Graphic Design for the Real World

Overview

This is a studio based course is designed to assist students to focus on the real world demands of the graphic design industry. An important element of the course is work-based learning that seeks to link up classroom activities with a real world of work experiences gained through the Industrial Attachment Programme (IAP). It aims at equipping students with an underpinning knowledge of professional practice from which to develop individual skills requisite for an increasing technologically demanding yet creative environment experienced so far. Projects accomplished in this course are expected to serve as innovative, highly creative, cross- disciplinary tools responsive to the true needs of men and would be executed using a variety of techniques. Upon Completion of this course, students will demonstrate sensitivity to and competences in the identification of graphic design needs through research; identify their own competences within the broader context of Graphic Design praxis and demonstrate their application to the solution of real time graphic design problems.