Communication Design: Graphic Design MA传达设计：平面设计

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This course encourages the exploration and understanding of the methods and processes at work in contemporary visual communication, and will further develop your personal practice and approach to graphic design. It focuses on individual research and inquiry and helps you to develop your understanding of the significance of the wider cultural role of the visual designer. In addition, you will be introduced to disciplinary and interdisciplinary models of thinking that will underpin your own focused study on the course.该课程鼓励探索和理解当代视觉传达设计中工作的方法和过程，进一步发展你个人的实践和平面设计。它关注个体研究和调查,能帮助你发展更广泛的文化视觉设计师你的理解的意义。另外，学术将被介绍学科和跨学科的思维模式，加强学术自身的学科关注。

What will you study? 你将学到什么

Project work will challenge you to develop and enhance your existing ways of working. You will explore the importance of research in underpinning your practice and will be encouraged to build your own visual language and ‘tools' in response to set briefs within each module. In the final stage of the course, you will propose and develop your independent major project. You will be taught by experienced academics and specialist tutors from industry who encourage you to develop your understanding of the relationship between words, pictures and their means of communication and transmission. 项目工作将挑战你去进步和提高现有的工作方式。你将探索基础研究的重要性，将被鼓励去建立你自己的视觉语言和“工具”在每个模块中回答简短。在你的课程的最后的阶段，你将提出和发展自己的独立的项目。你将得到业界有经验的学术和专家的指导，他会鼓励你去发展你自己对于文字，图片和他们的沟通方式和传送的理解。

Assessment评估

Project work: visual research, written project report/summary, exhibition, and final major project. 专题作业：视觉研究，书面项目报告/总结，展览，最后的重点项目

Course structure 课程结构

This specialist pathway of the Communication Design MA course is part of the School of Design's postgraduate programme. The structure – shared with students from Product & Furniture Design MA, Sustainable Design MA and Fashion MA – enables you to explore your individual specialist interests in graphic design within an integrative learning environment that provides a comprehensive understanding of the value and role of interdisciplinary methods and ways of working. The influences and impact of thinking from other related design subjects on your own specialist study is an important aspect of the identity and the community of interdisciplinary practice at masters level in the School of Design. 这个传达设计的MA的课程是学校设计学院研究生项目的一部分。课程结构——与学生从产品和家具设计课程，持续性设计课程，时装课程的学生一起分享，可以是学生在综合学习环境下，在平面设计领域探索你的个人兴趣，提供了对价值的全面了解，跨学科方法的作用和工作方式。在设计学院研究生阶段，其他相关的设计专业对你自己的个人的影响，是非常重要的身份的重要方向和跨学科的社会实践。

This structure is designed to help progress and develop your independent learning, encouraging you to construct and explore projects concerned with areas of particular personal interests. The overarching course philosophy, based upon an emphasis on research, methodology and design thinking, allows individual and personal concerns to be explored through focused study in graphic design.课程结构的设计是帮助学生进步和发展你的独立的学习。鼓励学生建立和探索涉及个人兴趣的项目。首要的课程的理念是强调调研，方法和设计想法，允许通过关注于平面设计的学习探索个人的问题。

The two shared modules of the School of Design's Postgraduate Framework both commence with a symposium, in which high-profile external speakers present their work and contribute to a debate on a topic of relevance to all courses in the Framework.: 学校的两个共享模块框架设计的研究生都是开始于研讨会，外聘高知名度的学者展示他们的工作和贡献来讨论一个所有课程的相关主题在课程的框架内。

Teaching block 1教学模块1

·         Visual Grammar, Literacy and Intelligence视觉语法、文化和智慧

·         Designing Research 设计研究

Teaching block 2教学模块2

·         Visual Storytelling: Narrative and Sequence 视觉讲故事; 叙述和序列

·         Creative Futures 创造性的未来

Teaching block 3 教学模块3

·         Major Project 重点项目

Entry requirements入学要求

What you need to apply for this course申请该课程你所需要的

Here you'll find the entry requirements for this course. Please read them carefully as they are very important for your application.这里你将会发现这个课程的入学要求。请仔细阅读，因为这个对你的申请很重要

·         Applicants should have a good BA(Hons) degree or equivalent qualification in graphic design or a related subject, such as moving image, graphic communication, illustration, 3D design, advertising, photography, packaging, computer-related design, architecture or fine art.申请者英国拥有平面设计或者相关学科的BA学位或者是等同于BA的学位，例如，动态影像，平面传达，动画，3D设计，广告，摄影，包装设计，电脑相关的设计

·         We also welcome applicants with relevant experience, which demonstrates the necessary skills and intellectual achievement needed to undertake the course.我们也欢迎申请者拥有相关的经验，展示这个课程必要的技能和成就

·         You must submit a portfolio.提交作品集

Interviews 面试

We will invite all shortlisted candidates to an interview, asking you to: 我们将会邀请所有的筛选后的候选人参加面试，要求你：

