The FdA Graphic Design course embraces practices and ideas aligned to contemporary Graphic Design, and broader design practices as a whole. Through the course you will gain both practical and theoretical knowledge surrounding the topic of Graphic Design. You will also undertake work-related study to help compound your learning. This will ensure you will leave with the necessary skills to work creatively in Graphic Design and lead on to study at Level 6 of the BA (Hons) course at the University of Bedfordshire.

Units

• Context And Ideas (ART057-1) Compulsory
• Graphic Design (Development & Production Methods) (ART025-1) Compulsory
• Graphic Design (Practice & Key Skills) (ART024-1) Compulsory
• Foundation Degree Art And Design Project (ART014-2) Compulsory
• Foundation Degree Project Planning Development And Work Based Learning (ART013-2) Compulsory
• Key Ideas In Art And Design: Globalisation (ART001-2) Compulsory

A range of appropriate assessments will enable you to grow in confidence and demonstrate your acquisition of knowledge and skills. The assessment methods used across the course include: - Coursework to include examples of print design, web design, moving image, drawing, research portfolios, notebooks, research assignments, essays, contextual writing. - Assessments based on individual and group presentations. - Portfolio reviews are a key means of assessing but they are also important for collating work for a professional portfolio. This instils in students the right attitudes towards professional work whereby you can use your portfolio to promote yourself in professional contexts. - Essays and reports feature in developing students writing skills, helping you to express ideas in a variety of ways and styles and to develop academic writing skills. If progressing to the BA (Hons) Top-up at Level 6, after completion of your foundation degree, these skills will benefit in producing the final year contextual rationale for your major project. Core art and design skills are embedded in the teaching and learning of the course and will be taken into account in all assessments. The assessments will develop incrementally across the course and allow you to gain skills, confidence and knowledge, receive feedback and develop, thus allowing you to implement this knowledge and feedback into subsequent assessments. At the end of the course completion of the assessments will demonstrate your ability to analyse current graphic design and communicate practice, in both written and visual formats, as well as demonstrate a range of transferable skills relevant to your professional employability.

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Bedfordshire is a small county with lots to offer.

However you enjoy spending your free time, you won’t have to look far in Bedfordshire to find somewhere to relax, socialise or explore the great outdoors. 

We are also conveniently located around 30 minutes by train from London, offering you the city experience with a homely feel.

Bedfordshire offers:

• A range of pubs, clubs and restaurants
• High street and independent shopping
• Museums, galleries and theatres - and our own University Theatre
• Entertainment centres
• Stunning countryside
• Professional sport and world-class facilities
• Headquarters of a number of notable UK and international companies
• Luton International Carnival and Bedford River Festival

Campuses in Buckinghamshire

We also have campuses in Aylesbury and Milton Keynes