Choosing Your Path
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Art combines three pathways in Interaction Design, Product Design and Visual Communication into an integrated programme in Design.
Design Art Pathways:
All modules are new or will be modified and updated for this revised curriculum. While a student wanting to pursue a particular pathway (Interaction Design or Product Design or Visual Communication) will be required to follow the core modules in the order outlined below, students pursuing a general BFA in Design Art could choose modules that suit them as long as they meet any pre-requisite requirements.
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Compulsory Major Studio PE
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Compulsory Art History Major PE
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*Course with pre-requisite
*Course with pre-requisite
Curriculum and AUs Distribution
| For students admitted in AY2017 [View] |
| For students admitted in AY2018-AY2020 [View] |
| For students admitted in AY2021 onwards [View] |
| Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) [View] |
**Compulsory Art History Major PE
Compulsory Art History Major PE can be taken in Year 2 or 3. Students can choose one of the following:
*Course with pre-requisite
Electives offered by ADM under BFA Design Art (DA) and BFA Media Art (MA)
The following ADM courses may be open to all students of BFA (Design Art) and BFA (Media Art) allowing them to freely choose these courses offered by ADM for the semester.
Some of these courses may be open to students of HASS and NTU as UE/BDE and will be restricted to a small number of students where specific skill sets are required. In such instances, ADM students will have priority for these courses.
For a comprehensive list of ADM courses, please refer to the COURSE CONTENTS page.
Animation Specialisation - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type (PEs are open to both DA and MA majors, unless stated otherwise) |
Open to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASS | NTU | ||
| DT2005 Lighting and Rendering Pipeline | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DT2010 Digital Compositing | PE (MA)/UE/BDE | - | Yes |
| *DT2015 Advanced 3D Production (Pre-req: DT2001) | PE/UE/BDE | - | BEng SCE |
| DT2017 Writing for Animation (Interschool with WKWSCI) (Recommended for GAME Pathway) | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DT3000 Advanced Drawn Animation (Pre-req: DT2000) | PE | - | - |
| *DT3004 Rigging For Animation (Pre-req: DT2001) | PE/UE/BDE | - | BEng SCE |
| DT3009 Cinematic Concepts and Motion Capture Applications (Recommended for GAME Pathway) | PE/UE/BDE | - | BEng SCE |
| *DT3010 Visual Effects I (Pre-req: DT2001/DT2010/DF2000/DF2003) | PE (MA) | - | - |
| *DT3011 Visual Effects II (Pre-req: DT3010/DF3013) | PE (MA) | - | - |
| DT5000 Digital Sculpting | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DT5001 Graphic Storytelling | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DT5002 Issues in Animation Practice | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DT5003 Digital Painting | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DT5004 Fundamentals Of Immersive 360˚ and VR Experiences | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
*Course with pre-requisite
Filmmaking Specialisation - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type (PEs are open to both DA and MA majors, unless stated otherwise) |
Open to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASS | NTU | ||
| DF2002 Survey of Experimental Filmmaking | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DF2004 Sound in Media | PE(MA)/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DF2006 Ethnographic Film (Pre-req: Nil (prior knowledge in Film studies is preferred)) | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DF2007 (DF9001) The Art of Lighting (Recommended for GAME Pathway) | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | - |
| *DF2012 Advanced Screenwriting (Pre-req: DF2005 or HZ9205 or CS4024) | PE(MA)/UE/BDE | - | - |
| DF2013 Film Music in Theory and Practice | PE/GERPE(LA)/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DF3001 Cinematography for Visual Effects (Pre-req: DF2003) | PE | - | - |
| *DF3005 Audio Post- Production for Film (Pre-req: DF2011) | PE(MA)/UE/BDE | - | - |
| DF3010 Experimental Film Production | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | - |
| *DF3014 Creative Producing for Film and Media (Pre-req: Study Year 3 and above) | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DF5001 (DF3002) Documentary Filmmaking | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DF5002 (DF3006) Cinematography II (Pre-req: DF2003) | UE/BDE | - | - |
*Course with pre-requisite
Interaction Design Specialisation - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type (PEs are open to both DA and MA majors, unless stated otherwise) |
Open to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASS | NTU | ||
| DA5004 Design, Art, and Animation for Media Architecture | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5009 Explorations in A.I. Generated Art | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DM2002 Sound Art | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DM2009 Performance and Interaction | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DM2011 Issues in Interactive Media Practice | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DM3008 Generative Art | PE/GER(LA)/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DM3009 Audio-Visual Creative Coding (Pre-req: DM2008) | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DM5000 (DM3002) Creative Robotics | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DM5001 (DM8001) Web Design | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DR2011 Human Factors for Design | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DR5000 Surface Design | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DV2008 Interface Design | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DV3003 Spatial Design | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
*Course with pre-requisite
Photography Specialisation - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type (PEs are open to both DA and MA majors, unless stated otherwise) |
