BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration Bachelor's degree at Liverpool John Moores University

This module introduces you to the programme through a series of complementary briefs that encourage curiosity and experimentation with a variety of approaches to build confidence in taking risks and develop a practical understanding of some of the key skills and concepts that underpin visual communication and the graphic arts. The module culminates in a Portfolio of work demonstrating an exploratory approach to, and understanding of, the key skills and concepts.

In this module you will reflect on your own background, interests and values. You will develop an independent approach to your practice to explore how visual communication can be used to interrogate, discuss, challenge and communicate complex issues related to culture and society enabling you to recognise the purpose, power and possibility of the work you produce. Through this module pathway preferences and strengths are identified to inform module choices and key areas for exploration at Level

This module draws on historical and contemporary practice to consider the relationship between visual communication, culture and society exploring issues such as the climate crisis, decolonisation, emerging technology and identity to enable you to better understand the implications and intent of Graphic Design & Illustration practice in the context of a changing world.

This module introduces you to the key principles, ideas, people, places and approaches that have shaped visual communication and studio practice enabling you to develop a broad understanding of the history of the Graphic Arts and the approaches that have influenced it.

This module introduces you to a range of research methodologies and writing styles to widen approaches to critical investigation into, through, and for practice and develop your creative voice. You will identify and investigate a field of interest that reflects you and your future aspirations within graphic design, illustration or the visual arts, and use this to develop a project proposal and research plan to guide your L6 studies.

Through a focus on contemporary practitioners and researchers this module introduces you to new and emergent thinking, approaches and business practices in the Graphic Arts. Emphasising the role of the responsible practitioner, the module will challenge and expand your understanding of Graphic Design and Illustration, enabling you to identify and utilise contextual frameworks to develop your own viewpoints and a critical understanding of your practice.

In this module you will work across a range of briefs informed by external contexts and socio-cultural themes to develop and assess self-directed, independent and collaborative working methods, and to cultivate a professional approach to your practice. The module culminates in the production of a portfolio that positions your work within contemporary graphic design practice and the broader creative industries.

This module is focussed on developing and expanding your graphic design practice through experimentation, creative play and iteration. You will examine the relationship between media, method and audience developing skills across a diverse range of areas such as typography, layout, print, moving image, design for screen and emergent technology to inform the production of a portfolio of work. Experimentation across a diverse range of digital and analogue processes and formats within graphic design

This module is focussed on developing and expanding your illustration practice through experimentation, creative play and iteration. You will examine the relationship between media, method, text, and audience and investigate making and interpreting meaning within images. Experimentation across a diverse range of digital and analogue processes and formats within illustration practice will inform the production of a portfolio of work.

In this module you will work across a range of briefs informed by external contexts and socio-cultural themes to develop and assess self-directed, independent and collaborative working methods, and to cultivate a professional approach to your practice. The module culminates in the production of a portfolio that positions your work within contemporary illustration practice and the broader creative industries.

This is an additional year of full-time study at an approved higher education institution. The modules to be studied must be agreed in advance, and must be appropriate for the student's programme of study. Assuming successful completion of this year, mark-bearing credit will be awarded by the University Recognition Group. The grade conversion scale to be used will be made available in advance of the year abroad.

This module offers you the opportunity to articulate your own creative voice. Through sustained self-directed research, analysis and evaluation you will critically explore a subject, related to graphic design, illustration or visual arts, to produce a written outcome and a practice-based project, that reflects your interests, aspirations, ethical principles, lived experiences and personal values.

This module supports the transition towards more ambitious, independent and self-directed learning giving you the opportunity to undertake projects relevant to your personal practice and future aspirations. You will develop projects from a range of platforms with socio-cultural themes and engage with practice-based research methods and directed creative experimentation to develop imaginative and original outcomes.

This module is the culmination of the programme and offers you the opportunity to propose and undertake an individual programme of study that will position your work in a professional context. A series of workshops, industry focussed skills sessions, and portfolio development exercises will prepare you for the transition to postgraduate study, entrepreneurship or employment.