Branch Details

Visual Art - Design

Original title in Czech: DesignFaVUAbbreviation: VU-DAcad. year: 2023/2024Specialisation: Product Design Studio

Programme: Fine Arts

Length of Study: 2 years

Accredited from: 1.12.2015Accredited until: 31.12.2024

Profile

The Design field of study guarantees two studios specializing in graphic design (Studio of Graphic Design 1, Studio of Graphic Design 2) and a studio specializing in product design (Studio of Product Design). The importance of this field of study is essential nowadays. A designer enters the process of designing the output (whatever that may be – a book, a website, a motorcycle, or a sink) much earlier than in the past. The conception of the studies in the Design field of study corresponds to contemporary requirements on the designer to be equipped both with excellent knowledge of available tools (especially of software), to be ready for life-long education, and to be an outstanding personality with a wide knowledge of culture and humanities. Emphasis is put during the course of the studies on the following areas: 1) continuous development of functional literacy in technologies and software essential for practical output in the field. (The Design field of study uses the workshop and intensive course formats which are not embodied in the curriculum on a fixed basis but rather extend the studio course. 2) Development of knowledge in art history, visual culture, and design. 3) Development of skills vital in contemporary design practices, such as independent seeking of tasks and work opportunities, organizational and presentation skills.
The Design field of study emphasizes the link between the school assignments and professional practices. This goal is achieved by cooperation with external subjects (companies, not-for-profit subjects or NGOs), and by the workshops and presentations held by notable designers.

Key learning outcomes

The graduates of the MA program further deepen their competencies within their discipline, emphasizing the crossing of the “craft” aspect of their skills towards autonomous creative achievements characteristic for an original designer.

Occupational profiles of graduates with examples

The graduate of the Design field of study is ideally a strong personality equipped with the potential to succeed in the practices of graphic or product design. She is also competent to professionally succeed in similar disciplines, such as polygraphy, advertising, and media. The studio-based format of training with a high share of tutorials systematically completed with short-term intensive courses and workshops lead by practicing professionals develops the competency in the students to actively seek job opportunities, make independent decisions, and boldly present their projects and achievements.

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Course structure diagram with ECTS credits