Open to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASS | NTU | ||
| DP2008 Experimental Photography | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DP3001 Transformative Identities in Fashion Media (Pre-req: DP2005 or DP2006) | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DP3003 Socially Engaged Photography | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DP3008 Location Experiences in Photography (Pre-req: DN1012 or DP2000 or DP2001) | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DP5000 (DP2000) Black and White Film Photography | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DP5001 Art and Ecology Workshop | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
*Course with pre-requisite
Product Design Specialisation - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type (PEs are open to both DA and MA majors, unless stated otherwise) |
Open to | |
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| HASS | NTU | ||
| DR2002 Issues in Product Design Practice | PE/UE/BDE | - | - |
| DR2011 Human Factors in Design (Interschool with MAE) | PE/UE/BDE | - | BEng Design Stream |
| DR2012 Materials, Manufacturing & Technology for Design (Interschool with MAE) | PE/UE/BDE | - | BEng Design Stream |
| DR2013 Furniture Design I | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DR2014 Wearable Technology, Fashion and Design | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DR2015 Furniture Design II (Pre-req: DR2013) | PE | - | - |
| *DR3002 Computer Aided Design II (Pre-req: DR2005) | PE/UE/BDE | - | - |
| DR5000 (DR2007) Surface Design | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DR5002 (DR2009) Products in an Asian Cultural Context | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DR5003 (DR9001) Introduction to Design | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DR5004 Design and Systems Thinking | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
*Course with pre-requisite
Visual Communication Specialisation - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type (PEs are open to both DA and MA majors, unless stated otherwise) |
Open to | |
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| HASS | NTU | ||
| DV2002 Illustration for Designers | PE/UE/BDE | - | - |
| DV2003 (DV8001) Beyond the logo: Introduction to branding | PE/GER(LA)/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DV2006 Designed Experiences | PE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| *DV2007 Issues in Visual Communication Practice (Pre-req: DV2004 and DV3010) | PE/UE/BDE | - | - |
| DV2008 Interface Design | PE/UE/BDE | Selection required | |
| *DV2012 Digital Visual Communication (Pre-req: DV2004 & DV2005) | PE | - | - |
| *DV3002 Editorial Design (Pre-req: DV2004 & DV2005) | PE(DA) | - | - |
| DV3003 Spatial Design | PE/UE/BDE | - | - |
| *DV3005 Creative Brand Design (Pre-req: DV2004 and DV3010) | PE/UE/BDE | Selection Required | - |
| DV5001 (DV2009) Design in Motion | UE/BDE | Selection required | |
| DV5002 (DV2010) Packaging Design | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DV5003 (DV2011) Pattern, Art, Design and Architecture | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DV5004 Graphic Communication | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
*Course with pre-requisite
Interdisciplinary - Click here to see the course contents
| Course | Type | Open to | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASS | NTU | ||
| DA2004 Exhibition Design | GERPE/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5000 (DA2000) Applied Drawing | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5001 (DA2001) Painting | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5002 (DA2003) Watermedia Landscape Painting | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5003 (DA9011) Kinetic Anatomy: Dynamic Figure Drawing for Artists and Designers | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5004 (DA9012) Design, Art, and Animation for Media Architecture | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5005 (DA9013) Compositional Study – Shapes, Space and Color Interaction | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5006 (DA9014) Handbuilding with Clay: Form and Surface | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5007 (DA9015) Drawing For Animation | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5008 Incubating Ideas: Image Making and Storytelling | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5009 Explorations in A.I. Generated Art | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DA5010 Figure Sculpture in Clay | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DD3012 Research Methods in Art and Design | GERPE(LA)/UE/BDE | Selection Required | - |
| DD3027 (DD9010) Maritime Silk Roads: Heritage and Media | GERPE(LA)/UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
| DD5008 (DD9007) Independent Study | UE/BDE | Selection required | |
| DD5009 (DD9009) Design Thinking | UE/BDE | Yes | Yes |
*Course with pre-requisite
Internships and Exchange Programmes
Internship
Internship will be introduced to be in line with the university’s direction to have internship as compulsory component of the undergraduate education. Offered as CORE (applicable for AY2017 to AY2020) / ICC (applicable for AY2021 onwards) for 5 AUs, internship will be for 10 weeks during the vacation period between Year 3 and Year 4.
ADM has worked with NTU’s Career and Attachments Office (CAO) and has built a list of suitable companies, studios and production houses that already take in ADM students for internship. This relationship will be built further to ensure that all students have the opportunity to do an internship during the course of their study.
Student Exchange
Students in Year 3 are eligible to study for one semester at tertiary institutions around the world that have student exchange agreement around the world. This will be continued with a more concerted effort, working with NTU’s Global Education and Mobility (GEM) personnel to send up to 50 to 60% of the students abroad on exchange for one semester, Semester 1 of Year 3. Students will have the opportunity to study in top institutions in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific as exchange students.