Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Graphic & Digital Design

As one of the top graphic design courses in Ireland, the BA (Honours) in Graphic and Digital Design will provide you with a unique and exciting educational experience while learning to become a designer. Built on a legacy of over 40 years of art and design, your creative talents will be nurtured by a team of lecturers who are passionate about their field. Within each design studio you will have your own designated work space where you will receive one-to-one tuition from staff who want your experience to be the very best and who understand that design learning must be tailored to the student’s distinctive creative flair and interests. You’ll be encouraged to follow your passion and to develop your design process through research and experimentation. At the same time, you will be exposed to a host of new, exciting disciplines and skills that will enhance your critical and theoretical thinking to help you advance your skills as a conceptual and strategic graphic designer. Over your design education journey, supported by committed staff, you will grow into a designer with broad knowledge and an informed world view, who can deconstruct communication problems, conceptualise and execute resolutions, and who can articulate and confidently present your creative work. You will have access to staff members with a very wide-ranging body of knowledge and experience in both visual communications and fine art practice, both at national and international levels. You are guaranteed one-to-one learner/ lecturer interactivity in a purpose-built environment with excellent personal studio space and production facilities.

What will I experience?
The programme comprises of a series of core pillars; design, image, studio practice and visual culture that advance over the four years.

1. Design – Provides the student with the technical skills, design knowledge and creative know how to utilise the design process in order to fulfil your design briefs. Allowing the student to become competent in creating communication systems across multiple platforms and media, including traditional design for print, design for screen, motion, user-interface and user-experience.

2. Image – Is the exploration of visual language where the student will learn to communicate and build narratives using illustration, photography, animation and film.

3. Studio Practice – Builds on Personal and professional development of the students within the studio environment, allowing the student to build their profile, grow in confidence and promote who they are as a designer. This is done through live client briefs, collaboration and work placement.

4. Visual Culture – Develops the students understanding of cultural, social and historical contexts in which the practice of art and design has evolved and, importantly, how it is essential to the development of the students’ studio practice.