Visual Communications

The core program in Medicine Hat College's Visual Communications area is the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Visual Communications) or BAA(VC) degree program. The BAA(VC) program, which can be completed in three years, also provides you with an optional diploma exit route. In addition, Medicine Hat College also offers 2 one-year certificates: the Post-Degree Visual Communications Certificate, available if you have already completed an art, design, or related degree; and the Post-Diploma Visual Communications Certificate, if you have already completed a two-year diploma in art, design, or a related field. Medicine Hat College offers a broad range of university transfer art, art education, and design courses. We have extensive block and course transfer arrangements with all Alberta universities as well as with universities outside the province. You are also encouraged to transfer to Medicine Hat College for credit of up to 22 courses into a Visual Communications program.At Medicine Hat College, fine arts and design are viewed as integral parts of the total visual communications field; therefore, all our Visual Communications programs strive to integrate and interrelate the fine arts and design. Moreover, the programs attempt, wherever appropriate and possible, to integrate the most recent advances in technology, especially computer technology. This combination of fine art, design and technology help prepare you for the contemporary design workplace. Today's visual communications professionals are often required to be involved in the entire creative and technical process, from concept through production, in media and forms that are no longer just two-dimensional, static, and print-based, but which now include virtual space, digital media, and interactivity.

Field of study: Design and Visual Communications, General