B.F.A. (Applied Art) History of Visual Communication 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 History of Visual Communication
What the University sets
- Lectures per Academic Year: 40 Hours. Paper: 80 Marks. Duration: 3 Hours
- Tutorials per Academic Year: 04. Term Work: 20 Marks
What is taught
- Environment - Surrounding - Situation - Atmosphere are all related to events Types of human workplaces such as offices, markets, shops, banks, hotels, service stations workshops, factories where different people work in different fields - this is visually identical and distinctly different in terms of space, surface, colour and textures Day to day life includes professions, business, careers as a chosen field for life Dance, drama and music are more as visual-presentation professions - As performing art it has significant value of human presentation - Body, Face Actions, Abhinaya and Vocal as well instrumental presentation - The thought theme, subject, central idea, dialogue, music, set-design, costume design, make up, total finalisation of each scene sequence etc. - The historical development Indian, Asian and Western World in theatrical performance - Religious, Cultural Social, Political and Creative types of Dramas. | Study of various images. 2D and 3D. From Products, Objects, Furniture, several parts of Buildings, Gallery, Passages, Verandas, Steps, Railings, Staircases etc. each element as a part of inner and outer space. Buildings, Shops, Markets, as visual envir , Situations, Surroundings. Their various relationships with colour light, tones, all visual aspects that on the whole create a meaning ~ purpose function- atmosphere, visually the relation, harmony, suitability leading working space, proportions, measurements, sizes dimensions and so on
- Human figures in different parts of country and their dress codes - starting with school uniforms, to fashion-oriented dress of youth, to various professions such doctors, lawyers, nurses, police, military, scout and guides, N.C.C., the hotel staff their identity, personality and the suitable surrounding in which they fit
Term work
Term Work shall consist of at least 04 tutorials 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:
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.