Visual Communication BA(Hons) (Online)

You'll work on a range of projects to challenge your emerging fields. Throughout these projects you'll hone your core skills, reflect critically on your strengths and explore alternative models of practise to help define your design future beyond the Visual Communication course. Undertaking self-selected briefs, technical learning activities and presentations, as well as collaborative exercises and independent research, you'll continue to strengthen and provoke speculative, experimental and industry process models.

Modules

Shape

Develop your ability to shape your ideas, and your outcomes, to find sustainable solutions for the specific needs of your intended audience.

Find

Work collaboratively to develop your use of a range of research methods to underpin the conceptual development of projects and find solutions to complex problems.

Break

This self-directed practice module aims to develop your ability to generate innovative visual communication strategies, underpinned by the development of your critical analytical skills.

Share

Develop collaborative industry-focussed ways of working to generate complex and ambitious creative projects.

Finally, you'll refine the detail and depth of existing projects, or work on new initiatives to cement your final visual communications identity, so you're ready to head into industry or go to further study. You will underpin your final portfolio through undertaking a reflective research project and exploring alternative models of practice to give you the essential skills you need for a successful career in the creative industries.

Modules

Jump

Evolve and refine a specialist body of creative practice and identify a future career pathway in the creative industries. It is the first stage in portfolio development that will build towards your professional identity and practice for when you graduate.

Sprint

This entrepreneurial module aims to situate your practice within industry and prepare you with the business skills you need for a successful career in the creative industries.

Launch

Develop an innovative final portfolio that demonstrates a high level of professionalism and industry level finish appropriate for your career ambition.

Reach

This module asks you to contextualise your practice and identify future audiences for your work.

This practice-based Visual Communication degree is underpinned by creative and technical tuition. We offer a truly multidisciplinary syllabus designed to meet the demands of visual communication within the creative industry.

What will my study hours be?

Depending on your choice of full-time or part-time study, you'll spend between 27-50 hours a week developing dynamic creative processes and contextual understanding. You'll be taught in online lectures, webinars, forums and design activities by staff with a wide range of industry experience, while developing your own direction and specialisms.

What does accelerated study mean?

An accelerated degree condenses your degree modules into two years on the full-time route, or three years on the part-time route. This means you'll be working across three study blocks per year, instead of two, including through the summer. Typically, there is a break of around two weeks between submitting your final assignment for each module and the start of the next study block. You will also get breaks on public holidays, for around two weeks at Easter and for around three weeks in December.

The BA(Hons) Visual Communication degree employs a variety of assessment strategies over the course of the year. These include the submission of portfolios of practical work, presentations, verbal reports and a major practice project.

Your summative (final) assessments occur at the end of each module, usually at the end of the study block. You may also have interim formative assessments part way through a module as well. These assessments help ensure that you remain on track with your work.

You will receive continuous written and/or verbal feedback on all your work throughout the year. At the end of the module you will receive detailed feedback in written form.

You'll be able to check in with your online tutor to discuss your progress and ask any questions you have about your course. 

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