C09061v1 Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Visual Communication
Award(s): Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Visual Communication (BDesign(Hons))CRICOS code: 077340K
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Notes
The first intake for this course will be in 2016.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
The Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Visual Communication equips students with a global vision of design and access to a broad range of careers in the industry. The honours year centres on the integration of research and high-level design project engagement.
The course allows students to develop and realise major design projects, paralleling the process that professionals undertake in industry. It allows students to consolidate an understanding of their own individual design language and gives them advanced levels of analysis, self-direction, motivation and self-management.
Course aims
The Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication (Honours) centres on the integration of research and high-level design project engagement. This provides students with an opportunity to be challenged by high-level engagement with design, research and practice. Honours' projects are managed by structuring technology-driven, practice-orientated and research-integrated learning.
Students explore design issues, learn and implement new strategies and combine theory and practice in the context of a rapidly changing technological and social environment.
Career options
Career options include design roles in graphic design, publishing, advertising, animation, film, television, exhibitions, government agencies, not-for-profit and corporate sectors.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline at an appropriate level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 58-66
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
Local students
External local applicants must also attend an interview with the program director. Academic transcripts and portfolio are required at the interview.
Internal UTS applicants require a weighted average mark of above 72.5 across the three years of the Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication (C10308) to secure guaranteed entry. A student with a weighted average mark of above 70 can enrol in the course with the permission of the program director.
International students
International applicants must also attend an interview (via Skype) with the program director. Digital copies of both the academic transcripts and portfolio must be sent to the program director prior to the interview.
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
The course is offered on a one-year, full-time basis. Students may study this program part time after consultation with the program director.
Course completion requirements
| 87931 VC Extensions A | 6cp | |
| 87932 VC Extensions B | 6cp | |
| 87933 Design Research: Visualising Research | 12cp | |
| 87900 Design Research: Major Project VC | 24cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
The typical course program is shown below.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 87931 VC Extensions A | 6cp | |
| 87932 VC Extensions B | 6cp | |
| 87933 Design Research: Visualising Research | 12cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 87900 Design Research: Major Project VC | 24cp | |
Other information
Further information is available from the Building 6 Student Centre on:
telephone 1300 ask UTS (1300 275 887)
or +61 2 9514 1222
Ask UTS www.ask.uts.edu.au
www.dab.uts.edu.au
