Course Credits

Visual Communication Course Credits:

1^st Semester

Course No.	Course Name	L	T	ST	Total Credits
DE 613	Visual Language Syntactics	0	0	4	4.0
DE 615	Studies in Typography	1	0	2	4.0
DE 617	Introduction to Advanced Photography	0	0	4	4.0
DE 619	The Speaking Image	1	0	2	4.0
DE 621	Media Technology	1	0	2	4.0
DE 623	Visual Design	0	0	4	4.0
DE 625	Introduction to Filmmaking	0	0	4	4.0
DE 627	Indian thought and tradition	2	0	0	4.0
DE 688	Sketching for Communication Design	1	0	2	4.0
	Total Credits for Semester 1				36.0

2^nd Semester

Course No.	Course Name	L	T	ST	Total Credits
DE 614	Design Workshop	0	0	2	2.0
DE 616	Introduction to user studies	0	0	2	2.0
DE 618	Semantics and communication theory	2	0	2	6.0
DE 612	Design Issues	2	0	0	4.0
DEP 602	Communication Design Project				18.0
Elective 1					4.0
	Total Credits for Semester 2				36.0

3^rd Semester

Course No.	Course Name	L	T	ST	Total Credits
DE 701	Visual Ergonomics and Human Perception	1	0	2	4.0
DE 702	Arts design and society 1	2	0	0	4.0
DE 707	Design Research Methodologies	2	0	0	4.0
DEP 701	M.Des Project 1 (Mid May-Mid June)				6.0
DEP 702	M.Des Project 2 (July – Nov)				18.0
Electives 2					4.0
Electives 3					4.0
	Total Credits for Semester 3				44.0

4^th Semester

Course No.	Course Name	L	T	ST	C	Total Credits
DE 703	Arts design and society 2*	2	0	0	4
Soft Core		0	0	12	12	12.0
DEP703	M.Des Project 3 (From Dec to May) (Stage 1 & 2)					30.0 (18 + 12)
Elective*
Total Credits for Semester 4						42.0
Total Credits for M.Des Program						158.0

Soft Core

Course No.	Course Name	Total Credits
DEP 706	Design research seminar	Select any one of the two courses of 12 credits
DE 687	Design Exploration Seminar I	Select any one of the two courses of 12 credits

*In semester 4, there will be an option to overload up to 8 credits. If the student opts for this, she/he can take the course DE 703 Arts design and society 2 and/or any Elective in the spring semester. Total Credits for M Des Programme in Industrial Design will be 160 to 168.

2^nd Semester Electives

Course No.	Course Name	L	T	ST	Total Credits
DE 658	Advanced Typography	2	0	0	4.0
DE 660	Graphic Narratives	1	0	2	4.0
DE 662	Handmade books and Book Structures	0	0	4	4.0
DE 664	Information Graphics	1	0	2	4.0
DE 666	Craft creativity and Post modernism	1	0	2	4.0
DE 668	Instructional Design	1	0	2	4.0
DE 670	Field Study and Design	0	0	4	4.0
DE 672	Design Detailing	1	0	2	4.0
DE 674	Introduction to World Cinema: Filmmaker Perspectives	1	0	2	4.0
DE 706	Story and Narrative	1	0	2	4.0
DE 704	Interaction Design for Development	1	0	2	4.0
DE 685	Human Factors in Technological Systems (Institute Elective)	2	1	0	6.0
DE 686	Handmade Character Design	0	0	4	4.0
DE 683	Sustainable Design	1	1	2	4.0
DE 677	Design for Virtual Reality-Basic	1	0	2	4.0
DE 695	Explainer Video Design	1	0	2	4.0
DE 696	Unending Media Consumption	1	0	2	4.0
DE 692	Advanced Topics in Service Design	1	0	1	4.0

3^rd Semester Electives

Course No.	Course Name	L	T	ST	Total Credits
DE 715	Pattern language for interaction design	1	0	2	4.0
DE 717	Service design	1	0	2	4.0
DE 719	Computer game design	1	0	2	4.0
DE 721	Representation Techniques for Animation	1	0	2	4.0
DE 723	Design Management and Professional Practice	1	0	2	4.0
DE 725	Designing Games for Children	1	0	2	4.0
DE 727	Product Semantics	2	0	0	4.0
DE 731	On Ways of Seeing	2	0	0	4.0
DE 669	Packaging and Label Design	0	0	4	4.0
DE 671	Experiential Learning	2	0	0	4.0
DE 678	Structures and Spaces(Furniture Design)	0	0	4	4.0
DE 679	Experimental Animation	0	0	4	4.0
DE 667	Design and Social Entrepreneurship	1	0	2	4.0
DE 681	Design for Immersive Media-Advanced	1	0	2	4.0
DE 682	Advanced Service Design	1	0	2	4.0
DE 414	Innovation Design
DE 680	Product Detailing	1	0	2	4.0
DE 666	Craft creativity and Post modernism
DE 693	Experimental Film	1	0	2	4.0

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