Leeds College of Art

Bachelor in Animation (BA - Hons)Building on the very successful animation elements of ourGraphic Design and former Digital Film, Games & Animationdegrees, it enables us to focus on the very latest practices,techniques and trends. An ideas-driven course, it willteach you to use traditional and new practices includingstoryboarding, stop-frame animation, 2D and 3D digitalproduction skills as well as motion capture technologies.

Bachelor of Creative Advertising (BA - Hons)Creative Advertising is an outstandingly strategic, pragmatic,and creative programme, designed to produce the globaladvertising leaders of the future. We’ve developed exceptionallinks with leading international names and produce smart,culturally aware and highly sought-after graduates. As Sir JohnHegarty, worldwide creative director at BBH, put it: “They’re agreat bunch, led by some very bright tutors.”

Bachelor of Fashion (BA - Hons)This course has two strands; you can choose either ‘Concepts& Communication’ or ‘Design & Realisation’.If you are looking for a career in fashion, but notnecessarily as a designer/maker, the Concepts &Communication strand might be your choice. You’ll explorethe full fashion journey (from concept to production,merchandising and communication), considering commercialaspects of successful fashion enterprise.The Design & Realisation strand will develop your ability totransform creative 2D ideas into exciting fashion garments.You will learn traditional and creative approaches to design,visual research, illustration, tailoring and pattern making.You’ll have opportunities to gain experience designing for avariety of fashion genres, from sportswear to high-street andavant-garde, and to undertake work placements.... [-]

Bachelor of Fine Art (BA - Hons)This studio-based programme involves you in a diverse, livelya community of people experimenting, challenging, learning andengaged in the business of being an artist in the contemporarythe world is structured around a system which houses fourspecialist subject strands:

Each subject strand is led by an experienced artist inthis arena and working in a dedicated subject studio youwill engage with a range of strategies to support yourdevelopment.

Bachelor of Graphic Design (BA - Hons)The studio is the focus here: a creative space with theatmosphere of a busy agency rather than a group of students.You’ll benefit from immediate exposure to the structuresand disciplines of a working studio, learning how individualcreativity and collaborative teamwork combine to produceexceptional work. You’ll have access to cutting-edge Macsuites plus all the College facilities, and there are countlessopportunities for cross-discipline collaboration. Our industrylinks are excellent, with plenty of visiting professionalsto discuss your work with you. Places on this intensive,challenging course are in high demand and you’ll be expectedto put in the hours if you want to reap the rewards.... [-]

Bachelor in Illustration (BA - Hons)This is a brand-new and exciting course for 2013 which hasdeveloped out of the extremely successful illustration streamwithin our Graphic Design degree. You will not only developyour strengths as an illustrator but also learn to build yourown practice when you graduate. You’ll have exposure to awide range of applications for illustration (from packaging,editorial and publishing to storyboarding, character designand comic strips), using both traditional and new media toexplore your creative ambitions. You’ll take advantage ofexcellent links with industry and professional illustrators, andon graduation will have the choice of a wide range of careeroptions.The emphasis is on developing your practice as an illustratorrather than teaching you to draw. This is a hard-working andchallenging programme, offering fantastic opportunities foryou to develop into a sought after practicing professional.... [-]

Bachelor in Photography (BA - Hons)Anyone can press the button on a camera but we’ll encourage you to critically consider every aspect of this art form, from the composition to the audience to post-production. You’ll learn about the whole world of visual language and image making, from art direction to curating, and learn to use a wide range of traditional and digital formats and equipment. You will understand historical schools of photography as well as the ever-increasing cross-over between genres, such as documentary, fashion, fine-art and commercial photography. Most importantly, we’ll help you to identify your chosen path, and prepare you to begin building a successful career.We’re looking for students with a range of interests and an open mind, who embrace broader practices around photography. This is important because photographers increasingly work across genres, from fine art to documentary picture-making.... [-]

Bachelor in Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design (BA - Hons)This very prestigious programme produces outstandinggraduates who go on to exceptional international careers.Even as while still at the College, students regularly sell theirwork to textile and surface pattern design industries, andthey win some of the world’s most esteemed design awards.This year our students undertook internships in the studios ofcompanies such as Liberty, Abercrombie & Fitch, AlexanderMcQueen, Diane von Furstenberg, DKNY, Miss Selfridge, PaulSmith, Rob Ryan, River Island, Timorous Beasties, Topshop,Designers Guild, Tigerprint, Hallmark, Zandra Rhodes, DeborahBowness, Rob Ryan, Oilily, White Stuff, Vogue, Claire Coles,Drawn in Light, Mary Katrantzou, Next, Fromental, and manyothers.This programme has an outstanding global reputation. We lookfor talented, hard-working people who will develop their own‘handwriting’, both anticipating and setting future trends.... [-]

Bachelor in Visual Communication (BA - Hons)We’re looking for dynamic students who want to havecreative, useful working lives and make a positive impact onsociety. Students itching to change the world, who need threeyears of space and freedom to resolve how they’ll do that.We want independent thinkers comfortable with developingtheir own briefs, but also capable of serious collaboration.People who want to explore their ideas through a wide rangeof media, from graphic design to filmmaking. People who careabout social interaction, who want to make a positive impacton the community.