1. year of study, winter semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
2-D-DPSZ1Design for Social Change 1cs3CompulsoryCrP - 8 / S - 10 / C1 - 6yes
M1PD-ZStudio Follow-up I - Product Design - wintercs18CompulsoryCr,ExP - 39 / S - 195yes
CPZZ-IMaster's State Examination Seminar 1cs2CompulsoryCrS - 26yes
1SMaD1Systems Thinking and Design 1cs2CompulsoryColP - 12 / S - 12yes
2FQCCAFeminist and Queer Context of Czech Art Historyen4Compulsory-optionalExP - 13 / S - 131yes
2FQIFeminist (and) Queer Issues in Art, Film, and beyond (1970–1990s)en3Compulsory-optionalCrS - 26 / S - 261yes
FEMS1Feminist Seminar 1en3Compulsory-optionalCrP - 5 / P - 5 / S - 8 / S - 81yes
FOEFuture of Everythingen3Compulsory-optionalCrS - 261yes
2AUDITEIntroduction to Sounden3Compulsory-optionalCrP - 13 / P - 13 / CPR - 13 / CPR - 131yes
TAIFThe Art of Interpreting Film 1en4Compulsory-optionalExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 26 / S - 261yes
ACP-LArt, Commerce, Poweren4ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13no
2ACTArtists and Curators in Textsen4ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13yes
2CP2PCommons and P2Pcs3ElectiveCrP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13yes
HITECH1Expanded Painting 1cs2ElectiveCrP - 14 / P - 14 / EX - 6 / EX - 6 / C1 - 6 / C1 - 6yes
GPTSUGalleries and Art Market in Practicecs2ElectiveCrP - 7 / P - 7 / S - 6 / S - 6yes
2KNM-ZThe Canon Of New media Art. The best of new media art 1cs3ElectiveExS - 26 / S - 26yes
1MvA1Painting in architecture 1cs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26yes
2USIM-INew Media Art 1cs3ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
2PSUPsychology and Artcs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26yes
2SUSNet – art – softwarecs, en3ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
VUBAI-ZFine Art in Brno Architecture (1948–1989)cs3ElectiveExP - 24 / P - 24 / EX - 2 / EX - 2yes
1. year of study, summer semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
2-D-DPSZ2Design for Social Change 2cs3CompulsoryColS - 12 / C1 - 12yes
M1PD-LStudio Follow-up I - Product Design - summercs18CompulsoryCr,ExP - 39 / S - 195yes
CPZZ-IIMaster's State Examination seminar 2cs2CompulsoryCrS - 26yes
1SMaD2Systems thinking and design 2cs2CompulsoryCrP - 4 / S - 12 / EX - 8yes
4ADHDADHD – Intimately About Sustainabilityen3Compulsory-optionalCrS - 24 / S - 241yes
FEMS2Feminist Seminar 2en3Compulsory-optionalCrP - 5 / P - 5 / S - 8 / S - 81yes
GENGame Engines en3Compulsory-optionalCrCp - 24 / Cp - 241yes
2RMAD-SRace, Modern Art and Designen4Compulsory-optionalExP - 26 / P - 261yes
3DMDG3D Modeling for Digital Gamesen3Compulsory-optionalCrCp - 32 / Cp - 321yes
2UPPV-M-LEnglish Upper Intermediate Higher 4 - MA - Summeren3ElectiveCr,ExS - 26 / S - 26yes
ATP3Applied Technology of Painting 3en3ElectiveCrP - 8 / P - 8 / L - 18 / L - 18yes
1ZT-LAudio Workshopcs2ElectiveCrCPR - 26 / CPR - 26yes
HITECH2Expanded Painting 2cs2ElectiveCrK - 6 / K - 6 / C1 - 20 / C1 - 20yes
INFZD-LInformation Resources for BUT Studentscs1ElectiveCrCPP - 13 / CPP - 13yes
2KNM-LThe Canon Of New media Art. The best of new media art 2cs3ElectiveExS - 26 / S - 26yes
1MvA2Painting in Architecture 2cs2ElectiveCrP - 8 / P - 8 / CPR - 18 / CPR - 18yes
2USIM-IINew Media Art 2cs3ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
4PAMPlant, animal, mineral: plants and other natural entities in contemporary arten3ElectiveColP - 12 / P - 12 / ST - 9 / ST - 9 / EX - 8 / EX - 8yes
PROPRNature after naturecs2ElectiveCrP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13yes
SODMSound Design and Masteringen3ElectiveCrK - 13 / K - 13 / CPR - 13 / CPR - 13yes
TPTCHPTraditional printmaking techniques: context – history – practiceen3ElectiveCrP - 8 / P - 8 / CPR - 10 / CPR - 10 / EX - 8 / EX - 8no
UA-LArt and Architecturecs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26no
UMFPArt in Public Space. The Investor, the Function, Perceptioncs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26yes
VAMMVisual Anthropology and Contemporary Art cs3ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13no
