Class 103/s
Director Giorgio Camuffo
Assistant Directors Enrico Camplani and Philip Tabor
the programme’s seat is in Venice –
Terese Dorsoduro 2206.
for information
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of arts and design
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educational goals and
professional characteristics
The
graduate programme in visual and multimedia design prepares students for careers
in graphic and visual design and communications. Students attend theory courses and receive practical training in
tune with current multimedia practices. Graduates will be qualified to work in
all areas of communications, ranging form paper to screen, analogue to digital.
The course covers a tradition which spans from the ancient origins of visual
forms of presentation of images and words, to the beginning of printing in the
mid-15th century, and finally to the arrival of the Internet in the
21st century.
The
programme combines various disciplinary approaches related to a broad range of
visual communications and intensive design workshops. Students enter the
workplace with a broad, yet specialised background, or may continue their studies
at PhD level.
In
addition to seminars and courses in theory, history and criticism, as well as
profession-related project workshops that the programme offers, students can
also attend courses and workshops of the other graduate programmes at the
Faculty of Arts and Design.
The
programme has two main areas of research and eduction:
1. Communication Design
(e.g., graphic design, identity design, computer and communication
design)
2. Interaction Design (Communication design
[man-object], systems and services design, new technology design [computers and
telecommunications] )
In
order to avoid limiting the studies to specific professional fields, the
programme places emphasis on the idea
of future communication and interaction designers being “design directors”.
Designers who have a combination of practical and specialised design skills,
strategic know-how, abilities in complex problem solving, communication
campaign planning, and developing and coordinating large projects, and who are
capable of creating a series of communication events and managing their
development and realization.
Programme organisation
courses
Students
participate in 3 workshops per year and also attend theory lectures and seminars.
In the workshops students are guided by renowned professionals and lecturers in
the design field and gain hands-on experience. Cooperation among the other
degree programmes offered by the faculty of arts and design allows for the
offering of a broad range of theory courses taught by important lecturers. An
important part of the programme is the choice of the student in individualizing
their specific study programme according to their interests and professional ambitions.
The structure of the programme allows students to focus on both traditional
editorial aspects and multimedia/multimode aspects of graphics, as well as on
interface design with the use of computer technology.
summary of academic programme
The 2-year graduate programme is composed of six didactic
periods (three per academic year). Students acquire 120 university credits
(CFU) in the form of workshops, classes in theory and criticism, elective
courses, mandatory internships, and thesis development, until the completion of
the academic programme established for that degree programme at the time of
enrolment. Following is a summary of the academic programme:
|
Type of course
|
Disciplinary area
|
CFU credits
|
|
A) Core courses
|
Technology
|
4
|
|
|
Introduction
to visual arts and information
|
4
|
|
|
Humanities
|
4
|
|
|
TOTAL CFU CORE COURSES
|
12
|
|
B) Concentration courses
|
Multimedia
design and communicatiuon
|
56
|
|
|
Engineering
|
0
|
|
|
Law
and economics
|
0
|
|
|
Psychology
and sociology
|
4
|
|
|
TOTAL CFU CONCENTRATION CREDITS
|
64
|
|
C) Additional or supplementary courses
|
The
culture of science, engineering and architecture
|
4
|
|
|
Humanities,
law, economics and socio-political culture
|
8
|
|
|
TOTAL CFU ADDITIONAL CREDITS
|
12
|
|
D) Electives
|
|
8
|
|
E) Final exam
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
F) Further course work
|
|
8
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
120
|
tutoring
All
faculty teaching staff are required to give tutoring services in their relative
field of teaching upon request. Internship
tutoring services are offered for help during the internship and for
development of internship-related theses (conducted by the didactic tutor
supervisor).
Graduate
programmes also provide tutoring services for helping students with their final
papers, which are provided by PhD students from the University Iuav. Tutors
monitor students’ projects and help in defining methods for final
papers/projects.
admission to the graduate programme in visual and
multimedia design
The programme admits 50 candidates, plus 15
non-EU member candidates.
Candidates
in possession of a first level (undergraduate) university degree, including
degrees from Fine Arts Academies, or a previous Italian 4 or 5-year university
degree, and who pass the admissions requirements, are allowed to enrol in the
degree programme.
Students
holding a degree in Industrial Design from the University IUAV of Venice may
gain direct access to the programme if they meet all requirements, are admitted
to the admissions list, and with respect to the number of open places in the
degree programme.
Admissions selection
Admission
to the programme is made by a pre-enrolment procedure, explained in detail on
the IUAV web page http://www.iuav.it.
Admission selection is made by the
Admissions Committee for the Graduate Programme in Visual and Multimedia Design.
The following documents need to be presented to the Admissions Committee: a
curriculum vitae (in the format proposed by the degree programme), a degree
certificate including all exams held, a Personal Portfolio - in paper form only
- which illustrates the candidates experiences accumulated during their
university studies and any other activities related to the field of discipline.
If group projects are presented, it is
necessary that candidates include a written description of their individual
role and work in each project.
Prerequisites
There
are no exams required for admission; however, some courses do have
prerequisites. Students should consult the individual course descriptions
(posted for each teacher on the faculty web site) to check on prerequisites.
Attendance
Attendance
of courses and workshops is mandatory for at least two-thirds of all lessons.
Daily attendance must be registered in the Register for each course.
Students
are required to attend one workshop per didactic period. Students may attend
courses for first-level degrees only with proper authorisation from the
programme director and if credits are applicable.
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