Graphic and Media Design BA (Hons)
Hereford College of Arts
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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23-SEP-24

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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23-SEP-24

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3 Years

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During your time on our **BA (Hons) Graphic & Media Design** course, you’ll become a professional Graphic Designer/Graphic Artist learning from industry experienced lecturers. We will support you in gaining work experience with local and national creative media companies, as well as giving you the opportunity to work with professional designers, artists and live clients. This course will equip you with key skills for launching your exciting career in the creative industry including: Design for ...Read more

During your time on our


BA (Hons) Graphic & Media Design

course, you’ll become a professional Graphic Designer/Graphic Artist learning from industry experienced lecturers. We will support you in gaining work experience with local and national creative media companies, as well as giving you the opportunity to work with professional designers, artists and live clients. This course will equip you with key skills for launching your exciting career in the creative industry including: Design for social media, UI/UX Design, branding, motion graphics, editorial design packaging design, graphic arts, graphic illustration, web design, app design, information graphics, book arts, animation and advertising.As the teaching team are all industry experienced Graphic and Media Designers we are able to impart real-world knowledge, ensuring that you are taught to the standard that the industry will look for in a graduate. We will encourage you to express yourself through distinctive, creative, commercially savvy and ambitious ideas, working on projects individually and collaboratively with students from other disciplines across Hereford College of Arts. You will work in a professional but relaxed studio environment with plenty of individual work space and access to all the latest tech and software.Our smaller group sizes mean you can receive support and creative challenges from industry-active tutors and technicians – as and when you need it.You will be encouraged to personalise your journey throughout the course based on your passions and aptitudes, and to develop your own, unique graphic style and apply it to the many career choices available to you.


Industry Links

We have excellent connections with external employers, who provide many opportunities for commissioned work with live outcomes. Project partners have included SuperDry clothing, MASH Cinema and Hay Festival, amongst many others. HCA students have won awards in national design competitions such as D&AD & YCN. Our well-developed links with media industries in the region, London, and nationally, offer you invaluable professional experience, the chance of fantastic work placements, and a stimulating external speaker programme. In the past, final year students have exhibited at high profile graduate showcase exhibitions in London.


Your Creative Career

Our students successfully gain employment across a range of graphic design and media specialisms such as:- Graphic Designer- UI/UX Designer- Marketing Designer/producer- Motion Graphics Designer- Editorial and Print Designer- Brand creator and Manager- Packaging Designer- Art worker/Visualiser- Graphic Artist- Learning Designer- Animator- Architectural Drafter- Art Director/ Creative Director- Studio Manager- TeacherStudents can also progress onto post-graduate study.


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Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 95 = 5% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
5%
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90%
Average salary
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Art graduate salary at this uni
£14,500
UK Art graduate salary
£16,000
Design Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 95 = 5% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
5%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
90%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Design Studies graduate salary at this uni
£14,500
UK Design Studies graduate salary
£17,000
What students say
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Madeline
24 Mar 22

I enjoy the the facilities and..Read more

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30 Sep 19

Its great so far, I've made some good friends, the tutors are really nice and helpful, I enjoy coming to uni. My design work is getting better all the time and I can talk about..Read more

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80 Grades / Points required

We would normally expect applicants to have achieved 80 UCAS Tariff Points at entry but whilst qualifications are important, our offers are not solely based on academic results and we may make offers based on other evidence of talent and suitability for the course.Portfolio submission (where applicable) and successful interview or audition are required.

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£9,000 per year

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£9,000 per year

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£9,000 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,000 per year

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£9,000 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£13,475 per year

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Madeline
24 Mar 22
Graphic and Media Design BA (Hons)
I enjoy the the facilities and...
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SR
Student Reviewer
30 Sep 19
Graphic and Media Design BA (Hons)
Its great so far, I've made some good friends, the tutors are really nice and helpful, I enjoy coming to uni. My design work is getting better all the time and I can talk about...
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Hereford College of Arts
Folly Lane Hereford County Of Herefordshire HR1 1LT United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Hereford  0.4 miles away

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