BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Animation Bachelor's degree at Huddersfield

The module will introduce you to the key principles of contemporary professional practice in terms of principles and process. It will focus on the fundamental techniques of production. It will develop your understanding of two- and three-dimensional space and the importance of physical and digital processes to generate and capture your work.

This module will introduce you to the creative thinking processes and tools to undertake good quality research in order to identify and fulfil the needs of the client using 2D and 3D Design and their application through project work. Design projects will enable you to explore and develop design proposals using a range of methods, practical skills and specialist knowledge. The module will introduce studio practice and provide experience and techniques in realising either complex or open briefs de

This module will introduce you to a range of relevant theories for and about design. It will introduce you to discourses and debates relating to the history, influences, production and critical reception of design. It will contextualise these aspects in terms of your discipline providing an overarching understanding of design in general as well as more focused elements pertinent to your design field.

The intermediate studio requires you to produce works of increasing sophistication having successfully completed the foundation studio. The module encompasses diverse and interdependent areas of practice. It expands and elaborates upon the exploration and communication of ideas introduced in foundation studio toward producing an industry facing portfolio of work.

This module extends your knowledge of Graphic Design, Animation, and their convergence in Graphic Design and Animation with an emphasis on exploring more advanced processes and production techniques. The frameworks and methods introduced at Foundation level are refined and developed and will support you in establishing a more specialist approach and a professionally orientated practice. You'll integrate an aesthetic language for the disciplines of either Graphic Design or Animation, as well as g

This module is divided into 2 parts, a theoretical component and a practical component. The practical component will present approaches that encourage personal development and reflection while developing an appreciation and understanding of strategies and methodologies related to employability and work placement. There will be guidance in the preparation of an individual Curriculum Vitae, letters of application and an understanding of the role and nature of self-promotion. There will be an empha

The placement year is your chance to gain hands-on experience and build on the skills you've developed in your first two years of study. You'll spend up to 48 weeks (minimum 36 weeks) in a graduate-level role, sharpening your professional skills, exploring career options, and boosting your future job prospects. During your placement, you'll reflect on your performance, develop real-world skills, and learn to approach your role with a critical eye. Your placement will be monitored, and you'll be

This module aims to: - provide the skills, facilities and support to enable students to set up and run their own business or freelance service during their sandwich year. - enable students to apply and test their knowledge and skills (including both creative and personal skills) as developed through their studies to date. - give students experience of working in a self-employed capacity in their chosen industry as appropriate to their pathway. - provide opportunities for personal development in

In this module you will create a major final year portfolio that will help you turn your ideas into reality in a personal and technically sound way. You will develop, prototype, and produce responses to various assignments from tutors and industry, showcasing creative and technically innovative work. You are expected to use technical skills and critical thinking from previous modules, interconnecting your areas of interest, using language, time, visuals, space, and physical materials in your wor

In this module you will learn how to create and show original ideas that are diverse and dynamic in scope and will fuel your creative endeavours in the final year of your course. Specialist tutors will support and guide you in researching important topics like ethics, society, sustainability, culture, and creativity, and how they relate to design. From this research, you'll gain insights to create innovative designs. The module builds on what you've learned in earlier studio classes, pushing you

The module is specifically designed to unfold throughout the final year, reflecting theoretical, technical and professional issues appropriate to your practice. The module is intended to be a critical and diagnostic tool with which to examine and extend your work. It can be made up of a series of outputs and will help you to determine and contextualise the direction of your practice-based modules. It concludes the undergraduate Theory as Practice programme.