If English is not your first language or was not the medium of instruction in your secondary or tertiary studies, you are required to demonstrate your proficiency in the English language by achieving a prescribed level in an approved English examination or test before you can receive a full offer of a place.
IELTS (Academic version): 6.5 overall score, minimum 6.0 in each subtest
TOEFL internet-based score: Total score 82 (Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13)
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 58 overall; No communication skills less than 50
Your English language proficiency test must be no more than two years old at the time of your commencement at Western Sydney University.
The Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) degree will provide you with fundamental skills and knowledge to communicate ideas and information across a wide range of visual media. With an emphasis on studio-based practice, you will study areas such as image design, typography, layout design, branding, design history, research methods, and web-based design. From year two, there are opportunities to engage with live community or industry projects, and you will choose two practical specialisations from the following pairs: motion design and data visualisation; game and app design; illustration; and photography. You may also choose electives from outside of design such as advertising and media production. Throughout the program you will engage with individual and team-based projects, develop your conceptual thinking skills, use a variety of traditional and emerging technologies, and expand your creative practice. In year four you will take a position in our award-winning teaching design studio where you will gain experience in a professional learning environment, preparing you for work in an exciting and evolving industry.
Students may exit with Bachelor of Design Studies after successful completion of the first three years of the program.
Graduates are eligible for membership of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA) and the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA).
The Exceptional Merit Pathway (EMP) will offer those students who demonstrate design ability and skills the opportunity to receive a direct offer. This will be assessed at a Design and Career Portfolio Day, as part of which students will have their portfolio of visual work assessed by staff and receive an interview. Successful completion of the EMP interview, and additional specified assessments, will result in a direct entry offer for the following year. Though a non-ATAR pathway, eligibility to accept the direct offer will be contingent on the successful completion of the HSC. Students who participate in this program but do not qualify for a direct offer would be eligible for a conditional offer, with the additional requirement of an ATAR of 55+.
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OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
