BA Illustration with Foundation Year
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 72 A level: DDD T Level: Pass BTEC: MMP GCSE: GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and English at Level 2 as part of your course of study Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 0, Merit: 30, Pass: 15 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BA (Hons) in Fashion Design. Core topics include Computer Architecture, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. Live project briefs involve collaborative work with local partners in Derby alongside external competitions such as the V&A Illustration Awards and Penguin Cover Design Award. Final-year students undertake an independent creative project to develop an extended, self-directed design brief.
Modules
- Applied Professional Practice
- Contemporary Issues in Professional Practice
- Creative Studies
- Creative Technologies
- History and Theory of Creative Practice
- Creative Skills: 2D and 3D Making
- Negotiated Project
- Investigating Visual Communication
- Illustration Studio
- Illustration Voice
- Creative Debates
- Creative Interventions
- Illustration World Building
- Narrative Illustration
- Defining Your Practice
- Professional Contexts
- Digital Lab - Explorations
- Social Practice Lab – Explorations
- Materials Lab - Explorations
- Culture Lab - Image Explorations
- Creative Industry and Enterprise Lab - Explorations
- The Design Sprint
- The Applied Live Studio
- The Independent Creative Project
- Digital Lab - Strategies
- Social Practice Lab - Strategies
- Materials Lab - Strategies
- Culture Lab - Curatorial Strategies
- Creative Industry and Enterprise Lab - Strategies
- Independent Critical Strategies