The advanced-studies programme “Digital Communication Environments” is structured in modules and enables a continued education tailored to your requirements. You may combine the topics offered by the Digital Communication Environments programme – digital media, graphic design, typography, and design research – to create your individual study programme.
Key data
Degree
CAS FHNW Certificate of Advanced Studies
ECTS points
15 ECTS
Next start
after successfully participating in at least 5 weeks of either the Summer or Winter Workshops of HGK FHNW
Upon prior agreement, attendance at five one-week workshop modules with 2 ECTS credits each may be credited towards the CAS Digital Communication Environments. This will count as 10 of the 15 credit points required for the CAS Digital Communication Environments.
Combine your personal CAS continued-education studies based on our currently available workshop modules:
At the end of the CAS Digital Communication Environments course, students will complete an individual, six-months final module with an integrated certificate thesis counting as 5 ECTS credits. This final module will support participants in individual design projects within their own creative and work contexts. The final module with its integrated certificate thesis includes 5 individual appointments of 90 minutes each and 100 hours of independent work for the certificate thesis.
Participants will - acquire experience in analogue and digital communication channels; - add to their knowledge of design processes and expand their visual design vocabulary; - broaden their experience in dealing with digital media, images, typography, and research issues and approaches; - acquire know-how and skills to competently handle various communication strategies; - learn to discuss current debates and approaches to visual communication; - and acquire skills in the use of current digital design tools.
The CAS programme is geared towards persons with previous training in design. For participants with prior professional experience, it may serve as a source of inspiration or a refresher course in technical skills, to further their own creative and artistic development, or simply to expand their personal portfolio.
The CAS programme is open to anyone with university entrance qualifications. If no such qualification can be provided, an application for enrolment may be made based on an applicant’s portfolio.
Costs per workshop: CHF 900.– All 5 workshops of the CAS programme: CHF 3,500.– Supervision of your individual certificate thesis: CHF 3,500.–
Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)
Through digital media and the democratisation of communication channels that goes hand in hand with it, the critical handling of their visual and interaction-based design has become decisively more important, because the social relevance of information and communication has thus fundamentally changed.
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Institut Digitale Kommunikations-Umgebungen IDCE Freilager-Platz 1 CH-4002 Basel
room D 5.03
Institute Digital Communication Environments IDCE
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandAcademy of Art and Design,
Institute Digital Communication Environments (IDCE)
High-rise: D 5.03Freilager-Platz 1CH - 4142 Münchenstein near Basel
