BA (Hons) Communication Design and Strategy at Arts University Bournemouth

Programme overview

BA (Hons) Communication Design and Strategy students deliver powerful messages with maximum meaning. On this course, you’ll learn how to bring stories to life through innovative creative practice and strategic design thinking. You'll understand the world of creative strategy, covering topics like marketing strategies, consumer behaviour, and business operations.

Faculty: Fashion and Creative Industries Management | Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with placement year; 4 years full-time with integrated foundation year; 5 years full-time with integrated foundation year and placement year | Study mode: full-time (optional placement year) | Location: Poole, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Level 4: The first year of BA (Hons) Communication Design and Strategy is structured into three comprehensive units: Introduction to Communication Design, Communicating Ideas through Strategy, and Designing in Context. Level 5: The second year introduces you to more advanced topics via three units: Design Communication and Testing Strategy, Preparing for Creative Industries, and Design Practice and Strategy. Level 6: In the third and final year, you engage in two units during the first term: Professional Practice and Working Strategies, and Creative Strategy.

Career pathways

Graduates from our similar, previous courses have gone on to work in a variety of creative industries, from international design agencies and motion graphic studios to book publishers and app developers. They've filled roles such as junior designer at Penguin Random House and art director at AKQA Paris.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should have Level 3 qualifications, which should normally include at least one creative subject. We're looking for between 104 and 120 UCAS Tariff points. Standard offers include: A Levels with a result of BBB (or equivalent results achieving 120 UCAS Tariff points); Recognised Foundation Diploma with a Pass; BTEC/OCR Extended Diploma at Distinction, Merit, Merit; T Level with a minimum grade of Merit; Scottish Highers – five passes at Grade C or above. This course doesn't require a portfolio as part of the application process.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Home undergraduate tuition fee per year; optional placement year fee is £2,010. Source

International applicants: GBP 19,950 a year (2027/28). International/EU tuition fee per year, fixed for all years; optional placement year fee is £2,010. Source

Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years full-time with placement year; 4 years full-time with integrated foundati

Apply through the official page: https://aub.ac.uk/apply/undergraduate

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