Description of the programme
Do you have a passion for visual communication, design principles and design business skills? Want to bring all of your passions together to become a successful leader of the future? Our MA Visual Communication Design (Management), which is available as a fully online course, has been crafted to meet the demands of 21st century design thinking, business, and beyond. This newly devised degree is unique in its focus and prepares you for emerging careers across sector. Upon exiting this degree you'll receive a dual award degree with a Level 7 Strategic Leadership and Management certificate from the Chartered Management Institute.
As you study with us, you’ll focus on four key themes: communication design, design thinking and practice, design management and business management. Throughout the course you’ll also benefit from non-traditional insights and approaches that will help you acquire niche skills not found on other degree programmes. You’ll acquire a broad understanding of what is at stake in the successful development of businesses, products, services, communications, environments, and brands, and you’ll graduate with the confidence and attributes needed to transform business culture and lives through visual communication.
Why enrolling in this programme?
The unique and non-traditional quality of this master’s course is reflected in the structure of your syllabus. Course modules in design thinking and practice skills, paired with communication design, will help you better understand and demonstrate the unique aspects of physical, digital, or conceptual design practice. Throughout your studies you’ll be encouraged to consider sustainability and how to reduce environment impact through design, emphasising the concept of ‘social good’ and how this can be promoted through visual design communication. Additionally, the course gives you the opportunity to formulate, plan, and creatively explore a self-initiated industry-linked project in a specific area of visual communication design management with which you personally identify.
Accreditations & awards
Arden University delivers programmes which are accredited by the following professional organisations:
– The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA);
– The Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA);
– The Association for Project Management (APM);
– The British Psychological Society (BPS);
– The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT);
– Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM);
– The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA);
– Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD);
– The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS);
– Chartered Management Institute (CMI);
– Digital Marketing Institute (DMI);
– The Institute of Health & Social Care Management (IHSCM);
– The Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT);
– Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA); and
– The Tourism Management Institute (TMI).