Bachelor of Arts - Illustration with Graphic Design (Honours) (with placement year)

Program Description

Graphic Design (Illustration) here at DMU covers a variety of image-making, including drawing, printmaking and animation, visual problem-solving and digitally produced imagery, giving you the opportunity to go into a wide range of careers in illustration and graphic design.

This course will give you practical skills in a wide range of specialist areas of professional interactive graphic design. 

You will work on a series of major personal projects to build your portfolio and professional skills, including undertaking live briefs from the design industry. 

This industry-focused course ensures you will experience what it takes to be a successful interactive graphic designer and graduate with a portfolio demonstrating your capabilities and talents. 

This course is designed for those with a specific interest in the cutting edge digital arts. Our well established Graphic Design courses focus more on traditional and core design skills such as editorial design, image making or advertising, whilst this programme focuses on pushing the conventions of digital applications and user experiences through a hands-on approach in communicating visual solutions and spaces to a wide audience.

Reasons to study Graphic Design (Illustration) at De Montfort University (DMU):

• DMU has achieved Gold, the highest ranking possible under the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): Indicating the outstanding learning and teaching on offer at DMU. [ Office for Students, 2017]
• Graphic Design was awarded 100% Overall Student Satisfaction: In the latest National Student Survey 2018
• Expand your portfolio with the House Design Society: Develop your practical and professional skills on live project briefs, set by real clients from the design industry, and participate in national and international competitions.
• Support from the Leicester Media School Drawing Centre (LMSDC): providing DMU students with extracurricular pastoral support for the Visual  courses in the School.  A drawing school for developing artists and designers to have a creative forum and discourse.
• Dedicated work placements: Enhance your practical and professional skills, with recent Technology placements undertaken at GlaxoSmithKline, Jagex Ltd and PepsiCo UK
• Gurus and Grasshoppers mentoring scheme: Benefit from support from your peers, and gain ownership of your course; final year students mentor new students on formal assignments, and additional areas they identify together
• Newly developed, dedicated facilities: Enjoy open access to our brand new multi-purpose studios with specialist facilities such as; iMacs and large format printing, letterpress and screening facilities. As well as access to green screen studios, videos and audio editing suites and large photography and printmaking workshops
• Enjoy an international experience with #DMUglobal: We offer all students the opportunity to take part in a  #DMUglobal experience, which can enrich your studies and expand your cultural horizons. Previous #DMUglobal trips have included New York, Berlin, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Japan, South Africa, Russia and Italy to name a few.