B.F.A. (Applied Art) 3D Design Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
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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Syllabus for 3D Design
What the University sets
- Studio Practicals per Academic Year: 84 Hours
- Paper: Not for Examination
- Assignments per Academic Year: 05
- Term Work: Term Work shall consist of at least 05 assignments covering the given
What is taught
- To develop the sense of three dimensional structure and space
- Principles of composition and the study of the principles that hold the structure
- Organisational possibilities in building up a structure - gravitational and mechanical principles
- High, Low relief and Round
- Assignments in organising various unit through a) Symmetrical load bearing structure. b) Cantilever construction. c) Flexibility and ability to stretch. d) Geometrical regularity. e) Arched structure. f) Control of tension. g) Hinged construction. h) Mobile. i) Locking and Inter-locking. j) Folding
- To develop aesthetic awareness about the structure and space around it with addition of light. If the design is functional - interactive, then its user- friendliness needs to be underlined
- Material Handling - Experiments through various types of material preferably currently available in the market, such as Paper, Card Board, Clay, Strings, Wires Plaster of Paris, Wax
- Found objects/scrap material transformed into a 'scrapture' proves an interesting avenue which offers a student scope for creative expression
- Application of study of 3D Design into making an object. E.g. Pen stand, Open-air (Outdoor) sculpture, Memento etc
Term work
syllabus, duly performed, completed and graded. 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:
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.