Preparation for Design, Media and Screen

This exciting and challenging one-year Level 4 course will enable you to develop your creative, academic and professional potential in design, media and screen. You'll be able to develop your skills in your preferred specialism, including graphic design, advertising, journalism, branded spaces, public relations, illustration, animation, film and photography.

Choose from a range of disciplines including: graphic design, advertising, interaction design, illustration, branding, animation, film and photography.

Why choose this course at UAL School of Pre-degree Studies
• You’ll be encouraged to explore a wide range of media, and to mix traditional methods of making with digital and interactive processes.
• Undertaking a major project in a specialist area of your choice will help you to feel prepared for the first year of your undergraduate degree.
• Successful completion of this course will guarantee you the offer of a place on an undergraduate degree at London College of Communication (LCC).
• You'll be based at UAL School of Pre-degree Studies where you'll have access to facilities including a Loan Store where you can borrow equipment to support your learning and making.

What to expect?
• You'll be encouraged to consider which discipline is most suited to your talents and potential and you'll undertake a major project in the specialist area of your choice. The course will provide you with the essential skills to be curious, brave and committed to your chosen pathway.
• Collaborative workshops to develop practical skills, teamwork and creative problem-solving.
You'll be encouraged to explore a wide range of media and to mix and match traditional methods of making with digital and interactive elements.
• You will have access to a range of workshops and technical facilities.
• We are committed to ensuring that your skills are set within an ethical framework and are working to embed UAL’s Principles for Climate, Social and Racial Justice into the course.
• All students who successfully complete the course and hold the appropriate language qualifications will be guaranteed an offer of a place on an undergraduate course at London College of Communication.
• Whilst we cannot guarantee that you will be made an offer on a specific course of your choosing, we will ensure you are offered a place on a relevant course at LCC. This course will depend on your portfolio and the interests you develop during the year.

Industry experience and opportunities
You’ll have lectures from visiting industry speakers and be introduced the professional world to raise awareness of your future career choices.

The Course Team has a broad range of subjects and expertise across design, media, and screen which means that you'll be fully prepared for the first year of your undergraduate degree.

The course units are aligned to the Creative Attributes Framework (CAF) which, through the curriculum, will empower you to develop ethical and wide ranging qualities, abilities and behaviours to prepare for the future and rewarding career.