Master's Programme in Design - Course structure
Here you will find an overview of the courses you are required to take during the master's program. You will also find an overview of all elective courses offered by Department of Design and the semester the courses run.
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This is information on eche course in the Master's Programme and deadlines for semester registration. Click on the course code to reach the course description.
Important deadlines for semester registration for the autumn semester:
| 1st July: |
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| 1st September: |
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Please remember that you must be registered for teaching and assessment for courses in Studentweb to access them at Mitt UiB. Information about teaching activities is posted in the courses at Mitt UiB. You will find the teaching schedule in your calendar at Mitt UiB and UiBTreet, when you have registered for the courses in Studentweb.
Important deadlines for semester registration for the spring semester:
| 1st December: |
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| 15th December |
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| 1st February: |
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Please remember that you must be registered for both teaching and assessment on Studentweb to gain access to teaching information on Mitt UiB. Please check the teaching schedule, which you can find in your calendar on Mitt UiB, once you have completed your semester registration in Studentweb.
First semester
Second semester
| Courses equivalent to 25 credits are mandatory. | ||
| DES320 | Design Practice 2 - Ideation and Experimentation | 15 ECTS |
| DES321 | Collaboration | 10 ECTS |
| 5 credit elective courses - the student can choose one of the following: | ||
| DES322 | Artistic Reasearch 1 | 5 ECTS |
Students can go on exhange in the second semester.
Third semester
| Courses equivalent to 20 credits are mandatory. | ||
| DES330 | Design Practice 3 - Iteration and Elaboration | 20 ECTS |
| Elective courses equivalent to 10 credits, over two periods - the student can choose one of the following: | ||
| DES331 | Artistic Research 2 | 5 ECTS |
| - the student can choose one of the following: | ||
| DES334 | Coding for Design | 5 ECTS |
| DES335 | Building Technology | 5 ECTS |
Students can go on exhange in the third semester.
Fourth semester
| Final master's project is mandatory | ||
| DES350 | Design Practice 4 - Compilation and Dissemination | 30 ECTS |
Introduction courses to workshops, each semester
Access to Workshop and Equipment
KMDINTRO is an access course for the workshops (purely health and safety courses). Approved courses are required to gain access to the various workshops. Read the course descriptions, which you can find via the course codes in the list further down this page, to familiarise yourself with what the courses require and what you need to bring.
Master’s students in design can register for two KMDINTRO courses at the start of each semester, as an offer in addition to their regular course teaching. The courses available to design students are listed below. There are no teaching resources at the Department of Design in the workshops where KMDINTRO courses are not offered.
Be aware that some regular course (DES courses) include KMDINTRO as part of the teaching, in which case you do not need to take a separate access course. Check this in the course descriptions (links are in the course codes listed above) for the courses you are joining (ensure you have information from the correct semester. This can be changed on the right side of the course description).
NOTE! Some KMDINTRO courses require previously acquired technical experience/competence to participate. The list below indicates which these are, and information about the necessary experience and the application form can be found in the course description linked through the course code in the list. The engineer for the relevant workshop must approve your application regarding prior experience for you to participate in these KMDINTRO courses. You will always find a link to the application form in the relevant module in your education plan in Studentweb or in the course description for the KMDINTRO course.
Feel free to contact the engineer for the relevant workshop regarding previous experience/education/documentation or if you have specific needs for access to a workshop.
| Optional: - Choose max 2 | (Registration are done in Studentweb) | ||
| KMDINTRO-001 | Workshop Access: Photo Studio | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-002 | Workshop Access: Epson Digital Plotter | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-004 | Workshop Access: Graphics - Silk Print | (application form in Studentweb and in course description) | 0 stp |
| KMDINTRO-005 | Workshop Access: Printmaking - Intaglio/Relief | (application form in Studentweb and course description) | 0 stp |
| KMDINTRO-009 | Safety course: Safety Course Metal for design students | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-010 | Workshop Access: Certification Laser Cutting and Engraving | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-012 | Safety Course: Wood Workshop for Design Students | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-014 | Workshop Access: Certification 3D Printing | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-015 | Workshop Access: Media Lab | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-016 | Workshop Access: Sound Studio and Media Lab | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-017 | Workshop Access: Video Studio | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-019 | Workshop Access: Plaster | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-021 | Workshop Access: Risograph | 0 stp | |
| KMDINTRO-022 | Workshop Access: Painting | (application form in Studentweb and course description) | 0 stp |