hey, i do graphic and communication design, i'll be going into my second year in September. i never studied design until i got to uni, i didn't even do art for alevel (don't even ask me how i got in!). but it's a good course.
To be honest, there are some of the tutors i think we could do without, but generally it's a mix of opinions. People say some of the tutors are no good, but you can imagine, at the end of the day, work is looked at with personal preferancxe in mind, so if you don't agree with a tutor then you might not like their feedback but there's a large enough team to get an all round opinion, and thy are always likely to give you constructive critacism anyway.
I'd advise you to look forwrd to your first year, try and do a bit of work every week otherwise you'll end up in the graphics trap of allnighters the day before the deadline!!! (oh well it's all fun anad games!).
kirsty