Solent University (QA)
Solent University (QA)

Solent University (QA)

E Park Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YN, UK Southampton, United Kingdom Visit web page

Visual Communication

Study detals

: Postgraduate : Master Degree : Full time : 12 Month

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Bachelor Degree – 70% minimum

English language Requirements

Academic IELTS/ QA Free test 6.5 overall (5.5 min in a component)

Speciality

You are obliged to pay 50% of your fees before enrolment on your course.

Additional information

This intensive master’s degree helps students to improve their creative skills and build a solid understanding of academic theories that shape visual communication practices. The curriculum covers the latest innovations in visual practice, examining the way technological and cultural changes contributed to contemporary academic thinking and vice versa.

The course provides opportunities to explore semiotics; digital culture; professional practice; interdisciplinary practice; collaboration; editorial design; interactive multimedia; information design; image creation; illustration; fine art; typographic design; print-making and photographic technique. Students may have workshop sessions with the letterpress, screen-printing, etching and relief printing facilities, as well as the wet darkroom and photo studio. Depending on their creative background, graduates will be well prepared for a range of careers in the creative industries.

Critical research papers and final master’s projects are supported by the University’s expanding research base, encouraging students to make an innovative contribution to visual communication practice and theory.