This degree prepares you to be a locally and internationally aware communication designer capable of working across a range of domains and industries, including graphic design, advertising, branding and illustration consultancies, as well as design and communication units within corporate, government and non-government organisations.
You’ll learn skills alongside a strong selection of peers in studio-based facilities. Throughout the degree, you will develop the ability to negotiate consensus among participants with a range of interests in the design outcome. You will also learn how a visual strategy can contribute to all phases of the problem-solving process.
RMIT graduates are sought after by industry, with a high employment rate upon graduation.
Students are taught strong business and strategy skills, and as such, they are also employed in non-studio workplaces due to their ability to assist with the overall business strategy and service process.
Potential careers
Graduates can expect to work within graphic design consultancies, multi-disciplined consultancies, publishing houses, new media/multimedia studios and advertising agencies as:
art directors
graphic designers
communication designers
web designers/ UX designers
freelancers
interaction designers
service designers
experience designers.
To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.