Program for Art Design

 

Art Design (135108)

 

I. Research Fields

01. (Full-time) Jewelry design and technology

01. (Full-time) Landscape planning and design

02. (Full-time) Information and interaction design

03. (Full-time) Visual communication design

04. (Part-time) Landscape planning and design

05. (Part-time) Information and interaction design

06. (Part-time) Information and interaction design

II. Training Objectives

Art design adheres to the combination of art and science, the combination of various art forms, and the combination of traditional art and digital technology. On the basis of emphasizing on the cultivation of basic design skills and relying on the geological characteristics of the University, it is committed to forming the nature oriented green design features and advantages. Meanwhile, in order to meet the needs of the era for cultural development and prosperity in China, efforts are made to develop digital art design and other new design fields, so as to meet the growing needs of compound senior creative design talents.

The goal of art design is to cultivate high-level and application-oriented professionals with systematic professional knowledge and high-level art design and creation skills. The detailed requirements include:

1. The graduate student should master the basic theory of Marxism, have good professional quality and professional ethics, can actively serve the socialist modernization construction, and contribute to the development of art and culture.

2. The graduate student should have systematic professional knowledge, high-level art design and creative ability and strong artistic understanding and expression.

3. Be able to use a foreign language to communicate in this field.

4. The graduates are engaged in design teaching, practice and management in colleges and universities, design institutes and administrative departments.

III. Contents

The training process highlights the characteristics of the major, focuses on practice, and gives consideration to the cultivation of theory and internal quality, including classroom teaching, professional skills training, professional collection and works display, professional practice and works display, and graduation defense. The total credits should not be less than 50 credits, and the credits of practical courses should account for more than 60%.

Supervisor responsibility system is adopted, including guiding and supervising students to complete their studies as scheduled, and guiding students’ professional skills training, professional collection and works exhibition, professional practice and works exhibition and dissertation, etc.

Classroom teaching includes common courses, professional required courses and elective courses. 8 credits for common courses, 8 credits for professional required courses and 6 credits for elective courses. Common courses and professional required courses are equivalent to the degree courses of academic graduate.

Upon individual guidance by the supervisor based on his own design and creation practice, the professional skills training should be completed before professional practice. The supervisor should formulate specific professional skills training plan for each student, including the name and quantity of skills, training objectives and forms, workload and assessment methods, etc. Professional skills training plan and its completion status should be include din the students’ learning portfolio.

Students can enter the professional practice only after completing the course study and professional skills training. The professional practice shall take 12 to 16 weeks based on the design project or creative project, and shall be completed under the direct guidance of the supervisor. The supervisor shall be responsible for determining the professional practice unit and off-campus supervisor for the student, formulating targeted professional practice plan, putting forward clear workload requirements and evaluating the professional practice performance. The School will actively create conditions for artistic practice and establish various forms of practice bases to facilitate the students to complete professional practice tasks.

IV. Training Links

The graduation work exhibition should be mainly the exhibition of professional practice works, and should not be repeated with the mid-term works exhibited. The students can choose any of the following ways to exhibit their works as needed. The School advocate and encourage the market-oriented design works and those supported by projects to participate in the exhibition.

1. A complete set of artistic design program and text description.

2. A certain number of creative design works.

3. Independent animation works (no less than 5 minutes).

4. Other forms of works with equivalent workload.

The topic of graduation thesis should be closely combined with professional practice, and should be the design and creation thinking and theoretical interpretation of the works exhibited. The paper must conform to the academic standards and be no less than 5000 words.

The graduation works exhibition and dissertation must be completed under the guidance of the supervisor. The graduation examination shall be presided over by the chairman of the oral defense committee. With the approval of the School, the oral defense committee is composed of 3-5 teachers with senior titles, and is responsible for reviewing the graduation exhibition and dissertation.

For those who have completed the required credits and passed the graduation examination, the School shall apply to the academic degree committee of the University for examination and approval, to confer the professional degree of Master of Arts and issue the graduation certificate.

V. Required Readings

1 World Architecture Review (Journal), Shenzhen University Press

2 World Architecture (Journal), Tsinghua University Press

3 Urban Environment Design (Journal), Tianjin University, Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House

4 Chinese Landscape Architecture (Journal), Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture

5 Art & Design (Journal), Tsinghua University Press

6 Art Research (Journal), Central Academy of Fine Arts

7 Literature and Art Studies (Journal), Chinese National Academy of Arts

8 Concept Sourcebook – A Vocabulary of Architectural Forms, Edward. T. White, Dalian University of Technology Press

9 The Image of The City, Kevin. Lynch, Huaxia Pressing House

10 Good City Form, Kevin. Lynch, Huaxia Pressing House

11 People Places – Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space, China Architecture & Building Press

12 Technical Manual of Green Building, China Architecture & Building Press

13 Research on Scenic Spots, Ding Wenkui, Tongji University Press

14 On Chinese Gardens, Chen Congzhou, Tongji University Press

15 Theory and Practice of Modern Landscape Architecture in the Western World, Wang Xiangrong, China Architecture & Building Press

