BS Visual Studies

BS Visual Studies is a four-year undergraduate degree in visual culture and practice — combining art and design production with critical study of how images communicate and function socially.

What You’ll Study

Coursework typically combines studio practice in areas such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and digital media with art history, visual theory, and critical and cultural studies, culminating in a thesis project and portfolio.

Career Scope in Pakistan

Pakistan’s creative industries have expanded — advertising, digital content, film and television, publishing, and a substantial contemporary art scene with international presence. Graduates work in graphic and visual design, advertising and creative agencies, digital content and motion graphics, photography, film and television art direction, gallery and museum work, art education, and independent practice.

This is a portfolio field above all: what you can demonstrably make determines opportunities more than the transcript. Graduates who finish with a substantial polished body of work, and who add digital production capability, are in a materially different position from those who do not.

Admission Requirements

Intermediate or an equivalent qualification, plus the admission test used by the university concerned. Check each university’s admissions page for the current cycle.