COURSE: BA IN VISUAL STUDIES

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