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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

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Degree Programme Table: Graphic Design (BA Hons) (UTGRDEEBAH)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4

Year 1 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: September

Notes:
Graphic Design Core Courses DESI08104 and DESI08103 must be passed to progress to Year 2.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 80 credit points by the end of Year 1. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Students who wish to take an alternative course in place of DESI 08100 Design Agency Intern should contact their Programme Director in the first instance.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Graphic Design 1A: Introduction to Graphic Design

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI08104 20 credits
Graphic Design 1B: Introduction to Typography

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI08103 20 credits
Modernism and After

Must be taken during Semester 2

DESI08097 20 credits
Graphic Design Agency Intern

Must be taken during Semester 1

DESI08100 20 credits

Course options

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses.

Year 2 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
Graphic Design Core Courses DESI08102 & DESI08101 must be passed to progress to Year 3.

To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 200 credit points by the end of Year 2. Total credits per year must equal 120.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Graphic Design 2A: Applied Graphic Design

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI08102 20 credits
Graphic Design 2B: Applied Typography 2

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI08101 20 credits
Graphic Design Agency Junior

Must be taken during Semester 1

DESI08099 20 credits

Course options

Design and Screen Cultures 2 courses

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 2
Contemporary Cinema
DESI08010 20 credits
Visual Narratives in Design and Screen Cultures
DESI08087 20 credits
Design and Society
DESI08140 20 credits
AND

Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y

Select exactly 40 credits from Level 7 and 8 courses in Schedules A-Q, T, W and Y
Notes:
With permission students can take up to 40 credits at Level 7

Please exclude Centre for Open Learning courses.

Year 3 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
To progress into year 4 students must pass all courses (360 credits); in exceptional circumstances, with the permission of the Board and CAHSS concession, students may be permitted to carry up to 40 credits into final honours year.

In Semester 2, students may opt to take DESI10132 Work-Based Placement: Reflecting on Design Professions (40 credits) in place of DESI10088 and DESI10089. This course can only be taken when a placement has been agreed with your Programme Director and the Course Organiser.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Graphic Design 3a: Research and Practice

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10081 20 credits
Graphic Design 3B: 48-Hour Survival Guide

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10121 20 credits
Graphic Design 3c: Externality

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10089 20 credits
Graphic Design 3d: Design Agency Senior

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10088 20 credits

Course options

Year 3 Design and Screen Cultures

Select exactly 20 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be taken during Semester 1
Multi-Sensory Cultures
DESI10061 20 credits
Environmental Design: Materials, Ecologies, Futures
DESI10122 20 credits
Design for Ageing
DESI10134 20 credits
Design, Play and Games
DESI10140 20 credits
AND

Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Selected courses must be passed and taken during Semester 2

Year 4 Academic year: 2024/25, Starting in: August

Notes:
To continue without the need for an extension to the total period of study, a full-time student must attain a minimum of 480 credit points by the end of Year 4.

With the permission of the School of Design, you may take DESI10053 Design and Screen Cultures 4 (Extended) (40 credits) in place of DESI10052 Design and Screen Cultures 4 (20 credits) and replacing DESI10087 Graphic Design 4a (40 credits) with DESI10018 Design Research 4 (20-credit option - Graphic Design).

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Design & Screen Cultures 4

Must be passed and taken during Semester 1

DESI10052 20 credits
Graphic Design 4a: Research and Practice

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

DESI10087 40 credits
Graphic Design 4b: Design Agency Director

Must be passed and taken during Full Year

DESI10086 40 credits
Graphic Design 4c: Exposition

Must be passed and taken during Semester 2

DESI10085 20 credits
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