Nanyang Technological University

School of Art, Design and Media

Product Design
Sample Course Sequencing
Admission Year 2007 - 2010
Revised on 25/6/2012

Year 1 Year 1 Prescribed Studio Electives (27 Aus)

Sem 1 Sem 2
FDN110 Foundation Drawing I (3 AUs) FDN112 Foundation Drawing II (3 AUs) Product Design Electives
FDN120 2D Design and Colour Workshop I (3 AUs) FDN122 2D Design and Colour Workshop II (3 AUs) DR2006 (PRO270) Product Design Seminar (3 AUs)
FDN130 3D Design and Volume Workshop I (3 AUs) FDN132 3D Design and Volume Workshop II (3 AUs) DR2009 (PRO275) Product in an Asian Cultural Context (3 AUs)
FDN140 4D Design and Time Workshop I (3 AUs) FDN142 4D Design and Time Workshop II (3 AUs) DR2008 (PRO280) User Experience in Design (3 AUs)
ADM131 Western Art History I (3 AUs) 15 ADM132 Western Art History II (3 AUs) 15 DR3002 (PRO340) Computer Aided Design Workshop II (3 AUs)
GER Core Communication Skills (compulsory course) (3 AUs) 3 GER (3 AUs) 3 DR2007 (PRO345) Surface Design (3 AUs)
18 18 DR3004 (PRO380) Designing with Light (3 AUs)
DA2000 (ART230) Applied Drawing (Advanced Drawing Workshop) (3 AUs)
Year 2 Year 2 DA2001 (ART240) Painting (Figurative Painting I) (3 AUs)
Sem 1 Sem 2 DT2012 (ART260) Digital Painting I (3 AUs)
PRO220 Product Design I (3 AUs) PRO210 Conceptual Design (3 AUs) ART270 Figurative Painting II (3 AUs)
PRO260 Computer Aided Design Workshop I (3 AUs) PRO250 Product Design II (3 AUs) ART280 Digital Painting II (3 AUs)
PRO240 History of Product Design (3 AUs) ADM215 Introduction to Asian Art II (3 AUs) ADM460 Special Topics I (3 AUs)
ADM210 Introduction to Asian Art I (3 AUs) 12 Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) 12 DT3002 (ADM465) Visual Effects (Special Topics: Digital Visual Effects) (3 AUs)
GER (3 AUs) GER (3 AUs) 6 ADM466 Special Topic: Special Topic: Professional Arts Practice Project (3 AUs)
GER CORE (3 AUs) 6 GER CORE (3 AUs) 18 ADM467 Special Topic: Special Animation Techniques (3 AUs)
18 DT2004 (ADM480) Special Project I: Graphic Storytelling Workshop (3 AUs)
DD3000 (ADM303) Internship (3 AUs)
Year 3 Year 3 DD3002 (ADM306) Internship II (6 AUs)
Sem 1 Sem 2 DD3003 (ADM310) Professional Attachement (10 AUs)
PRO320 Product Design III (3 AUs) PRO350 Product Design IV (3 AUs) * Can choose any 200 or above ADM studio course to complete 27 Studio AUs
PRO330 Advanced Form Workshop (3 AUs) PRO360 Advanced Development and Prototyping (3 AUs)
Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) Prescribed History Elective (3 AUs)
Prescribed History Elective (3 AUs) 12 Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) Prescribed History (3 AUs): Compulsory
GER (3 AUs) GER CORE: ADM450 Professional Practice for Creatives (3 AUs) 12 DR2003 (PRO240) History of Product Design (3 AUs)
GER (3 AUs) 6 GER (3 AUs) 6
18 18 Prescribed History Electives (9 AUs)
DD2004 (ADM220) Introduction to Art Criticism (3 AUs)
Year 4 Year 4 DD2005 (ADM235) Survey of New Media (3 AUs)
Sem 1 Sem 2 DD3005 (ADM240) Survey of Modern Art, 1900 - 1945 (3 AUs)
PRO495 Product Design Final Project (9 AUs) 3 PRO495 Product Design Final Project continuation (9 AUs) 6 DD2006 (ADM245) Symbolism in Film (3AUs)
Prescibed Studio Elective (3 AUs) Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) DD8001 (ADM260) Introduction to Theories in Popular Cinema (3 AUs)
Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) DD8002 (ADM270) Ways of Seeing: Exploring Visual Culture (3 AUs)
Prescibed Studio Elective (3 AUs) 9 Prescribed Studio Elective (3 AUs) 9 DD3006 (ADM280) Art In the Age of Colonialism (3 AUs)
Prescribed History Elective (3 AUs) 3 DD8004 (ADM320) Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism (3 AUs)
GER (3 AUs) 3 GER (3 AUs) 3 DD3011 (ADM330) Contemporary South-East Asian Art (3 AUs)
18 18 DD3007 (ADM340) Nature in Art & Visual Culture (3 AUs)
DD8003 (ADM350) Studies in World Cinema (3 AUs)
Total 144 DD3010 (ADM410) Issues in Global Contempary Art (3 AUs)
DD3008 (ADM420) Cities, Bodies, Art and Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore (3 AUs)
DD3004 (ADM430) Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art (3 AUs)
General Education Requirement (36 AUs) GER CORE - Singapore Studies (3 AUs): DD3009 (ADM440) Art & Visual Culture in Shanghai 1840-1949 (3 AUs)
GER CORE- Comumication Skills (6AUs) Choose one from the following: DT2007 (ANI250) History of Animation (3 AUs)
HL101 Introduction to the Study of Literature (3 AUs) HS102 Singapore Society in Transition (3 AUs) DD2007 The Art and Architecture of 'The Long Century': 1789 - 1914 (3 AUs)
(Note: For students admitted in 2007 and 2008) HL105 Singapore Literature and Culture I (3 AUs) DV2012 An Introduction to Visual Anthropology (3 AUs)
HL814 Sympathy for the Devil: On Reading, Literature and Art (3 AUs) HL208 Singapore Literature and Culture II (3 AUs) DF2002 (FIL230) Asian Film History (3 AUs)
(Note: For students admitted in 2009) HS816 Understanding Singapore Society (3 AUs) DF2004 (FIL250) Western Film History (3 AUs)
HW0101 (HW101) The Craft of Writing (3 AUs) NOTE: DD0002 The Contemporary Creative and Cultural Industry DF8000 (FIL395) A Survey of Experimental Filmmaking (3 AUs)
(Note: For students admitted in 2010) of Singapore replaces the above courses from AY2012 onwards DP2002 (PHO230) History of Photography (3 AUs)
Choose one of the following: DD0002 The Contemporary Creative and Cultural Industry of Singapore (3 AUs) DP2004 (PHO250) Contemporary Issues in Photography (3 AUs)
HW0301 (HW111) Mastering Communication (3 AUs) DV2003 (VIS240) History of Graphic Design (3 AUs)
CS0204 (COM204) Basic Media Writing (3 AUs) GER Prescribed Elective (15 AUs) DV3007 (VIS390) Contemporary Issues in Graphic Design (3 AUs)
Noted: Students admitted in 2007 to 2009 can also choose to read Arts, Humanities and Social Science (AHSS) (3 AUs)
HW0101 (HW101) The Craft of Writing Science, Technology and Society (STS) (9 AUs)
Business and Management (BM) (3 AUs)
GER CORE - HR/Management (3 AUs)
DD8005 (ADM450) Professional Practice for Creatives (3 AUs) GER Unrestricted Electives (9 AUs)

The following table is a recommended guide for students' reference only.