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General Admission Requirements
The basic requirement for admission into this master’s degree program is a four-year Bachelor’s degree, in any discipline, with a minimum overall average of B (75%), and a minimum of two years work experience. Applicants who do not meet these requirements may be considered for admission on an exceptional basis, provided they demonstrate equivalent qualifications.

At St. Jerome’s University the academic year is divided into three terms known as Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring (May-August).

The Master of Catholic Thought program admits students two times per year. Students need to apply for admission by May 31 for the Fall term and by September 30 for the Winter term. Late applications will be accepted in exceptional circumstances.

You can request admission in one of the following categories:
Degree students are students possessing a four-year baccalaureate degree from a recognized accredited University or University College or equivalent who are proceeding to completion of the Master of Catholic Thought program.

Non-Degree students are students possessing a four-year baccalaureate degree from a recognized accredited University or University College or equivalent who are taking one or more graduate courses for credit but are not proceeding to completion of the Master of Catholic Thought program.

Auditor
Persons who wish to continue their education, but do not wish to earn academic credit, may be eligible to audit courses. Courses taken as an audit will not count towards a degree. Students must have the permission of the instructor, and registration will normally be limited to 1/3 of the total enrolment for each particular course. Attendance and participation in class is expected.

English Proficiency Requirement
All applicants whose primary or first language is not English must provide a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) certificate or other satisfactory evidence of English proficiency. A minimum score of 550 is required for the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); a minimum score of 213 is required on the computer-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 90 is required on the 1b-TOEFL.

Admission Procedures
The following are the procedures for applying to the Master of Catholic Thought program at St. Jerome’s University. If you do not find the information that you are looking for, or have any questions regarding application procedures, please contact the Director of the MCT program.

The Graduate Admissions Committee will normally consider the application only after receiving all the required documents. Application material submitted in support of the application will not be returned.

All applicants, in all categories, must complete the online application form through the Ontario University Application Centre. There is a $75.00 application fee and applications will not be processed until payment is made.

The application package should include the following: application form, a personal statement, official transcripts, and two references, as per the notes following.

All application packages must include a personal statement. Comment on your reasons for applying to the Master of Catholic Thought program, your academic record, your employment record, any special interests in the area of theological education, your personal interests, activities and goals. Use a separate sheet and attach to the application.

Degree and Non-Degree students must include in their application package an official transcript (i.e., bearing the seal of the institution) from each institution through which you have completed coursework and two supporting references. Of these references, at least one reference should be from an academic who can assess your academic potential. The second referee may be selected from employers, supervisors, other professionals and academics.

Those students wishing to audit courses should apply online as a non-degree student and should include the personal statement with their package as well as a note indicating their desire to audit the courses only. Transcripts and references are not necessary, however, under the Referee section of the online application, please indicate Elyse Redden (St. Jerome’s staff) as your referee. The Reference form does not need to be completed

The Certificate in Advanced Graphic Design is designed for students who are already familiar with graphic design tools but desire to explore the complex theories and issues facing designers today. Students will focus on typography, graphic design systems, Gestalt theory, editorial design, and advertising.

Six (6) required courses:
GD2050 Typography I
GD2060 Typography II
GD2000 Graphic Design Core II
GD3400 Introduction to Magazine Design
GD2400 Introduction to Advertising Design
AS4100 Business of Design

Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.

Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.

Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.

The Certificate in Jewelry program offers students the instruction and opportunity to create their own designs in metal. Required courses will teach basic and advanced fabrication skills, casting techniques, basic stone setting, and the use of color, connections, clasps, and the history and de-sign of jewelry. Additionally, students will acquire the technical skills required to create jewelry, and will experiment with alternative approaches to art jewelry and jewelry’s function. Elective courses offer students the chance to use more in-depth advanced techniques, enabling the transla-tion of ideas into works of art. Emphasis is placed on individual designs for the beginning through the advanced classes.

