10 reasons to do our MA in Graphic Design

MA Graphic Design Ten reasons graphic designers should do our MA in Graphic Design

Global Exploration of Graphic Design

Graphic designers should do our MA in Graphic Design

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You’re already a practicing graphic designer. Now interrogate what graphic design is and how to define it. Explore how design operates on a global scale. Use this to put your own work under the microscope.

Give yourself the time and space to reflect upon what stage your practice is at and how you want your career to develop.

Examine who you are as a designer and how you position yourself in the field. Define your own unique voice for your practice. How will you respond to the ever-evolving needs and changes between industry, commerce and society?

Our graphic design team are experts.

Head of Graphic Design, Bryan Clark, is on the Design and Art Direction’s (D&AD) executive committee. Some of the biggest names in Graphic Design have inputted into the course – e.g.

Sarah Boris, Kate Moross, Simon Manchipp and UsTwo.

Look beyond your current professional network. Get help with connecting with cutting-edge professionals and employability options around the world.

Do the research and critical thinking that isn’t possible within day-to-day commercial practice. Reflect and act upon global design problems. This will help inform both your current practice and new work.

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Explore different possibilities for your career while continuing in your full-time job. Want to set up your own design studio, develop and launch a new creative project or find new collaborators, clients or employers?

We’ll help you create a business plan.

Falmouth University’s School of Communication Design has a worldclass reputation among the creative sector. Students from the school have collected 16 coveted D&AD pencils, the most of any single university anywhere in the world.

We’ve replicated the studio culture in a supportive, cross-cultural online environment. On the ‘ideas wall’ you discuss ideas and get feedback on your work from other MA students around the world. You get a global perspective on your practice.

Reflecting on how your career is developing and how you can take the next leap with your practice is built into the structure of the course.

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Module 5 Final Project What final project can you create and invest in to make a splash with after graduation?

Module 4 Application and Interactions Ask yourself what projects you want to work on, and who you want to collaborate with.

Get help with forming new networks around the world.

Module 3 Studio and Entrepreneurship How can you establish new business skills, entrepreneurship and new methods of communication to aid your practice ambitions?

Module 2 History and Futures Reinvigorate your understanding of craft, culture and society.

Module 1 Contemporary Practice Look at who you are and how you position yourself within the graphic design field.

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Contact

Find out how our part-time, online MA Graphic Design can help you reach your career goals. flexible.falmouth.ac.uk Call us on: +44 (0)1223 447713 @graphicdesign.online