BACHELOR OF DESIGN-COMSATS LAHORE

Course Name: BACHELOR OF DESIGN

Course overview:

The Program in Design (B-Des) requires a critical engagement with historic and contemporary practices, relating social, cultural, and political contexts. It emphasizes creative, critical, and strategic thinking, by synthesizing practice, theory, and history to educate the design leaders of tomorrow. Students are no longer defined by their specialism, but through their creative interpretation of the design brief. The program offers a comprehensive experience that addresses the social, cognitive, and technological implications of design practice while preparing students for work in the profession and/or graduate study. With incorporation of traditional skills like drawing, printing, and photography for graphic and communicational understanding and development with video, sound, animation and new media; students are encouraged to take appropriate industrial placements and external assignments. Staff is also actively engaged within the graphics industry through consultancy and freelance.

It is a four-year course, spread over eight semesters. The Initial Years impart intensive training in verbal and graphic communication, logical thinking and the ability to theorize. The students are encouraged to experiment creatively and critically. The philosophy is analytical and diagnostic with emphasis on solving visual communication problems through the development of original and often surprising solutions, rather than simply focusing on technical media or applying formulaic solutions. In higher years, the students define their goals, experiment with ideas, and challenge current practices to produce work that is outside commercial constraints.

No. of semesters: 8 semester

Requirements:

• Intermediate or equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks from an accredited institution. The following procedures are followed for admission:
  
• All applicants appear in the entrance test (NTS)
  
• All applicants appear in the Creative Aptitude Test conducted by the department
  
• A list of selected applicants is prepared observing the following criteria:
  
• 30% of General Merit (Matric/O-Levels 03% + Intermediate/A-Levels 12% + NTS 15%)
  
• 70% Creative Aptitude Test (Writing 10% + Drawing 40% + Interview 20%)
  

Course duration: 4 Years

How to apply:

• Sign Up at Online Admissions System
  
• Email Authentication After successful sign up please activate your account by authenticating your email address (to authenticate, please follow the link sent in your email from Admission System).
  
• Login your admission account using the login panel given at the right side of your screen.
  
• Enter your application details in the 6 sections (visible after login).
  
• Submit your application using the “Submit Application Form” link (visible after login).
  
• Print your Application Form and NTS Challan Form (visible after login).
  
• Submit Printed Application Form, Required documents (list is given in admission form) and Paid NTS Challan form, Application processing fee Rs. 1000/- ( if you have not purchased a prospectus for current Session) to CIIT Admission Office, if you have purchased a prospectus for current session then please attach the admission form in prospectus with your printed application form.
  
• NTS Test Slip will be issued to you at the Admission Office.
  

Curriculum:

Elective Courses