Graphic and Digital Design

(BA, 4 Years)

Duration

4 years

Qualification Awarded

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic and Digital Design

Level of Qualification

Bachelor Degree (1st Cycle)

Language of Instruction

English

Mode of Study

Full-time or Part-time

Minimum ECTs Credits

240

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Graphic and Digital Design (BA, 4 Years)

Duration 4 years
Qualification Awarded Bachelor of Arts in Graphic and Digital Design
Level of Qualification Bachelor Degree (1st Cycle)
Language of Instruction English
Mode of Study Full-time and Part-time
Minimum ECTS Credits 240

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Profile of the Programme

The graphic design field is developing rapidly with the help of digital tools; continuous technological advancements create new challenges and opportunities for the modern graphic designer.
Graphic language, through images and texts, largely determines the everyday lives of people all over the world. Newspapers and textbooks, product packaging and promotional posters, signage in malls and roads, websites and mobile applications are just a few examples of visual communication design.
The programme aims to develop students’ communication, critical thinking and creative skills, to cultivate their aesthetic criteria, and help them establish a strong visual vocabulary to successfully address and solve everyday design problems.

Career Prospects

The programme is one of the longest established graphic design programmes in Cyprus, whose graduates are now working all over the world. It provides excellent career opportunities for those who wish to become professional graphic designers, typographers, illustrators, and digital designers in areas including print and electronic publishing (books, magazines, newspapers), information design, branding and advertising, packaging, and print production management, as well as in every sector with a need for digital and online visual design applications. Our graduates also work as designers for museums, cultural organisations and creative media or go into research work and teaching.

Academic Admission

The minimum admission requirement to an undergraduate programme of study is a recognized High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) or equivalent internationally recognized qualification(s). Students with a lower HSLC grade than 7.5/10 or 15/20 or equivalent depending on the grading system of the country issuing the HSLC are provided with extra academic guidance and monitoring during the first year of their studies.

In addition to the above all applicants are expected to submit a portfolio of art/design/multimedia, ideally in both electronic and physical form.

Portfolios will be submitted by the applicant during an interview, which may be conducted online, scheduled by the University of Nicosia and will be assessed by the Department’s admissions panel. The interview takes the form of a discussion around the applicant’s range of skills and interests, focusing on the portfolio of work in graphic and/or multimedia design, the arts or related areas.

The interview and portfolio review is a two-way process and assesses students’ skills and interests; students are given the opportunity to ask questions about the programme and the Department and to have a look at the facilities.

English Language Proficiency

The list below provides the minimum English Language Requirements (ELR) for enrollment to the programme of study. Students who do not possess any of the qualifications or stipulated grades listed below and hold IELTS with 4.5 and above, are required to take UNIC’s NEPTON English Placement Test (with no charge) and will receive English Language support classes.

  • TOEFL – 525 and above
  • Computer-based TOEFL – 193 and above
  • Internet-based TOEFL – 80 and above
  • IELTS – 6 and above
  • Cambridge Exams [First Certificate] – B and above
  • Cambridge Exams [Proficiency Certificate – C and above
  • GCSE English Language “O” Level – C and above
  • Michigan Examination of Proficiency in English (CaMLA) – Pass
  • Pearson PTE General – Level 3 and above
  • KPG (The Greek Foreign Language Examinations for the State Certificate of Language Proficiency) – Level B2 and above
  • Anglia – Level B2 and above
  • IEB Advances Programme English – Pass
  • Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) Michigan Language Assessment by: Cambridge Assessment English & University of Michigan – 650 average score for ALL skills and above

Course assessment usually comprises of a comprehensive final exam and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment can include amongst others, mid-terms, projects, and class participation.

Letter grades are calculated based on the weight of the final exam and the continuous assessment and the actual numerical marks obtained in these two assessment components. Based on the course grades the student’s semester grade point average (GPA) and cumulative point average (CPA) are calculated.

The student must complete 240 ECTS and all programme requirements.

A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required. Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required.

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:

  1. Critically discuss concepts, principles and theories relating to the history and theory of the broad field of visual communication.
  2. Employ the fundamental design principles and theories that underpin the implementation of different projects in areas such as: advertising and social media design, brand identity design, information design, packaging and sustainable design, publications design, typography and type design, art and illustration for graphic design, motion graphic design, web design, and print production.
  3. Apply a range of critical enquiry and visual investigation strategies in order to evaluate problems and develop innovative design solutions.
  4. Design and execute an independent research project from the problem recognition stage through to the evaluation and appraisal of findings.
  5. Create design work to a professional standard utilising software tools and taking into consideration the production constraints discussed in the programme.
  6. Organise a portfolio of work that demonstrates their skills and competences and corresponds to the quality standards of the international and European graphic design industry.
  7. Operate effectively in an interdisciplinary team applying the interpersonal skills acquired through the course’s practical projects.
  8. Express their work in oral and written form using the appropriate terminology in the subject area.
  9. Identify the details of the business functions in the graphic design environment such as marketing, costing, and estimating.
  10. Appraise themselves as members of a community whose people with special needs and/or awareness of social issues can benefit from their skills.

