BA (Hons) Illustration at Birmingham City University

Illustration is a powerful tool for storytelling, whether it is through children's books, editorial pieces, visual narratives, or moving image. On the BA (Hons) Illustration course you will learn how to convey authentic, innovative, ideas and messages that are impactful, thought-provoking, and publishable. Staying ahead in the field requires embracing technological advances.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Design and Media  |  Department: Art and Design  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time (optional professional placement)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our challenging and exciting Illustration course will help you develop new skills and different ways of thinking, enabling you to find your own individual, visual language and prepare you for the ever-changing creative industry. The course celebrates the synthesis between illustration and all the other visual communication subject disciplines, leading to the development of strong student collaborations that again aims to reflect industry practice. We support a lively creative community, encouraging the value of peer learning. Modules include Fundamental Practice: Illustration, Professional Futures: Communication (Illustration), Moving Stories, Discuss and Distribute, Audience & Context, Professional Futures: Collaboration, Defining Practice, Work Placement.

Career pathways

Throughout the course you will discover and refine a portfolio of practice which best suits your motivations and aspirations. Through this you will develop as a creative individual, equipped not only for a career within the illustration spectrum, but with the transferable skills to benefit a whole range of professional contexts.

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