Five (5) required courses:
JE1200 Introduction to Jewelry
JE1210 Introduction to Jewelry II
JE 2200 Intermediate Jewelry
JE1350 Casting Techniques
JE3200 Advanced Jewelry Studio

Five (5) elective courses may be chosen from the following:
JE1250 Experimental Enameling
JE2250 Wearable Experimental Metals
JE2300 Jewelry As Sculpture
JE2350 Color In Metals
JE1230 Basic Stone Setting
JE1240 Connections: Chains, Clasps and More!
JE1220 Glass Bead Making
AH2200 History of Jewelry I

Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.

Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.

Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.

Drawing and painting are the building blocks of the art disciplines. They are not only incredible technical tools, but are also media with unbounded expressive virtues. In this certificateCertificate, students study the underpinnings of each medium, and then move on to more advanced instruction, exposing students to a sophisticated means of expression while developing a critical eye.

Seven (7) required courses:
DR1250 Design; or DR1260 Color Theory
Introductory 1000 Level Drawing
Intermediate 2000 Level Drawing
Advanced 3000 Level Drawing
Introductory 1000 Level Painting
Intermediate 2000 Level Painting
Advanced 3000 Level Painting

Three (3) elective courses for a total of 4.5 credits may be chosen from the following:

Painting and Drawing Elective
Elective
Elective

Electives may be taken in Drawing and Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography,Photography or Digital Media Design.

Credit certificates
Designed for individuals seeking professional development or a focused, sequential approach to a specific discipline, credit certificates from the Corcoran College of Art + Design may be completed through part-time study in one to three years. Certificate students fully participate in classes, often with Degree students, and are held to the same high standards.

Certificates in Design prepare students to enter one of several expanding technology-based fields, or advance their current design careers. Fine Arts Certificate students access the Corcoran’s well-equipped studios, extensive offerings, and outstanding faculty. Electives are chosen in consultation with an advisor who can also approve substitutions for required courses, based on students’ prior studies or experience.

Each certificate program is either 15.0 or 18.0 credits in length. With the exception of some Botanical Art and Illustration courses, each course carries 1.5 or 3.0 credits. For a certificate to be issued, the requirements must be completed within a three-year period with a grade of C or better in each course. Students must ensure that the Office of the Registrar receives notification of their completion of high school or the equivalent before submitting their certificate request form.

Elementary for the design study is the ability to self-generate ideas and plans formulated for the proper realization and communication processes. The project offered in the department aims to be an interaction between theory and design processes and techniques on a networking principle and practice. In addition to this integration of intuitive and reflexive Generate conversion will reinforce the ability to self-expression even complex projects promoted. In addition, students learn how to scientifically and artistically with interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary issues to address and social responsibility for their professional activity to take over.

The bachelor’s degree leads to a first professional degree and at the same time forms the basis for a further Master’s degree. In the bachelor’s degree students will learn the methodology, classification, terminology and basic questions of their elected deepening know. With the proposed inter-and transdisciplinary projects, students can also responsible for ideas and a subsequent master’s degree develop. The structure of the bachelor’s degree is geared towards the ZHdK for the binding targets. One semester is divided into six modules: a ZHdK-wide compulsory module, two bachelor-specific modules, and three depth-specific modules. The content will be - depending on the occupancy requirements and objectives of the study - certain modules in versions. This is also the fulfillment of the most fundamental principle of the Declaration of Bologna: the option for students.

The approval for the study is done on a common admission process for all wells of the study design departments. Prerequisite for entry is to meet the general admission requirements, the quality of the dossier and the evaluation of a personal interview with the applicants for further consideration.