16 Modern Landscape Planning and Design, Liu Binyi, Southeast University Press

17 Urban Design Theory and Method, Li Jun, Wuhan University Press

18 Theory of Urban Planning. Third Edition, Li Dehua, China Architecture & Building Press

19 The Meaning of Art, Herbert Read, China Renmin University Press

20 Hollywood Cinema, Richard Maltby, Huaxia Pressing House

21 Film Art: An Introduction, David Bordwell, Peking University Press

22 Television Production Handbook, Herbert Zettl, Communication University of China Press

23 The Animator’s Survival Kit, Richard Williams, China Youth Publishing Group

24 Theory of Animation Creation, Shi Yi Lang, Tsinghua University Press

25 History of Western Art, Chi Ke, China Youth Publishing Group

26 World Industrial Design History, Wang Shouzhi, China Youth Publishing Group

27 A History of Modern Design, Wang Shouzhi, China Youth Publishing Group

28 Design: Product Design. Journal. Written by (US) Sonnenschein D and translated by Wang Xufeng, Zhejiang University Press

29 Sound Design – The Express Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema. Zeng Tianli. Communication University of China Press

30 Art of Film and Television Music. Han Baoqiang. China Federation of Literary and Art Publishing House

31 The Being of Tone – An Introduction of Musical Acoustics. Huang Chenyu. Sino-culture Press

32 Electronic and Computer Music. Liu Jian. Shanghai Conservatory of Music Press

33 The Collection of Electro-Acoustic Composition and Study. Cheng Yinbing. Central Conservatory of Music Press

34 Make your own voice - fundamentals of sound synthesis and production. When Hailiang. Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House

 

VI. Courses

Category	Grouping	Course code	Course name	Class hours	Credit	Semester	Remarks
Practice	Group 3, selecting 6 courses (practice link (30 credits))	G999102	Dissertation proposal	0	0	4	Required, complete the dissertation proposal system filling.
		G999997	Academic report	0	0	3	Required, make two reports during the study, and complete the system filling.
		S160039	Professional skills training	96	6	3
		S160040	Professional practice	224	14	4
		S160041	Graduation creation	96	6	5
		S160042	Graduation exhibition	64	4	6
Degree course	Group 1, selecting 8-11 (degree courses (no less than 16 credits))	S090004	English for master of arts	48	3	1	Required, offered by the School of Foreign Languages
		S140007	Research and practice of jewelry forming process	32	2	1	Offered by Gemological Institute
		S140009	Brand jewelry planning and design	32	2	1	Offered by Gemological Institute
		S140010	Research and application of jewelry 3D printing	32	2	1	Offered by Gemological Institute
		S160003	Design Frontier	32	2	2	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160006	Theory and method of landscape design	48	3	1	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160007	Research on landscape heritage protection	32	2	2	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160008	Green space design	48	3	1	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160011	Illustration art creation and research	32	2	1	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160012	Research on graphic symbols and guidance	32	2	1	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160013	Visual design and research	32	2	2	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160014	Brand image study	32	2	2	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160018	Research on Digital Media Art	32	2	1	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160019	Research on information design	32	2	2	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160020	Research on Marxist literature and art theories	32	2	1	Required, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160021	Theory of creation	32	2	2	Offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S200002	An Introduction to Dialectics of Nature	16	1	1	Required, offered by the School of Marxism
Elective course	Group 2, selecting 3-5 (elective courses (no less than 6 credits))	G000002	Information retrieval and utilization	32	2	1	Optional, offered by the Library
		G170001	Intellectual Property Law	32	2	1	Optional, offered by the School of Public Administration
		S140012	Jewelry craft research and artistic creation	32	2	1	Optional, offered by Gemological Institute
		S140014	Comprehensive material and jewelry art design	32	2	2	Optional, offered by Gemological Institute
		S160001	On the history of design	48	3	1	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160004	Series of lectures of the School of Arts and Communication	32	2	1	Required, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160005	Study on landscape ecological restoration	32	2	2	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160009	Exhibition space design	48	3	1	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160010	Theory and expression of space creativity	32	2	2	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160015	Visual form design of digital media	32	2	1	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160016	Service design and social innovation	32	2	2	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication
		S160017	Research on interactive interface design	32	2	2	Optional, offered by the School of Arts and Communication