Bachelor
Study a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design at the University of Newcastle and become a creative visual thinker. You'll sharpen your skills using our professional studios, labs and creative maker spaces while working with experts on real-world creative tasks or gaining vital industry experience. You'll graduate ready to be part of the dynamic and evolving creative industries with a portfolio that displays innovative visual thinking along with wide ranging set of media skills.
You'll be using your ideas to create the impossible, dream big and drive innovative change by tapping into visual and design training that will give you the edge in making and creating the art and media content of the future. You'll be empowered to build a creative practice of your own or win a position as a creative in diverse organisations anywhere in the world. Focus your study around interactive media and animation, graphic communications and illustration or the creative arts and learn about diverse career opportunities as a creative maker, designer or artist in games, web, film and television, branding & marketing or art & technology.
Students have the option to specialise in the following majors:
In the Bachelor of Visual Communication Design, you'll learn to create visual material across a variety of visual formats and channels including broadcast, web, film, television, advertising, publishing, and industry. The degree allows you to specialise in one or two majors. Depending on your chosen major, examples of what you will study include:
Visual communication design is a dynamic, growing industry where vision and creativity are paramount. Our students benefit from intensive practical experience, impressive work portfolios and professional recognition from highly respected industry associations. In fact, graduates of the Bachelor of Visual Communication Design at UON enjoy a strong reputation of being work-ready, with 86% employed within the first four months.
Depending on your chosen major, see below for a list of typical jobs after graduating from this degree.