Our Graphic Design and Visualisation MA will enable the development of a specialist area of expertise within graphic design while equipping you with targeted, complex tools and methods to further your practice within relevant working fields.

Compulsory modules

The aims of this module are to:

  • introduce students to industry-standard methods of design thinking
  • select and apply advanced principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and approaches of ideation to critically capture creative design thoughts
  • enable students to understand the difference between thinking through drawing and visualisation to decide on appropriate production tools

The aims of this module are to:

  • develop group working skills and competencies that are highly relevant to the international design industry and associated fields
  • develop critical analytic skills that allow for a systematic and critical evaluation of own and other design co-workers capabilities
  • practice management skills
  • develop advanced interpersonal, team and networking skills to strategically enhance team performance in addressing real-world design problems respecting specialist professional competencies in their peers

The aims of this module are to:

  • enable students to recognise that there are various methods for understanding the interaction between external stakeholder environments and practice design processes
  • enable students to produce satisficed research data to inform and a guide a dialogic design case study

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the design research process, and how the methods and tools it comprises are used to collect, analyse, synthesise, and interpret research data for design research projects.

Compulsory module

The aims of this module are to:

  • enable students to develop a systematic understanding of how personal practice operates within the context of international design competitions
  • develop critical understanding of project and design management strategies, methods and techniques current in their specialist fields
  • synthesise and present information to define the parameters of viable specialist design practicess

 The aims of this module are to:

  • enable students to develop a systematic understanding of personal practice as critically evaluated against the context of international communication design
  • develop critical understanding and knowledge of problem-solving strategies, multi-modal methods, and techniques in use by international peers
  • synthesise information to define the parameters of specialist design practice that characterise an advanced level of international communication design practice, synthesising this as an advanced communication design artefact.

The aims of this module are to:

  •  Enable a systematic understanding of research and project management tools to generate working data to guide graphic practice in resolving a design problem in abstract and unpredictably complex contexts
  • Select and apply advanced principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and approaches to critically develop responses design problems
  • Synthesise advanced and specialist design research and practice outcomes that communicate design solutions
  • Develop and present action plans and responses to specialist design projects

The aims of this module are to:

  • Enable students to develop advanced personal practice through specialist field investigations: history, philosophies materials, processes, and techniques;
  • Empower students develop independent thinking by experimenting with specialist project materials and processes;
  • Critically reflect on design outcomes and challenge the boundaries of relevant conceptual frameworks

Compulsory module (choose one)

The aims of this module are to:

  • Enable students to demonstrate applied knowledge of specialist practice to an advanced level in their chosen Graphic Design and Visualisation area
  • Support students to apply advanced visualisation systems and specialist techniques to
    answer complex design problems.
  • Empower students to develop, design and present radical/innovative proposals to help
    them build a professional design profile.

The aims of this module are to:

  • Enable students to demonstrate knowledge of specialist research practice to an advanced level in their chosen Graphic Design and Visualisation area.
  • Support students to apply advanced research practices to acquire specialist techniques and research methods.
  • Empower students to write radical/innovative design research proposals to enable progression to further education (doctoral studies).