Degrees
Bachelor's Degree in Design

Bachelor's Degree in Design

Study guides

Timetables

Mornings

Table of credits for each course

  Basic training Compulsory Optional Final Project
1st year 48 12    
2nd year 12 48    
3rd year   48 12  
4th year   12 36 12
Totals 60 120 48 12

Period of study

Annual, with some semester-long subjects

Part-time or full-time

Full-time, with a slow track available: 30 credits per academic year.

Specialisations

Specialisation in Product Design
Specialisation in Design of Spaces
Specialisation in Graphic Design
Specialisation in Visual Creation
Specialisation in Design Research

Basic and compulsory training

1st year 2nd year

1st semester 

  • Drawing Strategies
  • Digital Representations I
  • Technical Drawing
  • Art, Design and Society
  • Projects 1

2nd semester

  • Image Workshop
  • Dimensions of Shape and Colour
  • Visual Communication
  • Design Theories
  • Projects 2

1st semester 

  • Projects 3
  • History of Modern Art and Design
  • Typography
  • Digital Representations II
  • Scale Models and Prototypes

2nd semester

  • Design Project Management
  • Audiovisual Resources for Design
  • Technology
  • Design for Identity
  • Projects 4
3rd year 4th year

1st semester 

  • Projects 5
  • Contemporary Art and Design
  • Business for Designers
  • Creation Laboratories 1
  • Creation Laboratories 2
  • Use and Interaction

2nd semester

  • Projects 6
  • Performance Design
  • Digital Representations III

1st semester 

  • Latest Trends in Design
  • Design Analysis and Critique

2nd semester

  • Critical Studies Seminar

Year-long

  • Bachelor's Degree Final Project




 

Optional subjects

 

3rd and 4th year


In order to obtain a specialisation, a minimum of 48 credits belonging to the pathway must be taken:

Specialisation in Product Design Specialisation in Design of Spaces
- Equipment and Context
- Packaging
- Furniture and Contract
- Design and Mobility
- Design of Lighting Elements
- Design, Health and Wellbeing		 - Design of Commercial Spaces
- Design of Domestic Spaces
- Intervention in Existing Spaces
- Rehabilitation
- Design of Workspaces
- Space Lighting
Specialisation in of Graphic Design Specialisation in Visual Creation
- Motion Graphics
- Typographic Creation
- Design of Interfaces and Digital Interaction
- Systems of Identity
- Graphic Art Applied to Space
- Campaign Design		 - Photographic Project
- Audiovisual Research Laboratory
- Contemporary Edition
- Illustration
- Curator
- Artistic Intervention Placements
Specialisation in Design Culture  
- Design in Catalonia
- Design Pedagogies
- Design and Cultural Institutions
- Strategic Design
- Design Research
- Infographics and Data Visualisation		  

All optional subjects are worth 6 credits.