B.F.A. (Applied Art) Introduction to Elective Subjects 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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Syllabus for Introduction to Elective Subjects
What the University sets
- Lectures per Academic Year: 36 Hours
- Paper: Not for Examination
- Tutorials per Academic Year: 02 X 5 Elective Subjects = 10
- Term Work: Term Work shall consist of at least 10 tutorials (02 x 5 Elective Subjects)
- Lectures per Academic Year: 03 Hours
- Lectures per Academic Year: 03 Hours
- Lectures per Academic Year: 06 Hours
- Lectures per Academic Year: 18 Hours
- Lectures per Academic Year: 06 Hours
The focus
A training programme for various graphic design areas, which would culminate into an elective subject for a student, appearing for Applied Art Degree, is part of this course. An overview with stress upon the introduction of basic fundamentals of these Elective subjects should be offered The list of Elective subjects and portions to be covered under each one
What is taught
- a. LETTERING AND TYPOGRAPHY
- Importance of written words in the world of communication - Lettering, Typography and Calligraphy - The difference - Definitions - Nature,and Scope - Type and its characters - Type faces - Type Family - Technical aspects of Typography (i.e. type calculation for reproduction) - Professional Scope
- b. ILLUSTRATION
- The importance of illustration for communication from pre-historic period to the tion - Definition - The different areas modern age of electronic communica Communication Design where illustration is applicable - The role of illustration communication - Professional Scope
- c. PHOTOGRAPHY
- Importance of Photography in communication media - History of Photography Camera and Accessories - Lights and lighting - Developers and other chemicals Negative, Positive material - Photography and Reproduction process ~ Professional Scope
- d. COMPUTER GRAPHICS
- Introduction to Computers - hardware - input and output devices - software - file management - memory - primary and secondary - introduction to various software useful for DTP, art and design purpose. Introduction to multi-media
- e. EXHIBITION-DISPLAY DESIGN AND STAGE CRAFT
- Importance of the subject in the field of Visual Communication - Historical background of the subject in early, medieval and modern period - General Classification - Types and styles of the Exhibition Display, Design and Stage Craft Major Career options and Scope. Introduction to event management
The elective subjects you choose from
- Lettering and Typography
- Illustration
- Photography
- Computer Graphics
- Exhibition-Display Design and Stage Craft
Term work
covering the given 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.