Graphic Design with Foundation Year (Honours)

Overview

• Experiment with traditional and future-facing techniques and materials.
• Develop the confidence and skills required to utilise new technologies in the pursuit of innovative and creative solutions.
• Work with practising designers who bring their experience and networks to the course.
• Develop your understanding of user experience as a key part of design practice.
• On the foundation year you will be part of a vibrant cross-disciplinary community of students with access to a dedicated studio space.

If you don't meet the entry requirements for our BA (Hons) courses, or you’d like extra preparation before starting degree-level study, we recommend you join the foundation year – which has been designed to encourage exploration and experimentation.

We prepare you for the continually expanding field of graphic design, through projects which respond to social, technological, economic and political challenges. We equip you with the knowledge and confidence required to create solutions that make positive change in the world.

Future careers

This Graphic Design with Foundation Year (Honours) programme from Sheffield Hallam University prepares you for future study and careers in

• graphic design
• user experience design
• designing for environments and three-dimensional spaces
• editorial and digital publishing
• motion graphics and animation
• illustration and printmaking
• branding and identity
• advertising
• design strategy and policymaking

Previous graduates of this course now work for studios and agencies such as Jaywing, GBH and Why Not Associates. They design services and resources at major companies like BT, Coop and G4S, conduct research at the Department for Education and work as teachers, freelance photographers and entrepreneurs.