SEMESTER 1

DCMID111T Design & Communication (39 Hours)
This subject introduces students to cultural ideas and imageries corresponding to design movements in design history after the industrial revolution. Through the introduction of history and culture, students will develop an awareness and appreciation of culture and issues pertinent to design field and gain a broader understanding of how design affects and is affected by the culture of human society.

DCMID112T Design Principals & Colour Theory (39 Hours)
This subject is an introductory unit to design. It deals with topics such as basic design vocabulary, visual grammer and other basic elements of design that are important to create visual communication such as colour, shapes balance and unity.

DCMID111P Sketch Art (39 Hours)
Sketching is the fundamental of an idea.  All works evolve from a sketch.  Ideas are formulated, abstracted and built up through sketching.  The class encourages the student to understand how useful sketching is in both the direction of Fine arts and Graphic Design.  The objective is for the student to master and utilize the technique, reason and know how of basic sketching.  They are encouraged to explore themselves and understand how sketching can work for them.

DCMID112P Digital Photography (39 Hours)
This subject introduces you to the fundamentals photography. It provides you with the necessary theoretical knowledge of the role of photographs in design and communication; and the practical skills required to apply the basic principles of photography in image recording using the Digital SLR camera.

SEMESTER 2

DID121T Model Making & Interior Furnishing (39 Hours)
This subject provides you with the basic understanding of the principles involved in the construction of interior space. It includes the application of general construction methods to the detailing of interior elements.

DID121P Design Principles & Design Studio (39 Hours)
The subject serves as a platform to introduce you to design projects. Exploratory and experimental in nature, it encourages you to develop varying perspectives in design approaches and processes, encompassing design conceptualisation, visualisation and expression of a set theme.

DID122T Building & Interior Construction – Component (39 Hours)
This subject provides a review of the concepts and associated principal theories of design from the ancient to the modern era. This will then form the basis for a systematic approach to the evaluation of architectural and interior design through the process of investigation, critical observation, and analysis. These, in turn, provide a degree of explanation on theoretical issues that confront the interior design profession today.

DID122P Digital Architecture Drafting (39 Hours)
The subject introduces you to and focuses on the use of the computer as a design tool in three-dimensional design creation and visualisation to effectively present ideas and concepts in the digital mode