B.F.A. (Applied Art) Visualisation 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 Visualisation
What the University sets
- Studio Practicals per Academic Year: 70 Hours
- Paper: Not for examination
- Assignments per Academic Year: 06
- Term Work: Term Work shall consist of at least 06 assignments covering the given
The focus
To understand and be able to create a systematic, step-by-step approach towards effective ideation, which will help a student solve a problem with practical, functional and aesthetically appealing solution -To understand the chain-process of a. Problem solving b. Analysing data material c. Evolving ides from researched source material d. ideation and final output with help of proper art direction. The stress of practical assignments should be to offer visual response to design proposal, with special emphasis on.generating visual vocabulary resulting into visual literacy and breaking down existing preconceptions
What is taught
- Exploring various ideation techniques through exercises
- Creative Visual Thinking
- Ideas for various Design areas
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.