Illustration & Animation is a practice-based course with creative, critical, reflective and technical skills developed in the studio and enhanced by pertinent academic writing. Teaching is informed by staff research, practice and expertise. Students are actively encouraged to be imaginative, ambitious and resourceful to face the challenges of an unpredictable, demanding, globally-competitive and technologically-driven world.

The Cinema and Television (CTV) programme of UIC, founded in 2006, was developed in conjunction with, and modeled after the curriculum of the Academy of Film of Hong Kong Baptist University, the largest and most important of its kind in the region. The CTV programme aims to nurture a new generation of graduates with a global vision, professional knowledge, and production and research skills needed for the robust development of the media and creative industries in the Greater China Region and overseas.

Creative industries such as film, television, and new media are one of the important soft-powers behind a country’s cultural and economic development. They play crucial roles in establishing the image of a country, region, or city and help nourish their people’s sense of humanity and belonging. With the rapid growth in demand for professionals in film and television productions and studies in the global era, the CTV Programme meets the needs of the media and creative industries in the Greater China region.... [-]

Aims

The design has become relevant to everyday communication in the way it changes, influences, and improves lives. A meaningful design solution not only informs our social and cultural norms but also inspires creativity and new forms of expression. With the creative industries expanding in Singapore, designers will become increasingly responsible for shaping the collective ethos of an interconnected age.

Advertising Communication fosters the idea of communication and the media as important cultural mechanisms in reflecting everyday life. It requires you to understand good advertising concepts and design communication principles. Graphic Communication seeks to develop an understanding of the visual language and culture in areas of communication such as typography, information design, interactive design, and packaging design. Image & Communication concentrates on the framework of contemporary image-making within the disciplines of illustration and photography, from traditional methods to digital and mixed-media applications.... [-]

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design

Communication Design is a studio art program that provides a strong foundation in general design principles, theories, and skills. Its majors are visual thinkers who not only engage in critical analysis and innovation but also have access to the latest state-of-the-art computer software in order to communicate their ideas, images, and messages to targeted audiences. In addition, they gain practical experience by being actively involved in a community of professionals whose practice keeps pace with contemporary society, technology, and culture.

Career Opportunities

Communication Design graduates will have developed a professional portfolio of personally directed design work in preparation for either graduate studies or a career in advertising agencies, publication or graphic design, exhibitions, interior design or architecture, in-house art and design or interactive, multimedia and web production.... [-]

Graphic Design and Illustration course is offered to those who want to make a career in illustration graphics and advertising design.

This degree provides a strong work-related experience aligned to graphic design and illustration, with students increasingly specialising in one of these two over the three years of study.

The first year is idea focused, emphasising design thinking, generation of ideas and problem solving with workshops providing hands-on media and software experiences. The second year focuses on projects related to the creative and cultural industries, emphasising professional constraints and expectations. It includes live projects, pitching and work-related experiences and you will develop design production knowledge. The final year centres around the professional portfolio with national competitions, with special attention paid to professional standards of working and support from staff whose experience best matches student interests. The experience is intended to produce creative, ready-to-work professionals. The staff team is drawn from nationally and internationally recognised designers and illustrators who bring their research and professional interests directly into the student environment.... [-]

Bachelor of Arts in Television Production

The Television Production Major offers a core education in television creation and production, supplemented by a variety of hands-on courses in the art. As they progress in their studies, students are challenged not only to conceptualize television shows, write scripts and create storyboards but also to plan and execute their production, a process in which they assume the roles of director, producer, camera person, sound engineer and editor. The courses are taught within the context of aesthetics, history, theory and personal expression by a professional faculty that includes specialists in film production and visiting experts in the field.... [-]

The BA (Hons) Animation Art programme provides you with the necessary skills, knowledge, and learning opportunities for the conceptualisation, development, and production of animated short films. The programme is designed to provide an interdisciplinary learning environment that exceeds the art/technology divide and surpasses the limitations of mere technical skillsets. It provides you with a learning environment and experience to develop as well-rounded artists, equipped with specialised animation and broad-based creative skills.

The Programme is first and foremost concerned with the acquisition and application of knowledge through reflective artistic practice, and with the creation, development, and the constant evaluation and dialogue to develop successful ideas suitable for the production of animated movies.... [-]

Bachelor of Arts in Film Production

The Film Production Major offers a core education in film creation and production, supplemented by a variety of hands-on courses in the art. As they progress in their studies, students are challenged not only to conceptualize films, write scripts and create storyboards but also to plan and execute the production of a film, a process in which they assume the roles of director, producer, camera person, sound engineer and editor. The courses are taught within the context of aesthetics, history, theory and personal expression by a professional faculty that includes specialists in film production and visiting experts in the field.

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The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation is a four-year program designed to prepare students to create artwork at the professional level. Rather than simply teaching students how to use current tools and software, the BFA. in Digital Art and Animation program emphasizes the development of foundational skills that remain relevant and useful regardless of the technology or medium. Students who successfully complete this program will have the skills to produce powerful, affecting imagery in a professional studio environment.

As the animation and video game industries mature, there is a noticeable shift by companies to hire employees who demonstrate more than a working knowledge of a specific commercial software package or traditional artistic skills. Industry-quality standards continue to rise, and competition for entry-level positions demands that artists possess sophisticated skill sets before they can even begin their careers. Studios seek artists with a broad and integrated foundation of theoretical, practical, and technical skills in production animation, traditional art, modern computer software, and media story flow. Insight and long-term potential have become increasingly important. The studios also demand professional accountability and consistency.... [-]

BA in Communications and Art Business, BA in Art Management

The programs were developed in mid 90-s and didn’t have analogues in Russia. The lack of specialists in rapidly growing entertainment business determines constant demand of skilled managers. The programs combine business and management disciplines with the development of special skills in communications, PR, and arts. The programs are unique as they have a weighted balance of contact hours, run by leading Russian and international experts, and real project work in art business (communication agencies, TV companies, theatres, orchestras, festivals and contests, sports events, etc). The innovative study is based on the following:... [-]

The Fine Art Course is designed to guide students towards establishing an independent contemporary art practice that is critically informed and technically proficient.

Capitalising on the growing talent of students on the Foundation Course’s Fine Art pathway and talented young artists from beyond, this new course will help to firmly establish ways of working for young artists that ultimately enable them to compete in the local and International art markets, and find their individual place within the wider art world and related activities. Not only will they have a profound knowledge of arts and be able to interpret artistic traditions, but they will be capable of, first and foremost, generating bright innovative ideas and transmitting them to their viewers via a wide range of media – from classic art to ultramodern media technologies.... [-]

Communication Design [CommDe] is a new program offered by the Department of Industrial Design, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University. CommDe is an international program focused on the myriad fields of communication, from design to publishing passing through the new media communication, graphic design, illustration and moving images. It is a four-year program and students will be awarded Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design when they graduate.

Certificates of qualifications (high school, English proficiency, and mathematic ability) as stated in section 2, 3, and 4, must also be submitted when the application form is handed in... [-]

The Graphic Communication pathway Communication will enable you to realise your potential as a creative practitioner and a problem-solving designer. You will gain professional knowledge of design, brand identity and advertising, user experience, motion graphics, expressive design and web design.

You are taught in studios and workshops developing live briefs. We offer studio visits, professional portfolio advice and one to one tutorials. We aim to provide you with a varied and professionally designed learning experience using state of the art facilities. Many of our graduates are now working with leading design groups and advertising companies.

Our graduates are creative visual problem solvers, design mavericks and thought leaders, feeding employment markets in the creative industries and the third sector on international and regional platforms.... [-]