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Integral Design Department
 
 
Courses Arrangement
1. 4-year BA(hons) Degree
Courses Mode: 1-3 system
The first year is supervised by the foundation sector of Design College. Courses include: Graphic Color Composing, Space and Form, Creative Expression ,Sociology of Design, Aesthetic Psychology, Contemporary Art and Design, Information Technology, History of Design, etc.

The second to the forth year is supervised by our department. Each year have a different aim. Concluded as follow:
Courses of year2 are concentrated on "communication,
expression and innovation". Training emphasis is placed on specialist basic skills.

 Courses of year3 are concentrated on "integration".
2 projects run through the semester with different focuses on basic matters (market studies,consumer studies,manufacture process, ergonomics, etc.) and wider range matters(social development, environmental protection, company image, social competition, band strategy, ect.) of the context.
Training emphasis is placed on matter solutions in a
integrative way.

Courses of the 1st semester of year4 are concentrated
on"vocational skills", which expand upon the special topics on "lifestyle" in project selecting. Training emphasis is placed on creative thinking and diverse solution.

Courses of the 2nd semester of year4 is an extension
and advancement of the previous projects. Students complete their graduation design and thesis under tutor's supervise.

After the 4 years' study, only the students finish all the subject and optional courses as request and get 60 points or better can graduate and be certificated; those who reach 75 grades in Graduation Project & Thesis also get honnoured BA Degree.

2. 3-year MA(Hons) Degree
We pass on our MA(hons) courses in the way of one-to-one tutorial system and small-group discussion, by which enhance students' ability to do academic research in a self-managed way .Based on our present staff, we offer specialty pathways of Research on History&Theory of Design, Research on Design Management, Research on Product Model Design, Research on Product Structure Design, etc.

Besides the public courses, students are required to finish 6 compulsory courses and 2 optional courses and get at least 60 points within their first and second years, and then they can enter the metaphase selection process. Passing the assessment and the approval of thesis topic selection, they can continue to their final project and thesis, and receive their MA(hons) until they got at least 75 grades in these 2 main courses.