Graphic Design with Art & Design Foundation Year

The Art and Design Foundation Year begins with a five-week group project, enabling you to mix with like-minded peers and helping you to settle in quickly. The project also helps you decide which area you might like to follow at a later stage.

The following ten weeks are spent introducing you to the world of art, design, and fashion. This includes design history, vocabulary, methods, and academic foundation. This ten-week block also gives you the opportunity to learn and apply two-dimensional and three-dimensional visualisation techniques, giving you the tools required to conduct your final project.

The final project takes place in the last fifteen weeks of the course and is based around the specific discipline you will go on to study. The project is supported by tuition in visual presentation techniques, enabling you to communicate concepts, development processes, and final proposals. You’ll also receive instruction in verbal communication and presentation techniques, increasing your confidence in pitching design ideas.

Who this course is for
Solent’s Art and Design Foundation Year is perfectly suited to students who may not be from an art-, design- or fashion-related background, or whose qualifications do not meet the admissions requirements of their chosen undergraduate course.

FOUNDATION YEAR
CORE MODULES

Metamorphosis
Utopia and Dystopia
Creative Industries Launchpad
Creative Showcase

YEAR ONE
CORE MODULES

Intro to Graphic Design
Type, Layout, Image
Creative Thinking
Making Type Move

YEAR TWO
CORE MODULES

Design Innovations
Design Narratives
Brand, Strategy, Commercial
Design for Purpose

FINAL YEAR
CORE MODULES

Identity and Industry Toolkit
Design Challenges
Final Major Project: Research and Development
Final Major Project: Making

You may be assessed at the end of each block by:
Creative design projects
Final major project
Design based portfolios
Essays
As part of this course, you will study one module at a time, giving you the chance to build a deeper understanding and see the results of your hard work more quickly. With regular assessments and feedback, rather than exams all at once, you’ll also benefit from improved focus, and a more manageable workload.