BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Online, United Kingdom
BA
DURATION
6 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: Arden's BA (Hons) Graphic Design programme is delivered completely online, letting you earn an internationally recognised UK degree while keeping full-time work and family commitments. You'll explore design theory and skills, use traditional and contemporary technologies to produce innovative, aesthetic designs, and study the critical, conceptual and historical background of art, design and visual culture. Through assessed assignments you'll build a portfolio, digital sketchbooks and final outcomes that evidence the skills and knowledge you've gained.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in creative industries in roles including branding, advertising, publishing, motion graphics, animation, studio management, photography and exhibition design roles.
Are you a creative thinker? Do you want to know how to apply design theory and skills in practice? If so, this Graphic Design programme will aim to develop your understanding of the core principles of design and its potential across a range of sectors.
You will delve into traditional and contemporary technologies to produce innovative and aesthetic designs as well as form an understanding of the critical, conceptual and historical background of art, design and visual culture. Through the courses assignments, you will build up a portfolio of work or set of ‘Digital sketchbooks and final outcomes’ to evidence the skills and knowledge you have gained.
Arden’s online study mode with no fixed lecture times allows you to develop your familiarity with digital mediums alongside image creation skills - all-around your existing commitments. This programme will equip you with a sound understanding of visual presentation to take you closer to your career goals.
Level 4
- Typography and Image Creation (20 credits)
- Design Vocabulary (20 credits)
- Design and Layout (20 credits)
- Illustration and Animation (20 credits)
- Design History and Critical Thinking (20 credits)
- Digital Creative Skills (20 credits)
Level 5
- Studio Practice 1 (UX Design) (20 credits)
- Reading Images 1 (20 credits)
- Employability, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise in the Creative Sector (20 credits)
- Studio Practice 2 (Packaging design) (20 credits)
- Reading Images 2 (20 credits)
- Visualising Concepts (20 credits)
Level 6
- Self-Promotion & Packaging (20 credits)
- Industry / Competition Briefs (20 credits)
- Research for the Creative Industry (20 credits)
- Creative Showcase (20 credits)
- Self-Initiated Major Project (double module) (40 credits).
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
What can I do after Arden University?
Once you graduate, many pathways with promising careers will be open for you. You’ll possess skills and knowledge that are in high demand, making you a vital employee to a range of different companies and sectors. Here are some roles you may want to consider in the future:
- Publishing (book or magazine design)
- Branding
- Advertising
- Digital Moving Image
- Motion Graphics
- Packaging
- Television Graphics
- Exhibition Design
- Animation
- Photography
- Marketing Creative
- Studio Manager
