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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

  • 17% international / 83% domestic

Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)

  • Bachelor

Prepare to work as a visual communication designer across traditional and new interactive media forms. Build your expertise in professional studio settings.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time, 6 years part-time
Course Code
421052, 096565B
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
70

About this course

Highlights
  • This course prepares you to work as a visual communication designer across traditional and new interactive media forms.
  • Develop practical and theoretical skills in graphic design, typography, image making, information design, experience design, motion design, branding and interaction design.
  • Build your expertise in professional studio settings with a focus on real-world design projects, a culture of designing for public exhibition and ongoing industry engagement, creative experimentation and critical thinking.
Highlights
  • This course prepares you to work as a visual communication designer across traditional and new interactive media forms.
  • Develop practical and theoretical skills in graphic design, typography, image making, information design, experience design, motion design, branding and interaction design.
  • Build your expertise in professional studio settings with a focus on real-world design projects, a culture of designing for public exhibition and ongoing industry engagement, creative experimentation and critical thinking.

Entry requirements

Year 12 early offer scheme

If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.

Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

What you will learn

Your degree will begin with introductory and shared impact lab units where working with students from other disciplines you'll focus on problems and social issues and identify potential solutions connected to industry and community.

You will then develop both practical and theoretical skills in multiple visual communication design specialisations including graphic design typography image making information design experience design motion design branding and interaction design.

You will progress to develop deeper skills in creative problem solving critical thinking technical proficiencies and professional practice that will ensure you can contribute to the field of visual communication in innovative and socially responsible ways. Later in your degree you will be able to transfer skills and knowledge to a workplace or professional context and gain practical work experience with work integrated learning.

Double degrees

Study visual communication with business as a double degree to develop business acumen that provides a range of unique career opportunities including business analyst for graphic industries visual communicators in advertising and marketing agencies or digital content designer for a range of business applications.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

This degree will give you the skills and finesse you need to be a confident and agile visual communicator across traditional and new interactive media forms. You will graduate industry ready with multiple career options in graphic design digital media interactive design branding art direction motion graphics design advertising print publication illustration information design service and experience design packaging and exhibition design.

A business foundation also equips you to become a creative business owner and establish your own design studio. Opportunities exist to work both locally and internationally and can vary from operating as an independent entrepreneurial designer to a designer within a large firm.

Possible careers
  • Advertising and new media professional
  • Art director
  • Artist
  • Creative entrepreneur
  • Digital content designer
  • Digital content producer
  • Exhibition designer
  • Experience designer
  • Fashion illustrator
  • Graphic designer
  • Media producer
  • Motion graphics designer
  • Theatre designer

Course structure

To meet the course requirements for the Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) you must complete a total of 288 credit points made up of:

  • a design major (144 credit points) including four shared foundation units (48 credit points) and 96 credit points from the visual communication discipline
  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • complementary studies made up of both:
    • design specialisation units (minimum 48 credit points)
    • a minor or a combination of design specialisation units and electives (unit options) (48 credit points).
Study overseas

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.

Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area depending on how they match with your QUT course.

To meet the course requirements for the Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) you must complete a total of 288 credit points made up of:

  • a design major (144 credit points) including four shared foundation units (48 credit points) and 96 credit points from the visual communication discipline
  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • complementary studies made up of both:
    • design specialisation units (minimum 48 credit points)
    • a minor or a combination of design specialisation units and electives (unit options) (48 credit points).
Study overseas

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners.

Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in a creative or non-creative discipline area depending on how they match with your QUT course.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Communications courses at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).
77.1%
Overall satisfaction
81.4%
Skill scale
65.2%
Teaching scale
54.1%
Employed full-time
$54k
Average salary