Nottingham Trent University, is it an option?

Today we have discussed whether we would like to go to university after completing college. We discussed the different options we could take, whether we would stay local or move away, what courses we would like to do, and UCAS points. We went off to the learning centre to do some research and look into the different universities and what courses they offer.

Nottingham Trent University.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/pss/courses/cf/60809-1/10/BA_%28Hons%29_Graphic_Design.aspx

About the course:
The course will last for a period of three years, all three years feature two core modules covering practical and theoretical work. The course encourages you to develop your own interests and express viewpoints, imaginations and visual skills within specialist areas such as: Print, Illustration, Advertising, Branding, New Media and Motion Graphics.The course is taught by specialist staff including internationally recognised practitioners, researchers and educators who are actively involved in the contemporary graphic design arena. The entry requirements are A minimum of 280 UCAS tarrif points (from a minimum of two A-levels or equivalent qualification (such as a BTEC National Diploma or art and design foundation course). Additional tariff points obtained from AS-levels, where the subject was not continued to A-level, will also be accepted towards the 280 UCAS points required).

Year One

• You will gain a comprehensive in troduction to the basic principles and history of graphic design.
• You will also participate in a series of project briefs and a learn-by-doing approach combines creativity with technology and incorporates modern software and visualisation techniques.

Year Two

• You'll begin to expand on your creative development and work through the design process in a series of projects.
• These will include areas like brand identity, interactive design, advertising, illustration, typography, editorial design and digital techniques.
• You'll have the chance to take up a work placement for up to four weeks within a commercial design company.

Year Three

• You'll have the freedom and flexibility to specialise in areas of your choices by developing your own projects and design briefs.
• You'll get the chance to enter national competitions.
• You'll put together a portfolio of self-initiated degree-show work and a fully research dissertation on a subject of your choice.

I would like to study at Nottingham Trent University as it is close to home meaning i will not need to move away from friends or family. The course sounds appealing as it has all the right things i am looking for and it will be easy to get in because of the course i am currently studying.