Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Arts
Lugano, Suisse
DURÉE
4 Years
LANGUES
Anglais
RYTHME
À plein temps
DATE LIMITE D'INSCRIPTION
Date limite de dépôt des demandes
DATE DE DÉBUT AU PLUS TÔT
Aug 2025
FRAIS DE SCOLARITÉ
CHF 52 750 / per year *
FORMAT D'ÉTUDE
Sur le campus
* annual tuition fee for international students per year | Swiss/EU/EEA: CHF 27,550 per year | US citizens / permanent residents and Canadian citizens: $48,500 per year
Introduction
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La majeure en arts de la communication visuelle propose un programme d'études interdisciplinaire, englobant les beaux-arts, le graphisme, l'illustration et la photographie, ainsi que des cours d'études en communication et en médias, en études littéraires et culturelles comparées, en études cinématographiques et dans d'autres disciplines. Il se concentre sur la communication et la créativité en tant qu'éléments fondamentaux de l'expression humaine et encourage les étudiants à réfléchir de manière critique aux expressions créatives dans le contexte et à travers les cultures, les ethnies, les races et les genres. Dans ce cursus d'études, les étudiants se concentrent sur les arts visuels et seront capables de s'exprimer dans une variété de médias.
Admissions
Curriculum
Le programme prépare les étudiants à des postes de débutant dans des carrières dans les musées, les galeries, les médias, le conseil et le secteur de l'édition. Les étudiants peuvent également choisir de poursuivre une carrière dans les beaux-arts ou le design ou d’entreprendre des études supérieures et spécialisées dans les arts.
Required Courses (9 Credits)
- AHT 102 Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture I: Antiquity to Early Renaissance
- AHT 103 Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture II: High Renaissance to Contemporary Art
- COM 105 Introduction to Communication and Media Studies
100-Level Courses (6 Credits)
Two of the following:
- STA 105 Introduction à la sculpture
- STA 106 Introduction à la gravure
- STA 107 Introduction à la photographie numérique
- STA 111 Introduction au dessin
- STA 112 Techniques d'introduction à l'aquarelle
- STA 114 Dessin Médias associés
- STA 115 Peinture d'introduction
- Conception de base du STA 125
- Documentaire VCA 120T et photographie de rue sur place : Munich
200-Level Courses (9 Credits)
Three of the following:
- STA 200 Computer Graphics in Advertising
- STA 205 Sculpture intermédiaire
- STA 206 Impression intermédiaire
- STA 207 Photographie numérique intermédiaire
- Dessin intermédiaire STA 211
- STA 212 Techniques d'aquarelle intermédiaires
- Médias associés au dessin STA 214
- Peinture intermédiaire STA 215
- STA 220 Têtes et corps : la tête humaine et les proportions dans l'histoire, la théorie et la pratique de l'art
- STA 235 Durabilité et le studio
- STA 275T Studies in Ceramics: Northern and Central Italy
- STA 280T Adventures in Printmaking
Upper-Level Courses (6 Credits)
Two of the following:
- STA 300 Computer Graphics in Advertising, Advanced
- Sculpture supérieure STA 305
- STA 306 Impression avancée
- STA 307 Photographie numérique avancée
- Dessin avancé STA 311
- STA 312 Peinture à l'aquarelle avancée
- Médias associés au dessin STA 314
- Peinture supérieure STA 315
- STA 330T Umbria: A Warm Refuge for Inspiration: Art, Music and Life in Umbria, the Heart of Italy
- STA 331T Umbria: Sustaining Art in the Heart of Italy
- VCA 200 Les arts de la publication indépendante
- VCA 370 Sujets en arts de la communication visuelle
- STA 330T Céramique, Mandala et Land Art, Nouveaux Médias
Major Electives (9 Credits)
Three of the following, with at least one at the 300-level:
- AHT XXX Tout cours d'histoire de l'art
- BUS 285 Integrated Marketing Communications
- CLCS 110 Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies
- CLCS 220 Inventing the Past: The Uses of Memory in a Changing World
- CLCS 230 Science / Fiction: Envisioning the Possible
- CLCS 245 Critical Approaches to the Graphic Novel: Justice in the Gutter
- CLCS 250 Ecocritical Approaches to Film
- CLCS 300 Masculinities in Literature and Film
- CLCS 340 Fashion and Visual Culture
- CLCS 350 Culture and Human Rights
- CLCS 360 Critical Race Studies in a Global Context
- CLCS 371 Law and Culture
- CLCS 372 Tales of Catastrophe
- COM 201 Fundamentals of Media Studies and Criticism
- COM 202 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
- COM 225T Technologized Bodies: Mobile ICTs in the City
- COM 230T Communication, Fashion, and the Formation of Taste (Italy)
- COM 295 Media Consumption, Fashion, and Identity
- COM 301 Globalization and Media
- COM 302 Intercultural Communication: Theory, Research, and Practice
- COM 327 Producing Digital Media: Communication and Media in Practice
- COM 330 The Digital Innovation and Media Strategies for a New Consumer Culture
Senior Capstone (3 Credits)
One of the following:
- Projet senior VCA 495 en arts de la communication visuelle
- VCA 497 Stage en arts de la communication visuelle
- Thèse en arts de la communication visuelle VCA 499
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Frais de scolarité du programme
Bourses et financement
Franklin University Switzerland offers merit scholarships to admitted students based on academic achievements in high school and/or transferable undergraduate work. All undergraduate applicants are considered for merit awards as part of the admissions process, which are awarded at the point of admission with priority given to students applying by the December 1 deadline. Additional need-based scholarships may be awarded on top of merit scholarships, depending on a student’s need. Merit scholarships are renewable for up to four years or eight semesters.
Undergraduate Special Awards
Our competitive scholarship programs offer the most promising students the financial support they need to pursue their studies. These scholarship opportunities are awarded during the enrollment process for incoming students.
At FUS, we are committed to ensuring that talented students are able to access the best educational opportunities so that they can reach their full potential and make a positive impact at Franklin and beyond their studies. We offer generous scholarships and awards to make sure the most promising and motivated young minds are able to achieve their goals and make a positive impact on society.
The scholarship opportunities listed below are cumulative with other types of financial aid, and would be renewed annually to student recipients provided GPA requirements and other applicable conditions per scholarship type are maintained.
- SUNY-FUS 2 + 2 Jacques Villaret International Education Award for SUNY Community College Students
- Franklin Honors Program Award
- The Ambassador Wilfried Geens Award
- The Brian Stanford Award in Creative Practices
- The Ann Gardiner Award in Sustainability
- Life-Long Learning Scholarship