Bachelor's Degree in Art and Design

Knowledge

• Identify the fundamental contents, languages, and perspectives for analyzing contemporary cultural practice in its various manifestations.
• Describe the basic indicators in the evolution of contemporary arts and design in relation to progress toward achieving social and environmental goals, such as those outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Identify the elements that are common and those that are specific to different creative languages.
• Describe the fundamental elements of a design, artistic, or applied arts project in relation to social inclusion.
• Identify gender stereotypes and roles and their potential impact on cultural production.
• Relate the student’s unique experience to the contemporary global reality when taking a stance on their own project.

Skills

• Critically analyze the norms and principles that govern the profession of cultural creators in art and design, taking into account gender equality, distributive justice, and environmental sustainability.
• Apply the creative methodologies specific to the degree program (which are based on the elements shared by different historical disciplines) to art and design projects.
• Analyze the relationship between creative processes in art and design and processes of social transformation in new environments and changing, multidisciplinary contexts.
• Select appropriate sources of information on art and design, integrating this information with the ability to synthesize, analyze alternatives, and engage in critical debate.
• Create an artistic or design project that applies transdisciplinary approaches and methodologies based on prior research.
• Communicate the results of one’s own project—its conclusions, and the underlying knowledge and reasoning—clearly and concisely in oral, visual, and written form to both specialized and general audiences.
• Work on art and design projects cooperatively and as part of heterogeneous teams.

Competences

• Identify opportunities in the public and private sectors to develop an artistic or design project using the knowledge and methodologies specific to the degree program.
• Address specific external assignments in the creative field using transdisciplinary knowledge, techniques, and methodologies.
• Apply concepts of sustainability, gender equity, inclusion, and the pursuit of the common good in creative projects, in line with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Examine where and why public or private organizations use contemporary information and communication technologies, with an emphasis on the principles of ethical information management.
• Act ethically and responsibly in the artistic production process, considering the environmental, social, political, and economic impact of one’s own work.