Become a confident and versatile creative practitioner.
Create impactful visual content with the power to shift mindsets and inspire action on this unique online Visual Communication course.
Drawing on Falmouth’s acclaimed creative culture, you will develop the practical skills and critical understanding to become a curious and dynamic practitioner across a range of platforms and formats within the ever-evolving creative landscape.
You’ll learn from practising multidisciplinary creatives – direct from their studios to yours – and gain the latest industry insights through guest lectures and briefs, working with tutors and students from across the globe to build your networks and connections.
Why study this course at Falmouth?
Join a global community of diverse creatives who are shaping the future of illustration, design, animation, photography and challenging the landscape of visual communication.
Be supported to challenge yourself and develop your own visual language on a course designed and curated for online delivery.
Build relationships with leading industry professionals through live briefs, online one-to-one portfolio reviews, guest lecturers, studio visits and optional in-person events.
Define your passions, skills and ambitions to help locate your practice and build a sustainable career.
On this Visual Communication course, you'll hone practical and theoretical skills in graphic design, photography, video, illustration and animation to create innovative visual content for a range of platforms.
You’ll develop complex problem-solving and ideation skills, enabling you to experiment, and become comfortable taking risks to produce innovative visual solutions to briefs and weekly tasks.
Your creative practice will be underpinned with a solid understanding of visual communication techniques and contextual awareness. You'll graduate with a professional portfolio, a creative business plan for your future, entrepreneurial skills and a high level of industry awareness and reality to help sustain your creative career post-graduation.
Stage one
Through practical work and critical investigations, you'll be encouraged to experiment with and disrupt visual practices and processes. Working within an immersive community culture, you'll develop your understanding of audience, explore all areas of the creative process and learn core visual language skills, including type & image, storytelling, craft and production.
As you work on live briefs, you'll be introduced to branding, consumer culture, typography and information hierarchy, the ethics and responsibility of creative practice, design for society and the importance of collaborative practice. You'll also gain an understanding of the history and theories of visual communications.
Modules:
Play
Industry
Relay
Form
Stage two
You'll work on a range of projects to challenge your emerging fields. Throughout these projects you'll hone your core skills, reflect critically on your strengths and explore alternative models of practise to help define your design future beyond the Visual Communication course. Undertaking self-selected briefs, technical learning activities and presentations, as well as collaborative exercises and independent research, you'll continue to strengthen and provoke speculative, experimental and industry process models.
Modules:
Shape
Find
Break
Share
Stage three
Finally, you'll refine the detail and depth of existing projects, or work on new initiatives to cement your final visual communications identity, so you're ready to head into industry or go to further study. You will underpin your final portfolio through undertaking a reflective research project and exploring alternative models of practice to give you the essential skills you need for a successful career in the creative industries.
Modules:
Jump
Sprint
Launch
Reach
As part of our process of continuous improvement, we routinely review course content to ensure that all our students benefit from a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be some changes made to your course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Any students affected will be informed of any changes made directly.
The BA(Hons) Visual Communication degree employs a variety of assessment strategies over the course of the year. These include the submission of portfolios of practical work, presentations, verbal reports and a major practice project.
Your summative (final) assessments occur at the end of each module, usually at the end of the study block. You may also have interim formative assessments part way through a module as well. These assessments help ensure that you remain on track with your work.
You will receive continuous written and/or verbal feedback on all your work throughout the year. At the end of the module you will receive detailed feedback in written form.
You'll be able to check in with your online tutor to discuss your progress and ask any questions you have about your course.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Falmouth University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate English language skills that are sufficiently developed for successful completion of your studies. We accept a range of recognised English language qualifications that are equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
At Falmouth, we recognise excellence in many forms, and we see the whole you.
Our diverse community is creative, innovative and entrepreneurial.
We recognise that these qualities aren’t always shown in academic grades alone. That’s why, while many of our applicants achieve high academic grades, we also welcome those who can demonstrate their potential through an exceptional portfolio or performance.
At a minimum, we typically require the equivalent of 64 UCAS Tariff points for undergraduate courses where we can review a portfolio or audition, or a minimum of 96 UCAS points for those courses that do not require a portfolio or audition. For our Integrated Foundation Year courses, we typically require a minimum of 32 UCAS points for courses where we can review a portfolio or audition, or 64 UCAS points for those that do not require a portfolio or audition.
To support this approach, during a friendly conversation with our academic team, we’ll consider your ideas, your creative output and your ambition to ensure you’ll thrive at Falmouth.
If you are able to demonstrate relevant, current, equivalent experience instead of formal qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Please contact our Applicant Services team before applying, for advice regarding your individual experience and eligibility.
If you are an international applicant and require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must have a recognised English language test approved and vouched for by the University at the appropriate level. You can see what we accept on our website https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/international/english-language-requirements Our Applicant Services team can help you with any general questions you may have about study visas or suitable language tests. For more specific advice, we recommend you also consult UKCISA http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
View our list of accepted English language tests and qualifications using the link belowhttps://www.falmouth.ac.uk/study/international/english-language-requirements
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