Communication Design

Heriot-Watt University
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 4 Years ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

A-Level Entry

BCC - BBB

About this course

The Communication Design programme develops three key areas of conceptual, applied and entrepreneurial forms of communicating information through a variety of media. The evolving technological components, growing ease of social media, and globalisation of communication require the design and interpretation of information to go beyond existing industrial and capitalistic formats.

This new type of communication design deals within collaborative experiences, socially dynamic and inclusive agendas, and provides key forms of critical informational research. This programme enables studio cooperative learning within a life-centred design approach in four evolving areas: moving image/animation, photography, graphic design (inclusive illustration), and interaction design (UX/UI).

This is further supported by elective courses in entrepreneurship, design management, art direction, and fashion communication which will prepare students for a variety of roles within the design industry and beyond including film, media, and social enterprise. In the end, it promotes a new type of student for a new type of world, where the disciplinary divisions are erased to promote a transdisciplinary approach to design.

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades BCC - BBB
Scottish Higher ABBB
Scottish Advanced Higher ABB
BTEC DMM

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2141 Web design professionals
2142 Graphic and multimedia designers
3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
3421 Interior designers
3411 Artists
3429 Design occupations

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Galashiels
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design