Section: A Major Requirements
ECTS: Min. 174 Max. 174

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
ART-135 Fundamentals of Drawing 6
ART-281 History of Art 6
ART-290 Figure Drawing 6
DES-116 Fundamentals of 2D Design 6
DES-126 Introduction to Typography 6
DES-156 Fundamentals of 3D Design 6
DES-206 Graphic Design 6
DES-226 Digital Imaging 6
DES-236 Typography and Graphic Communication 6
DES-256 Editorial Design 6
DES-260 Photography I 6
DES-262 Photography in the Digital World 6
DES-270A Photography II 6
DES-286 Production Methods for Graphic Design 6
DES-306 Illustration 6
DES-326 Design for Packaging 6
DES-346 Graphic Design for Social and Commercial Advertising 6
DES-356 Publishing 6
DES-366 Information Design 6
DES-376 Visual Literacy 6
DES-436 Research Methodologies in Design 6
DES-446 History of Graphic Communication 6
DES-456 Negotiated Project in Graphic Design 6
DES-466 Advanced Screen Typography 6
DES-486 Graphic Communication Final Project 6
MULT-160 Introduction to Multimedia 6
MULT-161 Interactive Design for Social Media 6
MULT-250 Storyboarding and 2D Animation 6
MULT-360 Interface Design and Development 6

Section: B Major Electives
ECTS: Min. 18 Max. 36

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
ART-110 Introduction to Visual Arts 6
ART-180 Process and Project Based Art Practice 6
ART-195 Drawing II 6
ART-251 Printmaking 6
ART-330 Handmade Animation 6
ART-384 Modern and Contemporary Art 6
COMM-117 Video Production 6
DES-106 Design for Communication 6
DES-426 Graphic Design Work Placement 6
MULT-164 Programming Principles 6
MULT-265 Visual Effects 6
MULT-361 3D Modeling and Animation 6

Section: C Language Expression
ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 30
Notes: Placement in English courses is done on the basis of a Placement Test or tests such as TOEFL or GCE.

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
BADM-231 Business Communications 6
BADM-332 Technical Writing and Research 6
BENG-100 College English 6
COMM-200 Business and Professional Communication 6
ENGL-100 Basic Writing 6
ENGL-101 English Composition 6

Section: D Marketing Electives
ECTS: Min. 0 Max. 6

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
MKTG-291 Marketing 6

Section: E Humanities and Social Sciences Electives
ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 18
Notes: Or any course in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. For other courses you should contact your Programme Coordinator for advice.

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
ANTH-105 Cultural Anthropology 6
PHIL-101 Introduction to Philosophy 6
PHIL-120 Ethics 6
PSY-110 General Psychology I 6

Semester 1

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
ART-135 Fundamentals of Drawing 6
DES-116 Fundamentals of 2D Design 6
DES-260 Photography I 6
MULT-160 Introduction to Multimedia 6
ENGL-101 English Composition 6

Semester 2

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
ART-281 History of Art 6
DES-126 Introduction to Typography 6
DES-156 Fundamentals of 3D Design 6
MULT-161 Interactive Design for Social Media 6
ART-180 Process and Project Based Art Practice 6

Semester 3

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
DES-206 Graphic Design 6
DES-226 Digital Imaging 6
DES-236 Typography and Graphic Communication 6
MULT-250 Storyboarding and 2D Animation 6
COMM-117 Video Production 6

Semester 4

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
ART-290 Figure Drawing 6
DES-256 Editorial Design 6
DES-286 Production Methods for Graphic Design 6
DES-262 Photography in the Digital World 6
MULT-164 Programming Principles 6

Semester 5

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
DES-326 Design for Packaging 6
DES-356 Publishing 6
DES-306 Illustration 6
MULT-360 Interface Design and Development 6
COMM-200 Business and Professional Communication 6

Semester 6

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
DES-346 Graphic Design for Social and Commercial Advertising 6
DES-366 Information Design 6
DES-376 Visual Literacy 6
DES-270A Photography II 6
PSY-110 General Psychology I 6

Semester 7

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
DES-436 Research Methodologies in Design 6
DES-446 History of Graphic Communication 6
DES-426 Graphic Design Work Placement 6
MULT-361 3D Modeling and Animation 6
MKTG-291 Marketing 6

Semester 8

Course ID Course Title ECTS Credits
DES-456 Negotiated Project in Graphic Design 6
DES-466 Advanced Screen Typography 6
DES-486 Graphic Communication Final Project 6
ART-251 Printmaking 6
PHIL-120 Ethics 6
The above semester breakdown is an indicative one. A few of the courses are electives and can be substituted by others. Students may contact their academic advisor and consult their academic pathway found on this website under “Schools & Programmes”.

Ms Poppy Aristidou

Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Design & Multimedia

Ms Maria Christoforou

Lecturer
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Chris Christou

Associate Head of Department
Associate Professor
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Ms Marianna Kafaridou

Associate Professor
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Klimis Mastoridis

Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Member of the Senate

Professor Paschalis Paschali

Head of Department
Professor
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Nicos Philippou

Lecturer
Department of Communications , School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Androniki Sioki

Associate Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Design & Multimedia

Ms Maria Stavride

Lecturer
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Mr Constantinos Taliotis

Assistant Professor
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Design & Multimedia

Ms Sophia Tsangaridou

Associate Lecturer
Department of Communications
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr Evanthia Tselika

Associate Professor
Department of Design & Multimedia
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Mr Ioannis Hadjipanayis

Art and Design Technical Officer

Ms Christalla Kyriacou

Adjunct Faculty

Dr Haris Pellapaisiotis

Adjunct Faculty

Mr Andreas Tomblin

Adjunct Faculty

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