Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Arts
Lugano, Schweiz
DAUER
4 Years
SPRACHEN
Englisch
TEMPO
Vollzeit
BEWERBUNGSSCHLUSS
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FRÜHESTES STARTDATUM
Aug 2025
AUSBILDUNGSKOSTEN
CHF 52.750 / per year *
STUDIENFORMAT
Auf dem 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
Einführung
Informierte Kommunikation über die Sprache hinaus
Der Studiengang Visuelle Kommunikationskunst bietet einen interdisziplinären Studiengang, der Bildende Kunst, Grafikdesign, Illustration und Fotografie sowie Kurse aus den Bereichen Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaften, Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften, Filmwissenschaften und anderen Disziplinen umfasst. Er konzentriert sich auf Kommunikation und Kreativität als grundlegende Elemente des menschlichen Ausdrucks und ermutigt die Studierenden, kritisch über kreative Ausdrucksformen im Kontext von Kulturen, Ethnien, Rassen und Geschlechtern nachzudenken und diese zu überdenken. In diesem Studiengang konzentrieren sich die Studierenden auf die Bildenden Künste und können sich in einer Vielzahl von Medien ausdrücken.
Admissions
Lehrplan
Das Programm bereitet die Studierenden auf Einstiegspositionen in Museen, Galerien, Medien, Beratung und im Verlagswesen vor. Die Studierenden können sich auch für eine Karriere in den Bereichen bildende Kunst oder Design entscheiden oder weiterführende und spezialisierte Studiengänge in den Künsten absolvieren.
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 Einführung in die Bildhauerei
- STA 106 Einführung in die Druckgrafik
- STA 107 Einführung in die Digitalfotografie
- STA 111 Einführung ins Zeichnen
- STA 112 Einführung in Aquarelltechniken
- STA 114 Zeichnung Verwandte Medien
- STA 115 Einführung in die Malerei
- STA 125 Grundausführung
- VCA 120T Dokumentar- und Straßenfotografie vor Ort: München
200-Level Courses (9 Credits)
Three of the following:
- STA 200 Computer Graphics in Advertising
- STA 205 Mittelstufe Bildhauerei
- STA 206 Fortgeschrittene Druckgrafik
- STA 207 Fortgeschrittene digitale Fotografie
- STA 211 Zwischenzeichnung
- STA 212 Fortgeschrittene Aquarelltechniken
- STA 214 Zeichnung Verwandte Medien
- STA 215 Fortgeschrittene Malerei
- STA 220 Köpfe und Körper: Der menschliche Kopf und Proportionen in Kunstgeschichte, Theorie und Praxis
- STA 235 Nachhaltigkeit und das 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
- STA 305 Höhere Skulptur
- STA 306 Fortgeschrittene Druckgrafik
- STA 307 Fortgeschrittene Digitalfotografie
- STA 311 Fortgeschrittenes Zeichnen
- STA 312 Fortgeschrittene Aquarellmalerei
- STA 314 Zeichnung Verwandte Medien
- STA 315 Höhere Malerei
- 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 Die Kunst der unabhängigen Veröffentlichung
- VCA 370 Themen der visuellen Kommunikationskunst
- STA 330T Keramik, Mandala und Land Art, Neue Medien
Major Electives (9 Credits)
Three of the following, with at least one at the 300-level:
- AHT XXX Jeder Kurs in Kunstgeschichte
- 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:
- VCA 495 Abschlussprojekt in visueller Kommunikationskunst
- VCA 497 Praktikum in visueller Kommunikationskunst
- VCA 499 Abschlussarbeit in visueller Kommunikationskunst
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Studiengebühren für das Programm
Stipendien und Finanzierung
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