Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)

Deakin University

About

Enter the dynamic world of professional design with Deakin’s Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication).

Learn the tools, strategies and design thinking methodologies required to be an adaptive, multidisciplinary communications designer.From day one you’ll learn to shape your ideas into smart and influential concepts under the guidance of industry leaders and established designers.Combine studies from related disciplines, including creative coding, photography and animation, and engrain your skills through practical learning.

You can let your creativity run free and practise with the same tools and technologies professionals use in our world-class design facilities.

And in your final year, you’ll enter the studio to work on a real client project, with the opportunity to showcase your finished product to the public.

This practical experience prepares you for the challenges of your future role, and ensures you graduate ready to make a real impact in the rapidly changing field of design.Want the skills to thrive in a career in communication design?

Structure

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication), a student must complete 24 credit points including:

  • 17 credit points of core units
  • 2 credit points of course elective units
  • 5 credit points of open elective units
  • no more than 10 credit points at level 1
  • minimum of 6 credit points at level 3
  • Academic Integrity AAI018
  • Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)

Entry requirements

If you are currently studying Year 12 in 2020 or completed Year 12 in 2018 or 2019 and have not attempted higher education or VET study since, your selection is based on the following.

Prerequisite subjects

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English EAL (English as an additional language) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.

ATAR

Selection will be based on your performance in a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education.

Folio and folio presentation

All applicants must complete the online Deakin University folio requirement. Learn more about the folio requirements

Selection is competitive and meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee selection. Our Admission Criteria and Selection Policy outlines the principles of selection.

Learning outcomes

Deakin's graduate learning outcomes describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates can demonstrate at the completion of their course. These outcomes mean that regardless of the Deakin course you undertake, you can rest assured your degree will teach you the skills and professional attributes that employers value. They'll set you up to learn and work effectively in the future.

outcome type outcome description
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities Develop theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the forms, functions, processes, languages and materials of visual communication design. Developing the capacity to meet client requirements in a rapidly changing industry setting.
Communication Effectively communicate ideas using specific language, concepts and media to transmit ideas in response to design briefs.
Digital literacy Utilize theoretical knowledge and practical skills with digital technologies to achieve user experience design outcomes.
Critical thinking Acquire skills in critical thinking and the analytical evaluation of design. Critically engaging a range of strategies to achieve professional industry based outcomes.
Problem solving Utilize design thinking methods to empathise, analyse, ideate, prototype and test complex and ill-defined problems.
Self-management Initiate autonomous and self-directed management techniques; demonstrating professional responsibility and accountability to a wide range of design projects.
Teamwork Lead, deliver and perform within a collaborative professional team to deliver industry standard outcomes.
Global citizenship Critically engage designs capacity to act as an agent of change in multiple contexts. To identify and develop proposals for personal and corporate social, cultural and ethical responsibilities in a global and domestic context.

Institution