This course will guide students through
elements
and considerations that are key to the successful
presentation and support of their research project
both orally and through exhibition. Students will
be introduced to tools and tactics that are used
for reporting and presenting design and research
projects in the academic peer review context -
that help convey their thesis content in an
honest, accountable, compelling and persuasive
manner.
Pre-requisites
No prerequisites.
Media History
MHIS 201
27/SP
Description
This course provides a broad historical and
cultural awareness of illustration as a field
with its relationships to both fine art and
commercial practices. Equipped with terms and
concepts specific to illustration, students will
consider past and current challenges to the
field, towards imagining critical and responsible
future trajectories. Students will analyze how
images are thought to function in different
frameworks, alert to ever-evolving social and
political contexts, artistic movements, and
technological changes. Students will also deepen
their understanding of illustration genres,
techniques and methodologies by reflecting on
their own creative processes through these
historical lenses and theoretical frameworks.
Pre-requisites
No prerequisites.
Media History
MHIS 201
27/SP
Description
This course provides a broad historical and
cultural awareness of illustration as a field
with its relationships to both fine art and
commercial practices. Equipped with terms and
concepts specific to illustration, students will
consider past and current challenges to the
field, towards imagining critical and responsible
future trajectories. Students will analyze how
images are thought to function in different
frameworks, alert to ever-evolving social and
political contexts, artistic movements, and
technological changes. Students will also deepen
their understanding of illustration genres,
techniques and methodologies by reflecting on
their own creative processes through these
historical lenses and theoretical frameworks.
Pre-requisites
No prerequisites.
Communication Design
COMD 204
26/FA
Description
This course introduces fundamental concepts in
history, terminology, and type classification to
students. Exercises and projects explore
typography from micro to macro perspectives,
including the study of letterforms, basic type
composition, proportion and grids, hierarchy,
legibility, and expression.
Pre-requisites
No prerequisites.
Communication Design
COMD 300
26/FA
Description
This 6-credit core studio allows for an
intensive project-based learning experience in
communication design. Students will be exposed to
skills and theories that build on the knowledge
from second year, expand their design capacities,
and prepare them to work independently in fourth
year.
Pre-requisites
No prerequisites.
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