Bachelor of Visual Communication Design
University of Newcastle - Newcastle City Precinct
Overview
Elevate your creative and visual design skills with the Bachelor of Visual Communication Design program at the University of Newcastle. This program develops students visual design expertise through hands-on experience, in-depth design training and creative exploration. Whether you major in animation and interaction, graphic design and illustration, or creative arts, you'll have the opportunity to hone your skills, explore new techniques, and understand how visual communication concepts create visually stunning projects across all media fields. By graduation, you'll be equipped with a deep understanding of how visual communication powers creative design ideas and have a portfolio to match, ready for a dynamic career in graphic design, UX and interaction design, animation, illustration, branding, art, and more.
Majors
Areas of study
You will have the option to major in one of following areas: animation and interaction, creative arts or graphic design and illustration. Other major options are available alongside your visual communication design major, so you can combine your major with media arts production, public relations or songwriting and production.
Potential Career Outcomes
Career opportunities
Art director, concept artist, graphic designer, animator, illustrator information architect, publication designer, web designer, UX designer, illustrator, storyboard artist, creative director, comic and graphic novel artist, and media artist.
ATAR & Selection Rank
The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | 92.75 | 99.95 |
| Median rank to receive an offer | 70.5 | 79 |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | 51.7 | 62.05 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the University of Newcastle website for admission criteria information.
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University
University of Newcastle
Campus
Newcastle City Precinct
Course Type
Bachelors Degree
Study Area
Arts
Indicative ATAR
51.70
Delivery Mode
On-campus
Duration
Full-time: 3 years, Part-time: Available
Course Link
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- State
- NSW
- Type
- University
- Courses
- 147
- Campuses
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Central Coast - Ourimbah Gosford Newcastle - Callaghan Newcastle City Precinct Port Macquarie Sydney
Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at University of Newcastle. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.
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