Bachelor
The Bachelor of Design and Visual Communication at SAE provides a comprehensive understanding of design's role in the modern world, emphasizing branding, digital image-making, and user-centered design. Students engage in real-world projects, build diverse portfolios, and gain employability skills for various creative industries.
Our course is about much more than visual aesthetics, providing you with a detailed understanding and hands-on experience of the role of design in the contemporary world. You'll explore branding and identity design, online and print design, digital image-making and user-centred design. You'll create targeted designs with a particular audience in mind, and develop the skills to come up with creative solutions to complex problems in almost any context.
At SAE, you will engage in virtual collaborative learning and also one-on-one mentoring opportunities you may not find in a larger university. You'll apply theoretical knowledge through studio best-practices and access the latest software like the Adobe Creative Suite as well as have the option to access on-campus facilities.
Your growth and development will be assessed holistically based on your engagement with and completion of real-world projects and you'll learn to apply a strategic, entrepreneurial eye to your clients' needs. You will build up a diverse portfolio of work to share with potential employers and clients.
Ultimately, the Bachelor of Design and Visual Communication will allow you to flourish in a rapidly changing world, giving you the skills to apply design-led solutions to a wide range of communication challenges. With a design qualification, you can work in large corporations or small agencies, as a freelancer, or as part of an entrepreneurial project team in any industry. Work placement will provide practical experience and help to build your network. You'll be equipped with employability skills, giving you professional strategies in communication and self-promotion, and the confidence to claim your place in the workforce.
Ready to study? You must satisfy one of the following requirements:
Our course is about much more than visual aesthetics, providing you with a detailed understanding and hands-on experience of the role of design in the contemporary world. You'll explore branding and identity design, online and print design, digital image-making and user-centred design. You'll create targeted designs with a particular audience in mind, and develop the skills to come up with creative solutions to complex problems in almost any context.
At SAE, you will engage in virtual collaborative learning and also one-on-one mentoring opportunities you may not find in a larger university. You'll apply theoretical knowledge through studio best-practices and access the latest software like the Adobe Creative Suite as well as have the option to access on-campus facilities.
Your growth and development will be assessed holistically based on your engagement with and completion of real-world projects and you'll learn to apply a strategic, entrepreneurial eye to your clients' needs. You will build up a diverse portfolio of work to share with potential employers and clients.
What jobs will this course lead me into?
The Bachelor of Design & Visual Communication is broken up into three distinct stages, each designed to develop different skills.
Stage 1: FoundationsSAE may recognise your prior learning and may grant credit towards satisfying the requirements for a higher-level program. This is applied where previous learning is considered equivalent to the content and learning outcomes prescribed for units within the program. For full details, please refer to SAE's policy on recognition of prior learning and credit transfers.
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