Art and Design (Graphics)

Course summary

Graphic design is an expansive and important part of modern culture. Branding, magazines, websites, fashion, film, and signage are all underpinned by graphic communication. This course will introduce you to a variety of different graphic design experiences working with both traditional and new technologies. You will have the opportunity to work practically and critically the result of which, will be a skilled and intellectual understanding of graphic communication. The course is broken down into several different areas of graphic communication. You will have the opportunity to investigate and create illustration, advertising, packaging design, design for print, computer graphics, multimedia, animation, film and TV design, and web design. Some of the skills and techniques that you will cover include, meaning, function, style, scale, color, and content. Moreover, you will learn employment-based skills such as responding to a brief.