The Department of Design Studies at the Zurich University of the Arts serves the artistic and creative preparation of students for professional practice. This professional practice is through the analysis, development and application of design procedures for the implementation of design tasks in different economic and social areas characterized

The bachelor’s degree leads to a first professional degree and at the same time forms the basis for a further Master’s degree. In the bachelor’s degree students will learn the methodology, classification, terminology and basic questions of their elected deepening know. With the proposed inter-and transdisciplinary projects, students can also responsible for ideas and a subsequent master’s degree develop. The structure of the bachelor’s degree is geared towards the ZHdK for the binding targets. One semester is divided into six modules: a ZHdK-wide compulsory module, two bachelor-specific modules, and three depth-specific modules. The content will be - depending on the occupancy requirements and objectives of the study - certain modules in versions. This is also the fulfillment of the most fundamental principle of the Declaration of Bologna: the option for students.

We aim to teach and inspire students to think, design and act professionally in any working environment they face. On successful completion of the degree, students will be able to produce creative and technically proficient architectural designs, which can be communicated through both computer technology and traditional media. Students will also be required to pursue research, apply knowledge of building technology, and organise, manage and operate interior architectural projects within the regulatory frameworks that govern design, architecture and construction. Like the Honours Degree, this programme has been created in consultation with the profession and is staffed by practising designers and subject specialists.

Following a comprehensive review in 2003, the course has been updated. It now covers the important subjects of computer-aided design, freehand drawing, building technology, contemporary interior design and professional management.

Syllabus
The program’s syllabus is compiled of six divisions. Each student is required to accumulate 60 credits in total in order to receive a Master’s degree: 44 credits in Studio studies and 16 credits in theoretical courses, research and written assignments:

Syllabus Table
Total Fourth Semester Third Semester Second Semester First Semester Name of division

16 credits 4 credits 4 credits 4 credits 4 credits a. Design laboratories
8 credits 4 credits 4 credits b. Conceptual Workshops
12 credits 12 credits c. Conclusive Project
4 credits 1 credit 1 credit 1 credit 1 credit d. Guest Workshops
8 credits 8 credits e. Elective Courses
48 credits Total Studio studies
12 credits 16 credits f. Theoretical courses, research and written assignments

60 credits Total credits for degree

* Students who began their studies in the 2004 – 2007 academic years are asked to please refer to the program office to receive explanations on the changes in the syllabus table.

Syllabus Divisions
Design Laboratories
The goal of the design laboratories is to examine relevant questions in the traditional, current and experimental fields of design. The labs are conducted by senior designers and they integrate theoretical writing with practical work in design. Within the framework of the lab open discussions are held, as well as guest lectures, assignments and field trips, meetings with curators, theoreticians, design managers, people in the industry and senior designers from both Israel and abroad. The laboratories are conducted in a semestrial format. During the course of the study program, every student must participate in four design labs, in a total scope of 16 credits.

Every year these labs are updated and they cover topics that include:
Specialization in “About Design”

• “About Design”
• “About Beauty and Ugliness”
• “Israeli Design”
• “Curatorship, Design and the Museum”
• “Otherism”
Specialization in ‘Design Management’

• “Strategy and Design”
• “Research of Trends”
• “Brand Management”
• “Creative Direction”
• “International Strategy”

Conceptual Workshops
The workshops constitute a focal point for the discussion and practice of design. Within the framework of these workshops there are open discussions, lectures, presentations and trips. The workshops integrate theoretical writing with practical work in design. The workshops are conducted in a semestrial format. During the course of the study program, every student must participate in two workshops, in a total scope of 8 credits.

Every year these workshops are updated and they cover topics that include:

Every year these labs are updated and they cover topics that include:
Specialization in “About Design”
• “Still Life”
• “Blurring borders”
• “Undustrial Design”
• “Less but More”

Specialization in “Design Management”
• “Introduction to Design Management”
• “Sustainable Design Management – from Idea to Ecological Implementation”
• “Design Start-up”

Final Project
The final project is the academic frame guiding the student towards excellence. In the framework of the project, the students will be required to assimilate the knowledge and creative processes acquired in the program while making a personal statement and taking a personal stand. The project will deal with a topic that the student chooses to develop and will be accompanied by individual instructional meetings with a personal advisor and bi-weekly instructional and enrichment meetings with the project coordinators and guest lecturers. In the framework of the enrichment meetings the topics of research, criticism, design and management are discussed. There are also Instructional and critical meetings with the project advisors. In the course of his/ her studies, every student must submit one final project in a total scope of 12 credits.

