University Information

After i have finished my Extended Diploma in Graphic Design i am planning on going to university at the moment i am undecided on what i want to study more into. Therefor  i am going to post a descriptions of some university's that i have found.

BA (Hones) Three Dimensional Design-Product Design
This university is located at Plymouth and offers a lot to anyone thinking of studying three dimensional design.
within this course you will create many different products
and packaging using a wide range of techniques like:

• CAD
• Rapid Photoyping
• workshops using wood
• ceramics
• metals
• plastic
• plaster and glass

You can also take a three-month exchange in the second year.

Within the first years of three dimensional design product design you will do a wide range of projects across a broad range of disciplines this will help you to get faster at thinking of idea's that are good because of the short  amount of time you cant go back if you decided u hate it.  You will also learn specific skills in relevant to industry and a understanding on how products can be useful.
The first year will give you a understanding on what to expect within the course.

Withing the second year you will progress through a series of practical projects this will help you work as a team and learn new skills wile doing the projects. You will also learn how to market you idea, develop your design identity and social resolvability's. within the second year u will start to look at carrier aspects.

The Final Year of this course seems to be getting you ready to move into a carrier and gaining more skills while doing you main project witch will be apart of your professional portfolio.

 The Entry requirements for this course is:

• Art and Design Foundation, BTEC National Diploma or equivalent 
• Alternatively, A level/AS level: 240

I like this course because of the idea of product design and how you would do it i also like the idea of making new thinking with weird design that has never been seen before.

Architecture

School of Architecture

A-level Requirements: AAA View full entry requirements
Qualification: BA
UCAS Code: K100

Entry requirements

• GCE A Levels - AAA
• Scottish Highers - AAAA or AAA Advanced Highers
• Irish Leaving Certificate - AAAAA
• BTEC - DDD in a relevant subject area
• International Baccalaureate - 37 points
• Cambridge Pre-U - D3 D3 D3 in three Principal Subjects
• Advanced Diploma - Business, Administration & Finance. Construction & the Built Environment. Creative & Media. Engineering. Environmental & Land-Based Studies. Information Technology. Manufacturing & Product Design. Society, Health & Development, grade A. Plus A Level in an acceptable subject, grade A.
• Subject Requirements - No specific subjects, but evidence of art or design ability is necessary.
• International students will require IELTS 7.0 with 7 in speaking and listening or an equivalent English language qualification.

 Course Details.

This course is designed to provide a balanced education involving a theoretical base, design work and professional experience. The design studio acts as a laboratory for testing creative and critical ideas, and developing fundamental architectural skills. Lectures and design teaching are delivered by people at the forefront of their field.

All three years of this degree course are divided approximately equally between lecture courses and studio-based courses. The first year studio course acts as a foundation year that aims to bring together students from a range of academic backgrounds. Projects develop in scale and complexity until the major design project at the end of the third year, which addresses a range of cultural, technological, conceptual and representational ideas.

Students on this route will generally then take a year out in professional practice before returning to a two year MArch in Architecture course either at Sheffield or another school, before returning to practice and completing their final professional examinations to qualify as an architect.

Portfolio-based selection process:

They now run a selection process that is more portfolio based. All candidates will be asked to submit a portfolio of artwork that they have done themselves. The purpose of the portfolio is to allow candidates to show their skills of observation, critically, invention and representation. The portfolio should consist of 10 reproductions of art or design work. Full details of the requirements, format, submission and assessment criteria for the portfolio will be sent out to candidates once the university has received their application. For candidates with exceptional portfolios, a lower grade offer may be made.


I like the sound of this course because i have always been into architecture and  always wanted to have a job in that area. this is probably the course i would pick when i go to university.


Graphics Design

Course Detail

Graphic design communicates, it touches everything that we do, everything we see. From luggage label to record label, headline to road sign, kids book to text book, billboard to skateboard, film title to beer bottle and bar code to web site-graphics design is all around us.

In year one it will introduce you to the basic concepts of visual communication within graphics design. Through a series of studio project and workshops in computing, letterpress, photography and book arts, you will begin to develop your own visual language.
In year two you will begin to explore the creative industries via a personal and professional development programmer, while your own practice is enhanced through critically analysing the work of others.


Entry requirements:

• ND/C (Level 3) : Art and Design: DMM
• A-levels: will not normally provide sufficient grounding without a subsequent foundation diploma
• International Baccalaureate: will not normally provide sufficient grounding without a subsequent foundation diploma

• QAA-approved access course- acceptable, subject-specific units