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B.F.A. (Applied Art) 2D Design Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the B.F.A. (Applied Art), the Revised Course approved under Item No. 4.30 and in force from the academic year 2004-2005. It is old, and it is current: the University still examines this scheme, and the subjects below are the ones set in its Summer 2026 examinations. It is the only B.F.A. (Applied Art) syllabus the University has published.

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First Year · Group II: Practical · 60 hours a year · 04 Assignments

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Syllabus for 2D Design

First Year · Group II: Practical · 60 hours a year · 04 Assignments

What the University sets

  • Studio Practicals per Academic Year: 72 Hours
  • Paper: 80 Marks. (Combined with Colour theory), Duration: 5 Hours
  • Assignments per Academic Year: 05 Term Work: 20 Marks
  • Term Work: Term Work of 2D Design and Colour together, shall consist of at least

What is taught

  • Study of two dimensional space and its organisational possibilities
  • Grid system
  • Concept of 'Golden point', Eye movement
  • Elements of pictorial expression related to concepts of space and form Developing an awareness of pictorial elements such as point, line, shape, volume texture, light and colour
  • Developing awareness of pictorial space - division of space, form and its relation with space
  • Laws of Design - Balance (Formal/Informal), Unity, Harmony, Continuity Rhythm
  • Discord Theory
  • Principles of Design. Repetition, Domination, Radiation, Isolation Symmetrical/Asymmetrical
  • Juxtaposition
  • Study and Application of various Colour Schemes - Achromatic - Monochromatic
  • Polychromatic - High, Average and Low Key - High, Average and Low Contrast, and colour harmonies - Complimentary - Split Complimentary, - Double Split Complimentary - Analogous - Warm and Cool
  • Handling of various types of material (such as Pencil, Pen, Brushes, Water colours, Poster Colours, Pastels and crayons, Inks or mix-media and rendering techniques such as flat application of colour, stippling, broad patches with painting knife, splatters and accidental throwing and exploring some specific techniques like collage, print making, stencil prints etc.) for pictorial organisation
  • Optical Illusion. After Images
  • Awareness and sensitivity about the design primitives - traditional - folk contemporary - realistic - symbolic - abstract - geometrical etc

Term work

02+05 assignments covering the given syllabus, duly performed, completed and graded carrying a weightage of 20 marks student must gain at least 40% of the total marks allotted for the Term Work of the academic year, in order to make him/her eligible to appear for the examination.

The University published this syllabus as scanned pages, with no machine-readable text. The wording below is transcribed from those pages and checked against a second, independent reading of the same scan. The PDF above is the University's own page, unaltered, and is the authority wherever the two differ.

The complete syllabus

This subject is cut from the University of Mumbai's own B.F.A. (Applied Art) syllabus document. The whole document is here:

PDF B.F.A. (Applied Art) syllabus — University of Mumbai, Item No. 4.30 In force from the academic year 2004-2005 Read full PDF Read

The document ends with a Bibliography for the whole degree rather than a reading list per subject. Its last page — the list of books, after the periodicals and annuals — is missing from every copy that can be reached while the University's own site is down, so it is not reproduced here.

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