Program Overview

Programme: BA Information Design

Programme Information

This programme qualifies candidates for entry-level positions into the mass communications industries such as graphic design, branding and advertising as well as broadcast design. With a strong social underpinning, the programme incorporates design strategies, design applications and design products in print, ambient and screen-based media and technologies.

Admission Requirements

• The following persons will be considered for admission: a candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; a candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and a candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
• Candidates who comply with the minimum subject requirements and achievement levels as well as the APS requirements of these programmes will be granted placement in the programmes, subject to the availability of space.
• To retain admission, learners will be expected to obtain an APS of at least 28 in Grade 12.
• The Faculty will assess satisfactory performance in the NBT in the light of its commitment to ensure that an appropriate proportion of the applicants will be drawn from the disadvantaged category of the population.
• Applicants who meet the minimum APS requirement, but who do not comply with the subject requirements must write the NBT.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level | APS | Afrikaans or English
  • NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level
  • 5 | 3 | C | C | 30

Additional Requirements

• Departmental selection is necessary prior to admission to this programme.
• Although Art as a Grade 12 subject is not a requirement, a candidate must be able to demonstrate his/her creative potential and commitment to the chosen field of study.
• Candidates are therefore required to submit a portfolio of work for a merit selection review and, if invited, undergo a series of tests and be interviewed by a selection committee.

Programme Structure

Year 1

• Fundamental modules:
  • AIM 101: Academic information management 101
  • ALL 110: Academic literacy 110
  • ALL 125: Academic literacy for Humanities 125
  • UPO 101: Academic orientation 101
• Core modules:
  • ILL 101: Imaging and visualisation (1) 101
  • IOW 100: Information design (1) 100
  • VKK 111: Visual culture studies 111
  • VKK 121: Visual culture studies 121
  • VKK 123: Visual culture studies 123

Year 2

• Core modules:
  • ILL 201: Imaging and visualisation (2) 201
  • IOW 200: Information design (2) 200
  • VKK 211: Visual culture studies 211
  • VKK 221: Visual culture studies 221

Year 3

• Core modules:
  • ILL 301: Imaging and visualisation (3) 301
  • IOW 300: Information design (3) 300
  • VKK 311: Visual culture studies 311
  • VKK 321: Visual culture studies 321

Year 4

• Core modules:
  • IOW 400: Research: Information design (4) 400
  • VKK 402: Design studies 402

Promotion Requirements

• Promotion to the second year of study: Pass IOW 100, ILL 101, VKK 111, 121 and 123.
• Promotion to the third year of study: Pass IOW 200, VKK 211, 221.
• Promotion to the fourth year of study: Pass IOW 300, VKK 311, 321.

Pass with Distinction

• The degree is awarded with distinction to a candidate who obtains at least 75% in IOW 400 and VKK 402.