B.F.A. (Applied Art) 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 Elective Subjects
What the University sets
- Studio Practicals per Academic Year: 300 Hours
- Paper: 80 Marks Duration: 25 Hours
- Assignments per Academic Year: 08 Term Work: 20 Marks
What is taught
- Along with the Elective Project, cach student has to submit a written document i.e Project Report (Elective)' on the Topic/Subject/Area selected by him/her in 1500 words jn English. This document should incorporate suitable and essential visual material support the design solution This Report should be submitted to the concerned elective teacher, who is expected evaluate it and the marks be added in the statement of the internal class assessment individual student
- a. LETTERING AND TYPOGRAPHY Expressing different thoughts and texts in Calligraphic way - Experimenting with calligraphy for applications in communication design - A communication design project exploring various media and communication design areas - Type designing for specific purpose
- b. ILLUSTRATION. | Selection of specific area for illustration like Advertising, Editorial, Publishing Fashion, Animation, Comic Strips etc. Students are expected to maintain sketchbook and submit the same at the time of viva-voce
- c. PHOTOGRAPHY Study.of big format camera and its use - Advanced lighting for Table-Top and Model photography - Product photography - Advanced Creative photography (tone separation, multi-exposing, multi-printing) Colour printing, Preparing slides Translides, Feature articles, on theme in Colour/B/W with minimum 12 pictures Visit to modern photographic studios - Technology and its influence on photography Outdoor studies Besides the regular classwork
- d. COMPUTER GRAPHICS Digital Animation Design Image construction - integration of different components (image, text and sound) for producing digital animation Interactive Multimedia Design An introduction to one of the latest communication channels, which makes intensive use of software technology to combine photography, video sound, computer graphics and text e, EXHIBITION-DISPLAY DESIGN AND STAGE CRAFT Exhibition, display and Stage Craft as an effective sales promotional advertising medium - Study of types of Exhibition/Stage performances - National - International Indoor - Outdoor - Permanent - Temporary - Regional - Mobile. Design concept - Use 4) of different materials - Scheduling - Casting - Illumination - Mechanical and Electronic Devices - Colouring - Space planning - Budgeting Assignments based on - Concept Development - Making scale models - Project Exhibition Design/Stage Craft
The elective subjects you choose from
- Lettering and Typography
- Illustration
- Photography
- Computer Graphics
- Exhibition-Display Design and Stage Craft
Term work
Tem Work shall consist of at least 08 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 Terra Work of the academic year, in order make hini/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.