With the increasing importance of the visual medium in the communications and cultural media, informed interaction with all forms of visual culture has become imperative. This programme aims to promote visual literacy by offering instruction in the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of various aspects of visual culture, in both an historical and contemporary context.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Computer literacy
- Information literacy
- Academic literacy
- Philosophy
- Research
- Marketing
- History of art
- Visual communication
Second year subjects:
- History of art
- Visual communication
Third year subjects:
- History of art
- Visual communication
Careers: visual designer, visual specialist.
Source: www.up.ac.za