Overview 2020
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
The Bachelor of Visual Communication degree prepares students to enter the communication design industry.
Students are introduced to a wide range of design approaches and processes, including theoretical and historical design contexts.
Students gain the technical, conceptual and research skills necessary to produce innovative and effective visual communications for print, digital, multi-media, film, video, television and user interfaces.
Course objectives
The Bachelor of Visual Communication will equip you with the necessary technical, conceptual and research skills to produce innovative and effective visual communications for an identified audience. You will focus on the design of communication and on developing communication strategies to solve particular communication problems. The BVC provides a pathway to enter all aspects of the communication design industry including advertising, graphic design, multimedia, publishing, film, theatre, music, video and television industries.
The program develops general abilities in the following areas:
- Developing effective Communication strategies
- Technical and conceptual problem solving skills
- Presentation skills both visual and verbal
- An appreciation for the historical and societal context of design
- An awareness of the ethical and responsible practice of design and the impact of design on society
- Research skills
Career outcomes
Career opportunities are available to graduates with a Bachelor of Visual Communication in the diverse communication design profession and industry including: multimedia, graphic design, visual communication, electronic transmission, image generation, art direction, interactive media, publishing, print based media, advertising design, marketing, exhibition and environmental graphics, illustration and electronic imaging, corporate design and mass communication, design management interpretation design, theatre design and event design.
Course structure
In the Bachelor of Visual Communication, you enrol in 2 majors, a minor, 2 breadth units and 2 student electives. The Support Studies major is the compulsory major for all students, with a choice of second major and minor, breadth units and student electives
This degree consists of a total of 24 units comprising:
- A reversed major of 8 units: 4 introductory, 2 intermediate, and 2 advanced units
- A (standard) major of 8 units: 2 introductory, 2 intermediate, and 4 advanced units
- A minor of 4 units: 2 introductory, and 2 intermediate units
- Two breadth units: 1 Introductory, and 1 introductory/intermediate/advanced level unit (see the available Breadth Units).
- Two student elective units: units which may be chosen from this or any other subject area within the University, provided they meet the unit level requirements for the degree (see next point below), unit pre-requisites and quotas.
- Unit level requirements for the degree are:
- between 8-10 units at introductory level,
- 6-10 units at intermediate level, and
- 6-10 units at advanced level.
Schedule of units for students who commenced BVC in 2015-2016
Year 1
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Year 2&3
Studio Major and linked Studio Minor
Choose one of the following:-
75pt Electronic Media Major + 25pt Visual Communication Minor + 2 Student Electives
75pts Electronic Media Major
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25pt Visual Communication Minor
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75pt Visual Communication Major + 25pt Electronic Media Minor + 2 Student Electives
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Electronic Media minor
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87.5pt Electronic Media Major + 25pt Visual Communication Minor + 1 Student Elective
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25pt Visual Communication Minor
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87.5pt Visual Communication Major + 25pt Electronic Media Minor + 1 Student Elective
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Electronic Media minor
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100pt Electronic Media Major + 25pt Visual Communication Minor only
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25pt Visual Communication Minor
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100pt Visual Communication Major + 25pt Electronic Media Minor only
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Electronic Media minor
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BVC Support Studies reverse major
BVC Support Studies
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Student Electives
Breadth Units
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View all details for XBR104 Living and Working with Cultural Diversity
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View all details for XBR105 Good Thinking: Reasoning Skills for Life
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View all details for XBR106 Ethics and Social Responsibility
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View all details for XBR107 Asia and Australia: Bound by Sea
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View all details for XBR110 Discover your potential: Leadership, Service and Employability
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View all details for XBR211 From bugs to bucks: The business of fermented food and drink
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View all details for XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research
Advanced Breadth
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View all details for XBR302 Social Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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Schedule of units for students commencing BVC in 2017
Year 1
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Year 2&3
Supported Studies reverse major
BVC Supported Studies
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View all details for FSA221 Critical Practices in Art: Exhibitions
