Vega : BA Multimedia Design Degree
Multimedia Design is the weapon of choice for the visual communicator driven to combine their innate creative capacity with cutting-edge technology. The IIE BA Degree in Multimedia Design equips students with the necessary skills to stand out in both the interactive (web design; UX design; application design) and motion (3D and 2D animation; motion graphics; SFX; video editing) industry fields. The discipline sees students engage with traditional elements of design such as illustration, typography, graphic design and character design whilst incorporating the latest digital design software in order to produce eye-popping visual narrative for platforms such as web, mobile, digital publication, film, photography, gaming, social, apps and more.
The IIE BA Degree in Multimedia Design is a comprehensive three year degree designed to meet international standards whilst remaining relevant in a South African context. Utilising an intensively hands-on approach, students learn how to develop and visualise concepts for various outputs, styles and client requirements while each student is guided in the individual development of a professional design portfolio at the end of third year. Vega’s unique fusion of critical thinking; complex problem-solving; creativity, branding and marketing sets our students apart as strategic and entrepreneurial thinkers and leaders in industry.
Our philosophy is to unleash the inherent creativity and confidence of our students whilst enhancing their design, business, research and academic skills in an enriching and rewarding environment. Strong emphasis is placed on design research as students work in multi-disciplinary teams engaging in real-world brand challenges and agency briefs providing innovative solutions and strategic creative executions. Student work is showcased at our year-end exhibition, where industry representatives are invited to view the work and meet our students. This is followed by a month-long internship in a leading creative studio in the industry.
Entry requirements
A National Senior Certificate (NSC) with Degree admission- A minimum of 30% for English coupled with a minimum of 50% for four x DESIGNATED NSC subjects (This excludes LO which is a 10 credit subject); OR
A National Certificate (Vocational) (NC(V)) with Degree admission – A minimum of 60% in English on either First Additional Language or Home Language level AND Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy AND Life Orientation , with a minimum of 70% in the four vocational subjects is required; OR
A Senior Certificate (SC) (with endorsement) or equivalent; OR
All candidates are required to submit a creative portfolio and successfully meet the creative portfolio criteria based on a review by a specialist panel and undergo an interview.
General requirements for undergraduate degrees:
All applicants for The IIE undergraduate degree studies, including international students, are required to write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy (AQL) – National Benchmark Test (NBT), unless they:
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- have attained the age of 23 before or during the first year of registration; OR
- have been admitted on the basis of mature age; OR
- are accessing a degree with a higher certificate, 240 or 360 credit diploma or advanced certificate; OR
- have previously been admitted to degree studies elsewhere;OR
- have enrolled in the distance mode on a programme- the writing of the NBT AQL test is recommended, but not compulsory.
A student’s Academic Literacy (AL) score of the AQL – NBT is used for placement in student support programmes and does not replace the admission requirements for a specific degree programme.
The provisions of this section do not apply to qualifications in which Introduction to Scholarship A (ITSA) and/or Introduction to Scholarship B (ITSB) are modules which bear credits. In these cases normal assessment and completion rules apply.
For those qualifications in which ITSA/ITSB are not credit bearing modules any student who does not provide a verified AQL-NBT score of 64 or higher PRIOR to registration is automatically registered in these modules and will be billed for them where relevant. Any student who supplies a verified score of 64 or higher within three weeks of the start of the first semester will then be deregistered from these modules and the billing will be reversed. Students who complete ITSA and ITSB will receive a Short Learning Programme certificate for the modules.
The onus is on students to make use of the support available to benefit from these modules. The details of this support will be communicated by the campus or administrative team responsible for the student support on their qualification.
Become A
- Motion Graphics Designer
- 2D Animator
- 3D Animator
- Web Designer
- Web Developer
- Graphic Artist
- User Experience Designer
- Social Media Designer
- Digital Illustrator
- Art Director
- Video Editor
- Post-production Specialist
- App Designer
- Entrepreneur
Tuition
R87 600 Instalment Fee
(10 Monthly Instalments)
R12 000 Deposit
(Applicable to both fees)
*Deposit Included in Total Fee
Application Fee for 2024 (non-refundable)