Guest Workshops
Guest workshops will take place twice a year, for a period of one week. Key figures from the academic world and the local and international world of design are invited to conduct the workshops. In the course of his/ her studies, each student is obligated to participate in four guest workshops, in a total scope of 4 credits.

Elective courses
Elective courses enable the student to research and develop personal fields of interest in the framework of the program. In the course of his/ her studies, every student must accrue 8 credits within the framework of elective courses.

Following is a (partial) list of potential choices for students:
• Personal Project
• Touring design exhibitions abroad
• T- Experience
• Inter-departmental courses at Bezalel
• Courses from other departments

Theoretical courses, research and written assignments
The division of theoretical courses, research and written assignments was formed with the purpose to the provide the student with tools to develop his/ her skills in writing, research, management and marketing and to broaden his/ her horizons as an artist and a designer and to contribute to the building and development of a research oriented group in the field of Israeli design. The division’s courses are conducted in the framework of Bezalel’s Department of History and Theory. Every student in the program must accrue 12 credits (6 each year) in the course of his/ her studies in the framework of these courses.

The division’s courses are updated every year and the deal in topics that include:
• “Writing and research in a design environment”
• “Marketing management for designers”
• “Economics for designers”
• “Ethics for designers”
• “Design, culture, globalization”

Please note that from August 2006 new students outside EU/EEA will have to pay tuition fee. Students from partner universities outside EU/EEA will not be charged tuition.

EU citizens are citizens from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Cyprus (applies to the Greek-Cypriot area only), Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

EEA citizens are citizens from Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland.

The list below indicates the programme tuition fee per year (two semesters) for full-time degree students and guest students respectively. The tuition fee quoted on our website and in your offer letter is for the upcoming academic year (from September 2009) and is indicative only. Fees are subject to change. If fees differ you will be required to pay the difference prior to your enrolment at Aalborg University.

STUDY PROGRAMME PROGRAMME
LENGTH
TUITION FEE PER YEAR (DKK/EURO) CAMPUS SEMESTER STARTS
MSc in
Acoustics Degree:
4 semesters
Guest:
1or 2 semesters
DKK 100.000
EUR 13.300 Aalborg University
Aalborg
Degree:
September
Guest:
February and
September
MSc in
Applied Signal Processing and Implementation Degree:
4 semesters
Guest:
1or 2 semesters DKK 100.000
EUR 13.300 Aalborg University
Aalborg
Degree:
September
Guest:
February and
September
MSc in
Architectural Design Degree:
4 semesters
Guest:
1or 2 semesters DKK 108.000
EUR 14.400 Aalborg University
Aalborg
Degree:
September
Guest:
February and
September

MSc in
Architecture Degree:
4 semesters DKK 108.000
EUR 14.400 Aalborg University
Aalborg Degree:
September
BA in
Art and Technology Degree - apply through the Student Guidance Service
DKK 67.700
EUR 9.075 Aalborg University Aalborg
Contact the Student Guidance Service
Msc in
Biomedical Engineering and Informatics Degree:
4 semesters
Guest:
1or 2 semesters DKK 108.000
EUR 14.400 Aalborg University
Aalborg
Degree:
September
Guest:
February and
September

Interior Design is a four-year program leading to the BFA degree. Students develop interior spaces by way of programming, design analysis, space planning and aesthetics within their coursework.

Students gain specialized knowledge of interior construction, building codes, equipment, materials and furnishings.

As practicing professionals, interior designers identify, research, and creatively solve problems pertaining to the function and quality of the interior environment. A fundamental part of that process is the preparation of drawings and documents relative to the design of interior spaces for the purpose of enhancing the public welfare, health and safety.