Illustration with Integrated Foundation Year

Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time including foundation year 4 Years ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

UCAS Points

48 points

About this course

Our Integrated Foundation Year course is the ideal choice for a student looking to pursue an undergraduate degree in the creative arts. It will give you the grounding, tools, practical skills and confidence to succeed in the BA(Hons) Illustration degree at CSVPA with an enhanced knowledge and understanding of specialist techniques and materials.

You will take this one year course before progressing onto our BA(Hons) Illustration course at CSVPA. This initial year is designed to allow you to explore a broad range of media, approaches and concepts in arts and design, and to develop your own distinctive voice and direction for future success.

BA(Hons) Illustration Our BA (Hons) Illustration course gives students the freedom to explore personal expression through illustration. With the guidance of our expert teaching faculty, students are shown how to use illustration to entertain, communicate, influence, inform and educate. Bring ideas to life using various mediums such as pencils, paint, ink, moving image, animation, digital tools and more. Students will explore image making as a dynamic artistic practice, utilising clarity, vision and their own unique style. Our small class sizes ensure that you will receive frequent one-to-one guidance from our highly-skilled lecturers, allowing for a more tailored learning experience. Teaching comprises of studio-based design projects, set and live project briefs, self-initiated work, workshops and lectures. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the tools to help define your future and find an individual voice within the field of illustration.

Please click the following link to find out more about the Integrated Foundation Year: https://www.csvpa.com/course/ba-hons-with-integrated-foundation-year/

To find out more about our BA(Hons) Graphic Design degree, click this link: https://www.csvpa.com/course/ba-hons-illustration/

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff Points 48 points

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2142 Graphic and multimedia designers
3421 Interior designers
3411 Artists
3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
3429 Design occupations

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time including foundation year
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Cambridge
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design