1PAMPlant, animal, mineral: plants and other natural entities in contemporary artcs3ElectiveColP - 12 / P - 12 / ST - 9 / ST - 9 / EX - 8 / EX - 8no
2. year of study, winter semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
M2PD-ZStudio Follow-up II - Product Design - wintercs15CompulsoryCrS - 195yes
SSZZMaster's State Examination Seminar 3cs5CompulsoryCrK - 9 / S - 4yes
TU-ZTheory and Art in the 20th Century 2 - wintercs3CompulsoryExP - 26yes
ACP-LArt, Commerce, Poweren4ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13no
2ACTArtists and Curators in Textsen4ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13yes
2CP2PCommons and P2Pcs3ElectiveCrP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13yes
HITECH1Expanded Painting 1cs2ElectiveCrP - 14 / P - 14 / EX - 6 / EX - 6 / C1 - 6 / C1 - 6yes
2FQIFeminist (and) Queer Issues in Art, Film, and beyond (1970–1990s)en3ElectiveCrS - 26 / S - 26yes
FEMS1Feminist Seminar 1en3ElectiveCrP - 5 / P - 5 / S - 8 / S - 8yes
GPTSUGalleries and Art Market in Practicecs2ElectiveCrP - 7 / P - 7 / S - 6 / S - 6yes
2AUDITEIntroduction to Sounden3ElectiveCrP - 13 / P - 13 / CPR - 13 / CPR - 13yes
2KNM-ZThe Canon Of New media Art. The best of new media art 1cs3ElectiveExS - 26 / S - 26yes
KLHU1Club Music 1cs2ElectiveCrP - 6 / CPR - 18yes
1MvA1Painting in architecture 1cs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26yes
2USIM-INew Media Art 1cs3ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
2PSUPsychology and Artcs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26yes
2SUSNet – art – softwarecs, en3ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
TAIFThe Art of Interpreting Film 1en4ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 26 / S - 26yes
VUBAI-ZFine Art in Brno Architecture (1948–1989)cs3ElectiveExP - 24 / P - 24 / EX - 2 / EX - 2yes
2. year of study, summer semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
DIPLMGRDimploma seminar for graduate studentscs5CompulsoryCrS - 13yes
M2PD-LStudio Follow-up II - Product Design - summercs15CompulsoryCrS - 195yes
4ADHDADHD – Intimately About Sustainabilityen3ElectiveCrS - 24 / S - 24yes
2UPPV-M-LEnglish Upper Intermediate Higher 4 - MA - Summeren3ElectiveCr,ExS - 26 / S - 26yes
ATP3Applied Technology of Painting 3en3ElectiveCrP - 8 / P - 8 / L - 18 / L - 18yes
1ZT-LAudio Workshopcs2ElectiveCrCPR - 26 / CPR - 26yes
HITECH2Expanded Painting 2cs2ElectiveCrK - 6 / K - 6 / C1 - 20 / C1 - 20yes
FEMS2Feminist Seminar 2en3ElectiveCrP - 5 / P - 5 / S - 8 / S - 8yes
GENGame Engines en3ElectiveCrCp - 24 / Cp - 24yes
INFZD-LInformation Resources for BUT Studentscs1ElectiveCrCPP - 13 / CPP - 13yes
2KNM-LThe Canon Of New media Art. The best of new media art 2cs3ElectiveExS - 26 / S - 26yes
1MvA2Painting in Architecture 2cs2ElectiveCrP - 8 / P - 8 / CPR - 18 / CPR - 18yes
2USIM-IINew Media Art 2cs3ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
4PAMPlant, animal, mineral: plants and other natural entities in contemporary arten3ElectiveColP - 12 / P - 12 / ST - 9 / ST - 9 / EX - 8 / EX - 8yes
PROPRNature after naturecs2ElectiveCrP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13yes
2RMAD-SRace, Modern Art and Designen4ElectiveExP - 26 / P - 26yes
SODMSound Design and Masteringen3ElectiveCrK - 13 / K - 13 / CPR - 13 / CPR - 13yes
TAIF2The Art of Interpreting Film 2en4ElectiveExP - 13 / S - 26no
TPTCHPTraditional printmaking techniques: context – history – practiceen3ElectiveCrP - 8 / P - 8 / CPR - 10 / CPR - 10 / EX - 8 / EX - 8no
UA-LArt and Architecturecs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26no
UMFPArt in Public Space. The Investor, the Function, Perceptioncs2ElectiveCrP - 26 / P - 26yes
VAMMVisual Anthropology and Contemporary Art cs3ElectiveExP - 13 / P - 13 / S - 13 / S - 13no
1PAMPlant, animal, mineral: plants and other natural entities in contemporary artcs3ElectiveColP - 12 / P - 12 / ST - 9 / ST - 9 / EX - 8 / EX - 8no
3DMDG3D Modeling for Digital Gamesen3ElectiveCrCp - 32 / Cp - 32yes
All the groups of optional courses
Gr. Number of courses Courses
1 1 - 5 4ADHD, FEMS2, GEN, 2RMAD-S, 3DMDG
1 1 - 5 2FQCCA, 2FQI, FEMS1, FOE, 2AUDITE, TAIF