Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)

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.

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.

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.

• 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

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 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 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.