Overview

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.

Careers

As a Visual Communication (Hons) (Online) programme at Falmouth University graduate, you could have a career as:

A graphic designer, photographer, animator or illustrator

A multidisciplinary creative

A filmmaker, director or content producer

A communications strategist or brand manager

An art director or advertising creative

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Play -This module aims to orientate learning, build organisational skills and develop an understanding of the elemental principles of visual communication through the application of a range of processes, building technical competence and analytical skills.

Industry - This professional practice module introduces you to the creative industries and asks you to begin to identify where your own practice might situate itself.

Form - This workshop-based practice module develops your specialist craft skills and refines your use of materials, process and techniques.

Shape - Develop your ability to shape your ideas, and your outcomes, to find sustainable solutions for the specific needs of your intended audience.

Relay - Develop industry skills in collaboration and refine your professional communication skills to enable you to work efficiently together to produce outcomes.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

55

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IELTS

6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Falmouth, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Visual Arts Communication Studies View 14 other Bachelors in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

55

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

BA/BSc(Hons) degree: minimum 64 UCAS Tariff points

We consider all applications on their own individual merit and potential.

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.

We welcome applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM, the arts or humanities.

Some of our online undergraduate degrees require you to create and submit a digital portfolio as part of the application process.

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Tuition Fees

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10400 GBP / year

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10400 GBP / year

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Additional Details

£6,935 per year - 3 years accelerated part-time

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