direction (D&AD), The Macmillan Prize, and the V&A Illustration Awards - Enrich your practical and industry experience by taking an optional one-year placement – either with a company or by setting up your own - Showcase your Adobe expertise to industry peers by gaining Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) qualifications - 90% Graduates in work or further study (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey conducted in 2019) **Careers and opportunities** The creative and technical abilities you develop on this course – in sequential storytelling, character animation, and visual storytelling – could lead to a variety of creative roles in design and media. You can also continue your studies at postgraduate level. Graduate areas Areas previous graduates have gone on to include: - artist book making - children’s book illustration - narrative illustration - print making - art direction - teaching Ongoing careers support Get experience while you study, with support to find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities, and work experience. You can also venture into freelancing, or set up and run your own business with help from the University Startup Team. Towards the end of your degree and for up to five years after graduation, you’ll receive one-to-one support from our Graduate Recruitment Consultancy to help you find your perfect role.

** Year 1 core modules:** Introduction to Professional Practice (20 credits); Introduction to Visual Culture (Illustration) (20 credits); Line, Colour and Development (40 credits); Research and Narrative (40 credits) | ** Year 2 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]: ** Bookworks; Graphic Medicine; Print Menagerie; Sequential Illustration; Social Sequences: Application | ** Year 2 optional modules [unless otherwise stated, all worth 20 credits each]: ** Art, Design and Performance Study Exchange (60 credits); Comic Book Industries; Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice; Professional Experience; Professional Skills Development; Student Enterprise; Visual Culture: Cult, Taste and Collecting; Visual Culture: Performing Identity; Visual Culture: Technology and the Image; Visual Culture: Visions Of The Body | ** Year 3 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]:** Applied Illustration Practice (20 credits); Illustration Professional Practice (20 credits); Illustration Project Review (20 credits); Illustration Self-Directed Project (40 credits) | ** Year 3 optional modules: ** Visual Culture: Dissertation; Visual Culture: Research Project

You’ll be assessed through: - written coursework - creative design group projects - self-led projects from initial concept to finished product - project presentations - sketchbooks and portfolio You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future. The way you’re assessed may depend on the modules you select. As a guide, students on this course last year were typically assessed as follows: - Year 1 students:100% by coursework - Year 2 students:100% by coursework - Year 3 students:100% by coursework

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

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: W220

Institution code: P80

Campus Name: Main Site

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The following entry points are available for this course:

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Year 3

We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.

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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	6.0	English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5.
PTE Academic	54.0	An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill.
TOEFL (iBT)	79.0	79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing.
Cambridge English Advanced		Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Cambridge English Proficiency		Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162.
Trinity ISE		Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components

English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

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EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
International	16200.0	Year 1

Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship Placement Year and Year abroad: UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 | EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)| International (Non-EU) – £1,800. Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice. Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation. For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees

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