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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Main Site
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Knights Park
Full Time
SEP-26
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Knights Park
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Knights Park
Full Time
SEP
3 Years
- We’re ranked No.1 in London (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023) within the Graphic Design subject area.- 84% of students from this course were in highly skilled employment or further study within fifteen months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018).- This course produces top graduates who go on to work at the best creative agencies and companies globally, such as Cartoon Network, Nexus, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Blink, Moth Studio and Google.- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this courseThis course combines illustration and animation, leading to wide-ranging opportunities and a cross- pollination of ideas and skills. You’ll be taught critical thinking, drawing, animation, digital crafts, storytelling methods, and presentation techniques.The course encourages you to learn through making. You’ll have access to all our newly refurbished, industry-standard workshops, enabling you to test and prototype in many combinations.Group and individual assignments will develop your skills in all forms of applied image making. You’ll learn to create and apply content to images to reach diverse audiences. Live projects will develop your understanding of real-world situations. Staff practitioners and alumni networks offer insight and contacts with international creative practice, including optional study visits and placements.
Future SkillsEmbedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
Career opportunitiesOur graduates have progressed to careers in illustration, animation, design direction and production; the scope takes in industries from publishing and broadcast media to film production and game design.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBB - AAB Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
120 - 136 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
Or A Levels at equivalent to 120 - 136 UCAS points.
The preferred entry route for this course is for applicants to be taking a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, or the recognised equivalent.Applicants will need 120-136 tariff points from recognised level 3 qualifications.Plus GCSE (A*–C or comparable numeric scores under the newly reformed GCSE gradings): five subjects including English and Maths (Key Skills Level 2 may be used in lieu of GCSE English and Maths).Offers will be made on the basis of your UCAS application and portfolio.More details about portfolio requirements can be found on the course page on our website.You will be notified by email giving you advice about how to upload your online portfolio, once we have received your application.
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