Course Duration: 2 years.
Course Outline/Structure:
LEVEL ONE (Compulsory)
- BDS 501: Research Methodology
- BDS 503: Design Management
- BDS 505: History of Design
- BDS 509: Computer Aided Design
- BDS 511: Design Materials & Process
- BDS 507: East African Design
LEVEL TWO (Specialization)
(i) Graphic Design
- BDS 502: Advertising Design
- BDS 506: Corporate Identity Design
- BDS 508: Publication Design
- BDS 504: Packaging Design
(ii) Textile & Fashion Design
- BDS 510: Printed Textile Design
- BDS 512: Woven Textiles Design
- BDS 514: Fashion Design
- BDS 516: Fabric Craft and Design
(iii) Interior Design
- BDS 518: Principles of Landscape Design
- BDS 520: Interior Space Design
- BDS 522: Exhibition and Display Design
- BDS 524: Furnishing Design
(iv) Product Design
- BDS 526: Jewellery Design
- BDS 528: Household Product Design
- BDS 530: Leisure Product Design
- BDS 532: Furniture Design
(v) Design Appreciation
- BDS 534: West & North African Design
- BDS 536: Central & South African Design
- BDS 538: European-American Design
- BDS 540: Oriental Design
- BDS 542: Design Practice
LEVEL THREE (Compulsory)
- BDS 601: Contemporary Design Issues
Level Three (Specialization)
- BDS 603: Design Project 1
(Project proposals leading to Graphic, Textile and Fashion, Interior or Product Design)
- BDS 605: Design Project II
LEVEL FOUR (Specialization)
- BDS 602: Design Project II (Studio or Practical in Graphic, Textiles & Fashion, Interior or Product Design)
- BDS 604: Research Project II (Research report writing leading to a Dissertation in one field of Design)