入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Second-class honours degree or equivalent qualification/experience.
Practical and creative artistic ability, demonstrated in a portfolio, will be the determining factor for entry
英语要求：IELTS 6.0 or equivalent
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 £11,440
课程特征 Course Features：
This programme is designed to embrace the ideas of students from a broad range of cultures and design backgrounds. It will encourage you to experiment with highly distinctive and challenging forms and ideas of design communication. Rapid advances in communication and digital technologies have changed the very nature and scope of the design world. Traditional boundaries between different media types, practice, corporate culture and design disciplines have, in many ways, broken down, merged and created new ways of thinking and application. These advances have created exciting new opportunities for designers to embrace interdisciplinary approaches.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Subjects covered on the programme include mass communication, multi-lingual typography, digital media, web-based communications, visual communication and entrepreneurship. Along with study visits, professionals and guest speakers will share their experiences in workshop and seminar settings to complement your lectures and seminars.
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Oral presentations, seminars, exhibitions and portfolio presentations of practical work, written assignments, reviews
职业机会 Career Opportunities：
You will have the opportunity to develop the critical thinking and skills required for a successful career in Communication Design. Such thinking and skills will enable you to respond positively to changing technologies and practices and the emergent demands of clients and consumers. The programme enables you to think of Communication Design as a means to nurture your own entrepreneurial venture, or to join the industry at management level.
You will be able to develop your thinking and skills in the following areas:
•publishing
•multi-lingual typographic design
•brand identity lens and digital imaging
•entrepreneurship
•digital editing
•applied image making
•advertising planning and strategy
•management of design
•art direction