Curriculum of Graphic Design at Kyoto Seika University
Monday, February 16th, 2009Curriculum
1st year: Students mostly gain familiarity with ideographic/type characters and design basics, achieving essential skills in graphic expression and structural formats.
Drawing, typography, calligraphic character practice, visual imagery exercises, and associated theory
2nd year: Mostly production of actual design elements for graphic expression, moving towards more specialized skills such as development of web content.
Character design, typesetting practice, graphic design, digital photography, and computer graphics (Web), interactive design exercises.
3rd year: Working in smaller project groups for more practical development, ensuring close communication with faculty, students achieve more individual styles.
Graphic design, promotion design, advertising design, computer graphics (3D), editorial computer graphics, graphic design specialization, general background studies of advertising.
4th year: Projects associated with local community and/or companies, to gain practical experience in message-based design. In addition, students prepare for writing graduation theses on specialized aspects of graphic design
Visual presentations, design management, internship, and graduation thesis and final exhibition work.