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View all details for FSA222 Critical Practices in Art: Writing
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Studio Major and linked Minor
75pt Time Based Media Major
Year 2 - core intermediate units
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Year 3 - core advanced units
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25pt Visual Communication Minor
Year 2 - core intermediate units
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75pt Visual Communications Major
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25pt Time Based Media Minor
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Breadth Units
Introductory Breadth
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Launceston | Semester 2 |
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View all details for XBR102 Developing your Creative and Entrepreneurial Potential
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View all details for XBR104 Living and Working with Cultural Diversity
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR105 Good Thinking: Reasoning Skills for Life
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR106 Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR107 Asia and Australia: Bound by Sea
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View all details for XBR110 Discover your potential: Leadership, Service and Employability
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View all details for XBR111 Big Decisions! Rational belief and action in an uncertain world
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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View all details for XBR122 Sport Doping, Performance Enhancing Drugs and their Detection
Intermediate Breadth
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View all details for XBR211 From bugs to bucks: The business of fermented food and drink
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research
Advanced Breadth
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR301 War! The Moral and Legal Limits of Political Violence
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
View all details for XBR302 Social Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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Student Electives
Choose two intermediate and/or advanced level units in accordance with the unit level requirement - see the above course structure.
Need help choosing your first year units? Try the Unit Selection Guide.
Entry requirements
Eligibility
As an applicant you will gain automatic entry if you satisfy the University's normal admission requirements, with the addition of at least a passing grade in a practically orientated pre-tertiary Visual Arts or Design subjects or at TAFE certificate IV (or higher, with evidence of some study of Art History or Theory).
If you do not meet these requirements, then it is still possible to apply and gain entry to the BVC. You should submit a folio consisting of no more than ten photographs, drawings, paintings or electronic images of work and a statement outlining your interest in the course including any relevant experience or qualifications.
Course counselling will be offered to all successful applicants prior to the start of semester, to discuss choice of studio and potential careers.
Admission Prerequisites
As an applicant you will gain automatic entry if you satisfy the University's normal admission requirements, with the addition of at least a passing grade in a practically orientated pre-tertiary Visual Arts or Design subjects or at TAFE certificate IV (or higher, with evidence of some study of Art History or Theory).
If you do not meet these requirements, then it is still possible to apply and gain entry to the BVC. You should submit a folio consisting of no more than ten photographs, drawings, paintings or electronic images of work and a statement outlining your interest in the course including any relevant experience or qualifications.
Course counselling will be offered to all successful applicants prior to the start of semester, to discuss choice of studio and potential careers.
Credit transfer
If you are transferring from another university or course, you can apply to be given credit for equivalent studies satisfactorily completed. (Please note that there are guidelines as to how much credit can be granted for previous study, and study must have been within the last ten years.)
If you have completed a related TAFE diploma you can be awarded credit for up to one year or one-third of the degree requirement. (Please note, you will need to provide a portfolio and samples of any written work so that a determination can be made about the way in which this credit will be offered. In some circumstances it may still take three years minimum to complete the degree).
If you have completed a previous degree in the last ten years you will normally be granted credit for 50% or one-sixth of the BVC degree requirements.
In some circumstances more credit may be able to granted towards the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) than the BVC.
Articulation from
It will be possible for students to transfer from the BVC into the BFA degree upon completion of all introductory level units. Equally, students who have successfully undertaken introductory level units in Visual Communication and Electronic Media may transfer from the BFA into the BVC.
Articulation to
Graduates from the Bachelor of Visual Communication, who have successfully completed the prerequisite requirements for further study, will be eligible to apply the Master of Visual Communication (coursework).
Graduates who have completed a BVC with sufficient merit will also be eligible to apply for entry to the Bachelor of Visual Communications with Honours degree.
Detailed Admissions Information
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2020 Total Course Fee (international students): $0 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $29,000 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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