Welcome to Graphic Design at CCCU. This is a course for curious people, designers who want to understand not just how to make things, but why design matters and what it can do in the world. Over four years you'll develop your own creative voice, build real industry experience, and become part of a studio community that will stay with you well beyond graduation. We're genuinely looking forward to meeting you.

Will Hill
Course Director

Your Teaching Timetable

Teaching for your course will begin w.c 21 September 2026.

To help you plan your first few weeks, you can view an overview of the teaching activities for your course.

View your first semester teaching timetable.

On a mobile device, click the arrow next to “Search” at the top right of the page to view your timetable.

If your course is taught in groups, the overview will show activities for all groups. You will only need to attend sessions for your allocated group.

Once teaching begins, your individual timetable and group allocation will be available in MyTimetable provided you have completed online registration and created your computing account.

Your Semester 1 Modules

Creative Arts and Industries

The Big Picture*

*All Foundation Year students take The Big Picture during Semester 1. The module includes shared lectures and smaller seminar and pastoral groups.

Seminar groups are arranged broadly by subject area so that discussions, examples, and activities can connect to your intended degree course.

The Unitimetables page shows an overview of all scheduled teaching for the module. You will not be expected to attend every seminar shown there.

Your confirmed lecture, seminar, and pastoral group will be available in MyTimetable once course registration and group allocations have been completed.

Key dates

Academic Calendar: Semesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2026-27 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.

Welcome

We look forward to you joining us for the first time during Welcome Week.

​​Welcome Week is an important part of the Foundation Year. It is your chance to settle in, meet staff and fellow students, and feel confident about the year ahead.

Welcome Week is focused on getting settled, meeting your peers and tutors, and finding your feet at university rather than diving straight into assessed work.

​​The foundation year covers a range of practical and academic skills which will help prepare you the rest of your undergraduate degree. Some of the modules in the foundation year are focused on your chosen subject, some will encompass a broader approach.

Getting started

Your Course

In Semester 1 you will study the following modules:

  • Creative Arts and Industries

In the first few weeks of this module, you will be introduced to different areas of the creative arts industries and relevant key concepts. Each week, you will take a workshop that focuses on a different area of creative arts, as well as a workshop that is targeted towards your subject area.

 Teaching on this module will consist of a mixture of interactive lectures, practical workshops and group/1-1 tutorials with the tutors. You will start the day off with a lecture amongst students from courses across the creative arts subjects where you will learn about the creative arts industries and key concepts within them, get to know staff in the area and hear guest employability talks.

After the lecture, you will move into smaller groups for workshops exploring theoretical and practical perspectives related to your own discipline as well as wider creative arts areas. Once you have built up your skills, later workshops will involve you working on a collaborative media project with students from different creative arts courses.

  •  The Big Picture

The Big Picture helps you find your place in university and the wider world. Through lectures, seminars, and guided online learning, you’ll see how university differs from school and workplace training, and how your subject and other ones, too, connect to real issues. The aim is disciplined curiosity and growing confidence across university disciplines.

 Lectures are delivered each teaching week to create an event‑style experience for you. Seminars run in subject clusters. The ones after the lectures link the talk to your discipline and move on your assessment preparation. The one-hour seminar is a chance to reflect and seek support as well as work on the assessment.

Teaching across both modules is delivered on campus through a combination of lectures and workshops, giving you the chance to start developing your creative skills and building your understanding of the wider world of games and digital media.

​Your first few weeks will ease you in gently.

Blackboard

As teaching gets underway you will find all your module materials, resources, and announcements on Blackboard, the university's online learning environment. It is worth familiarising yourself with Blackboard early on, as it will be your central hub for everything course-related throughout your studies.

To help you prepare

If you want to get a head start before teaching begins, the Learning Skills Hub is a great place to build confidence in areas like academic writing and research.​

Your Must Do Tasks

Once you have been invited to register for your course, there are some key tasks you'll need to complete to make sure you are ready to become a CCCU student. 

Registration invitations are sent towards the end of August. We'll send yours to the email address you used when you applied, so please check this inbox regularly to make sure you don't miss any important information.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

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