BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Foundation Bachelor's degree at Westminster

Critical thinking is fundamental to our ability to progress in an increasingly complex and changing world. It is an essential skill across a range of academic and practice-based disciplines. This module helps you understand the importance and function of critical thinking both at university and beyond. By working in partnership with academic staff and peers, you will explore how critical thinking aligns with disciplinary practices, shapes scholarly knowledge, and addresses inequalities. Through

This module provides you with an opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the key working methods, concepts and principles of the Art and Design disciplines within the Foundation course. You will be challenged to complete a sequence of short projects, working across a range of techniques within the subject disciplines. Self-evaluation and documenting your learning are both important elements of this process, and you will be learning by doing.

This Semester 2 module deepens and consolidates the fundamental skills, approaches and processes of Art and Design research and practice developed in Semester 1 through a practical Extended Project. It helps you to develop your creative practice, based on iterative practical, technical and contextual research, and undertaken through a negotiated project. With an overarching theme set across disciplinary pathways, you will work within a chosen discipline, with group and individual tutorial suppor

This Semester 1 module introduces fundamentals of Art and Design practice and research. It helps you to develop your individual creative practice based on an understanding of visual and contextual research processes through structured studio, research and technical activities.

This module introduces you to the key academic, professional, and personal skills essential for success at university. It encourages good practices in writing, presentation, and time management, while also fostering reflection to help you build confidence as you transition to higher education. Open to all students enrolled in courses delivered through Westminster Foundation Pathways, the module provides a creative and supportive environment where you can reflect on and develop your academic and

Following the Art and Design modules of Semester 1, this module provides you with the opportunity to engage with some of the key themes and practices of Art and Design disciplines. You will be challenged to complete several projects of approximately one month's duration, selecting techniques and working methods from the available disciplines. Self-evaluation and documenting your learning continue to be important elements of this process, and you will be learning by doing.

This module gives you an overview of the graphic design cultures, the history and concepts that have shaped graphic design and the importance of context in the understanding of design practice. You'll look at key themes in design culture including style, technology, politics and critique history as a practice and a tool for creating effective and engaging design outcomes. The module employs a fusion approach that explores concepts using both writing and making built on a foundation of research t

Through this module, you will be introduced to and begin developing your industry-defined graphic design software skills to a professional standard. These will expand the range and sophistication of your visual communication problem solving strategies. Their application will prepare you to work both individually and collaboratively in the digitally driven design sectors, which have been identified as growing both regionally, nationally and globally. The needs of a graphic designer to understand

The module introduces you to the importance of visual research in the graphic design process. With a focus on the process of experimental and explorative methods of design, you are offered the opportunity to develop your individual visual language and a critical point of view through the practical processes of recording, documenting, mapping, testing, editing and evaluating visual and written material. This is a fusion module, and introduces you to some of the concepts and theories that underpin

Through this module, you will develop industry-relevant graphic design skills alongside critical analysis, creating a strong foundation for both academic and practical learning. You will expand your understanding of the design industry, build practical competencies, and explore creative production technologies central to the discipline. With guided instruction and independent experimentation, the module aims to strengthen your creative confidence and understanding by broadening your expertise ac

This module aims to introduce you to the joy of typography. It introduces the concepts, approaches, cultural and technological developments relating to typography. You will explore issues including type as visual message, contemporary contexts and perspectives, and the role of typography in digital media. Workshops and projects give you an understanding of how to employ typographical structures to present the written word.

This module is an introduction to working with 2D animation software. It will give you an overview of the various applications of 2D modelling and animation, as well as an understanding of 2D aesthetics. A series of workshops will introduce you to the skills needed to create your own 2D assets, and you will practice animating a 2D rig. These workshops will be the building blocks you need to develop your own concept for a 2D asset or animation.

This module introduces you to the practice and production of 2-dimensional (2D) game development. You will consider some of the principles used to develop 2D games. Look at the concepts and methods used to create 2D assets to match a games design brief, including those used to create retro styles such as pixel art.

This module introduces you to the creative and professional practice of concept art across games, film, and related creative industries. You will develop your ability to communicate visual ideas through a range of traditional and digital techniques while exploring the role of research, iteration, and presentation in visual storytelling. You'll investigate how historical, cultural, and global perspectives shape visual languages and production contexts, and how awareness of inclusion, representati

This module is designed to open up speculative enquiry and creative exploring of drawing approaches. Learning on this module is transferable and interdisciplinary offering a range of practical workshops and projects to widen the potential of possibilities in drawing practice and deepen your understanding of visual design and image-making.

Visual Identity and branding are key areas of engagement for visual designers. Branding employs design solutions to bring recognition to a wide range of companies, organisations, products, services and causes - providing users with meaningful ways to access and interact with them. In this module, you will consider some of the principles and methods behind visual Identity and branding. The module will introduce design research methods towards the construction of a brand identity and will look at

This module considers the role of sequence, a fundamental approach within visual communication. Students will explore the way that assembling static images and applying sequential media can construct moving images or systems, creating complex messages or visual narratives. The study of this subject area is fundamentally important as we engage with continually evolving creative technologies. Looking at the subject from three areas – static, moving, and interactive sequence – students will become