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The B.F.A. in Graphic Design offers a concentrated and structured program in the study of contemporary graphic design, including intensive training in graphic design, studio art, art history and museum studies. This major is designed to prepare students not only to become graphic designers, but artists, who illustrate, photograph, sculpt, paint, print, and create computer and digital images. Students devote a majority of their junior year to a range of study in graphic design theory and practices in both print as well as multimedia technologies. During this study, they engage in the preparation of an individual print and electronic portfolio, leaving their senior year open for specialized study in any area of graphic design or studio art.

ORGANIZATION AND CONTENT OF EDUCATION:

A year in core M1 (1st year) and two different routes in M2 (2nd year) corresponding to the two specialties Digital Images and Virtual Reality (Specialty Research) and Arts et technologies de l’image virtuelle (occupational specialty / IUP).
M1 First Year – 600 + hd’enseignement course is 60 ECTS *

M1 core of specialty search Digital Images and Virtual Reality and specialty professional IUPs Arts and Technology of the virtual image. 50% of professional lessons.

The lessons are divided into three teaching units (EU) through courses or EC ** of 40h per semester: 1st half ECTS
EU Theory / Methodology: - 1 EC Arts, history and aesthetics of digital
- EC 1 Programming and Algorithms
- CBS Digital Media 1 4
4
4
EU Topics: - Computer EC 2
- EC 1 Programming and Algorithms
- EC 1 Virtual reality, interactive installations and performances 2 x 4
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4
EU Development: - 1 EC Foreign Language 2
2nd half ECTS
EU Theory / Methodology: - 1 EC Arts, history and aesthetics of digital
- EC 1 Programming and Algorithms 4
4
EU Topics: - Computer EC 2
- EC 1 Virtual reality, interactive installations and performances
- CBS Digital Media 1 2 x 4
4
4
EU Development: - 1 EC free seminar (to be taken in or outside the department)
- 1 EC Stage 2 months 4
2

M2 Second year

Two different routes for the two specialties:
M2 – Specialty Search: Digital Images and Virtual Reality

Teaching modules for the two following fields: research on digital art and research on virtual reality.
The specialty research involves 160 hours of classes + the + the memory is 60 ECTS
20% of teachers are professional. 3rd semester ECTS
EU Theory / Methodology: - 1 EC Research on digital art
- 1 EC Research on virtual reality 8
8
EU Development: - 1 EC Project midterm 14
4th semester ECTS
EU Theory / Methodology: - 1 EC Research on digital art 8
EU Topics: - 1 EC Research on virtual reality 8
EU Development - EC 1 Memory and defense
- 1 EC Final Draft 8
6

M2 – Professional Specialty: Arts and Technology of the virtual image

The learning modules cover five areas: creating computer graphics, algorithms and programming, virtual reality and interactivity, multimedia, art and aesthetics of digital
professional specialty has over 360 hours of internship 300h + + project and memory is 60 ECTS
50% of teachers are professional. ECTS
EU Theory / Methodology: - 1 EC Research on digital art
- 1 EC Research on virtual reality 5
5
EU Topics: - 1 Programming and EC algorithms in artificial intelligence and artificial life
- 1 EC Development and testing from sensors
- 1 EC Research and Development in Digital Media
- 1 EC production and management of projects in digital image 5
5
5
5
4th semester ECTS
EU Theory / Methodology: - 1 EC Research on digital art
- 1 EC Research on virtual reality 5
5
EU Development: - 1 EC Project
- EC 1 Memory and defense
- 1 EC Foreign Language
- Stage 1 EC 3 months 5
5
5
5

RULES FOR CONTROL OF KNOWLEDGE:

Ongoing monitoring and control over the final work.
Terminal via the briefs and supporting projects.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE:

Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Athens, Greece: organization of international festivals, exchange of students within the framework of European programs
University of Caxias Do Sul Petropolis, Brazil: collaborative research on digital arts and connectionism, exchange and reception teachers and PhD students between the two universities ..
University of Porto Alegre, Brazil: Trade and hosting PhD students between the two universities.
LABORATOIRES underlying TRAINING:

Laboratory Digital Imaging and Virtual Reality, (one of the three components of the host team EA 4010 Picture Arts and Contemporary Art) which develops experimental research, theoretical, and algorithmic art in the fields of the digital image and virtual reality: three-dimensional synthesis, animations realistic synthesis of the human body, virtual actors, intelligent and sensitive interaction, artificial life, art installations.

PROSECUTION OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES AND OPPORTUNITIES:

- Doctorate Esthétiques Science and Technology of the Arts, Specialty: Digital Images
- Other doctorates within and outside the domain Arts
- Graphic designers, project managers, developers in corporate graphics, special effects, video games, multimedia, networks, virtual reality and audiovisual media in general.
ACCESS CONDITIONS:

M1: getting the route Arts and Technologies of the Image of the license Visual Arts (L3), or other license in the field of Arts, University Paris 8 or licenses in other disciplines (eg Science, Computer Science) or diplomas from schools of art (eg, Fine Arts, Decorative Arts) or validation of prior learning.
M2: having obtained the master 1, the words Arts et Technologies de l’Image, the master 1 in the arts or technical education or an equivalent degree in the same disciplines.
In all cases, equivalence and pre desk + maintenance

Entry Requirements

Candidates must be able to demonstrate, through the submission and review of a portfolio and through an interview, a level of knowledge and competence appropriate to the demands of the programme, and to demonstrate the potential to benefit from that study. Candidates will normally hold an honours degree (minimum of second class honours) in an appropriate Design subject, and will have evidence of recent work equivalent to honours degree standard.

Applications must include a statement of intent, supported by eight to twelve colour slides or digital images showing evidence of recent work. Suitable candidates will be invited for interview, to which they should bring a portfolio of recent, original work or, in the case of three-dimensional work, photographs.

At interview an applicant’s potential to benefit from the programme of study will be assessed, and the interview will focus on the Design practice of the individual, so that his/her needs in relation to the programme aims can be discussed.

Candidates for the part-time programme will be required to have regular access to an appropriately equipped Design studio or its equivalent.

Program Information

The B.F.A. in Graphic Design offers a concentrated and structured program in the study of contemporary graphic design, including intensive training in graphic design, studio art, art history and museum studies. This major is designed to prepare students not only to become graphic designers, but artists, who illustrate, photograph, sculpt, paint, print, and create computer and digital images. Students devote a majority of their junior year to a range of study in graphic design theory and practices in both print as well as multimedia technologies. During this study, they engage in the preparation of an individual print and electronic portfolio, leaving their senior year open for specialized study in any area of graphic design or studio art.

Program Information

The B.F.A. in Graphic Design offers a concentrated and structured program in the study of contemporary graphic design, including intensive training in graphic design, studio art, art history and museum studies. This major is designed to prepare students not only to become graphic designers, but artists, who illustrate, photograph, sculpt, paint, print, and create computer and digital images. Students devote a majority of their junior year to a range of study in graphic design theory and practices in both print as well as multimedia technologies. During this study, they engage in the preparation of an individual print and electronic portfolio, leaving their senior year open for specialized study in any area of graphic design or studio art.