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B-TEC Higher Nationals Diploma Graphic Design
Manchester College of Higher Education and Media Technology

BTEC Higher Nationals Diploma Graphic Design (September 2012)

The HND/HNC is a hands-on course. It is where you will learn the skills that industry professionals use everyday and create design concepts fit for the professional market. While we strongly advocate academic and theoretical research, our main emphasis is on practitioner skills that will make you a designer for today’s industry.

HND/HNC course at level 5 is a foundation degree level course offers you the opportunity to develop into an independent creative ready for employment, so we will encourage you to be as imaginative and unique as possible. The course offers the best of both worlds: a qualification that can both secure you work and launch you into the final year of a degree.

On completion of year 1 of the HND student may be awarded HNC (subject to credits obtained).

On completion of 2 years HND Students can use the pathway for a progression to final year for the degree BA/BSc or alternatively proceed to post graduate diploma Level 7.

Level QCF 5
Duration 2 Years
Mode: Full-Time (36 – 40 weeks per academic year) /Part Time/Distance/E Learning 2 to 3 years
Fees:

  • UK Students: £2950 per annum
  • Part Time/ Distance Learning (E Learning) £1950 per annum
  • International Students: £4500 per annum
Entry Requirement:
  • 4 GCSEs with 2 GCE A Level
  • B.TEC Level 3/4 Qualification or any associate diplomas in engineering or IT
  • International qualification Higher School leaving certificate (intermediate) or equivalent with CEFR B1 Level ESOL/IELTS
  • Mature students over the age of 21 with no formal qualification but experience and another qualifications may be admitted at the digression of the admission tutor
Core units: All five units must be taken
  1. Visual Communication in Art and Design
  2. Ideas Generation and Development in Art and Design
  3. Contextual and Cultural Referencing in Art and Design
  4. Professional Practice in Art and Design
  5. Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation

Optional units —

  1. Design Principles
  2. 3D Computer Modelling and Animation
  3. Computer Interface Design Principles
  4. Computer Programming Principles
  5. Networks and Operating Systems
  6. Website Creation and Management
Specialist Units –
  1. Digital Image Creation and Development
  2. Ideas in Context
  3. Research Project
  4. Personal and Professional Development
  5. Work-based Experience

This vocational training course of BTEC HND will give you access to learn in a well-equipped professional environment that is welcoming and practical. Individual workstations provide you with a dedicated computer containing the latest graphic software enabling you to develop current skills and compete with contemporary designers who are currently in the industry. Work placements are arranged in a industry i.e. television channels and design businesses will give you first hand practical experience for your working life.