·         bring your portfolio with you; and带着你的作品集

·         submit a major project proposal for discussion, which indicates areas of interest for further exploration. 提交一个主要的study proposal来讨论，这个要显示你下一步的研究的兴趣

We can make alternative arrangements for international students based overseas.我们可以为海外学生有选择性的安排面试。

English language requirements英语要求

All non-UK applicants must meet our English language requirement, which is Academic IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no element below 5.5 所有非UK的申请者必须要满足英国要求，即雅思总分6.5，各小分不低于5.5

Portfolio submission 作品集提交

The portfolio email will ask you to upload your zipped portfolio to the Kingston University drop boxwithin two weeks of the date of the email request. It will provide a dedicated course link to allow you to do this. 作品集的邮件会要求你在受到邮件的两周内上传你的压缩的作品集到金斯顿大学的dropbox。将会提供给你一个专门的课程链接去上传你的作品集

The drop box homepage will ask you to enter your Kingston ID number, your name and the course name, as well as a confirmation email address to confirm receipt. Please enter this information carefully so we can clearly match your submitted portfolio to your application. You will automatically receive a confirmation email to confirm that you have successfully submitted your portfolio. Drop box的网页将会要求你舒服你的金斯顿大学的ID,你的名字和课程名称，一个确认的邮箱。请仔细填写所有的信息以便于我们清晰的把你提交的作品集合你的申请对接。你将自动受到一个确认的邮件，来确认你已经成功地提交你的作品集。

Portfolio guidelines作品集指导

You can read the portfolio guidelines for this course.

If the postgraduate admissions tutor requires further information or wishes to invite you to further assessment by interview they will contact you directly. You will then hear directly from the Faculty's Admissions Office whether your application has been successful.如果研究生申请申请团队需要跟进一步的信息或者希望邀请你参加面试进行下一步的评估，她们将会直接联系你。那时，你将会直接从申请审理团队那得到你的申请是否成功的消息。

We accept online applications only via our website:https://portfolio.kingston.ac.uk/

我们只接受在线申请
What happens next? 接下来
Once we have received your completed online application you will receive an email request for your portfolio. This email will tell you what we require in your portfolio but we have added some details below just for information.一旦我们收到你的完整的在线申请，你将得到一封邮件，会要求你的作品集。 这封邮件将会告诉你我们需要你的作品集有什么，但是我们会添加一些细节信息

Our Postgraduate Admissions Team may contact you directly for further information, either before or after your online portfolio has been reviewed.  You will receive the outcome of your application via email to the account you indicated on your application form.我们研究生申请审理团队会直接联系你要一些更多的材料，可能会在你的作品集提交之前或者之后。你将会通过申请时所用的邮箱接到我们的申请结果

You will need to upload your zipped portfolio by following this link:你需要通过这个链接上传你的压缩作品集
https://portfolio.kingston.ac.uk

The online portfolio homepage will ask you to enter your Kingston Student ID, date of birth, and course title. Please enter this information carefully so we can clearly match your submitted portfolio to your application. You will receive an email to confirm that you have successfully submitted your portfolio.在线作品集网页会要求你输入你的金斯顿学生ID,生日和课程名称。请仔细填写这些信息，我们可以清晰的把你上传的作品集合你的申请对号。之后，你将会受到一封确认作品集上传成功的邮件。

Please provide a maximum of 20 images of your work plus a 300 word Personal Statement (postgraduate applications and BA(Hons) Graphic Design only) which should support your application for your chosen course at Kingston University. The Personal Statement, if required, should be the final page of your portfolio. The preferred format used to present your portfolio is in a single PDF document/PowerPoint Presentation / or a flickr / vimeo link. Please put the link to your portfolio in a word document and then compress and upload this file. Your compressed file must be under 50MB. 请提供最多20个图片加上一个300字的个人陈述（研究生申请和本科平面设计专业），来支持你所选专业的申请。个人陈述应该在你作品集的最后一页。首选格式可以是PDF文件/PPT/网络相簿/视频媒体。请把链接请组合在一个word文档,然后压缩上传这个文件，你的压缩文件要小于50MB.

Further guidance on how to compress and upload your portfolio to the university dropbox will be sent to you by email from the Admissions Team once an application is received.如何压缩和上传你的作品集到学校的dropbox，学校的申请审理团队会在接到你的申请后，发邮件通知你

Please carefully select and edit your work to produce an exciting, creative and representative portfolio which informs us about your skills, interests and ambitions.

请仔细选择和编辑你的工作，产生一个能令人兴奋的,有创造性和代表性的作品集，使我们了解你的技能,兴趣和梦想
Your portfolio should include a:你的作品集应该包括：

·         selection of your student work (if relevant) 选择你的学生工作（如果相关）

·         selection of your professional work (if relevant)选择你职业工作（如果相关）

·         examples of preparatory creative work (for example, images from your sketchbooks).预备创造性工作的例子（比如，素描的照片）

This document is available as a PDF 这个作品集可以是PDF