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: 10 Hours
- Assignments per Academic Year: 08 Term Work: 20 Marks
The focus
A practical oriented 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, With stress upon the practical knowledge of basic fundamentals of these Elective subjects should be offered in the course The list of Elective subjects and portions to be covered under each one
What is taught
- a. LETTERING AND TYPOGRAPHY TYPOGRAPHY Type Construction - Expressive Words - Logos - Application of Typographic Design for Magazine, packaging, calendar, book jackets, brochures etc. Use of computer
- tool for typography. Desktop publishing - introduction to DTP softwares CALLIGRAPHY Formal and informal - Experimenting with Calligraphic tools, surfaces and materials
- Calligraphic styles - Application * a b. TLLUSTRATION Drawing from life with specific - action - expressions - media purpose. Application Indoor and outdoor studies. Using your own sketchbook as your reference book
- Study of different age groups - Male/Female - Children - people displaying specific facial expressions and hand gestures. Animals, Birds, Buildings etc. - Introduction various mediums - Stylisation - Exploration of reproduction techniques - materials tools ) Types of Illustration. (Editorial, Fashion, Advertising, Comic Book, Architécture etc.) Animation. Types of Animation - Cell Animation (2D) - 3D Animation. Claymation Story Board Lectures should be accompanied by a show of an animation films Visits to Animation studios
- c. PHOTOGRAPHY Revision of Photography - Study of different types of cameras and lenses Different types of films - Types of lighting for various purpose - Portrait = Still life
- Table top - Darkroom planning and equipments - Enlarging - Copying - Creative Photographic techniques - Use of exposure meters - Advanced lighting - Flash Photography - Umbrella and Soit)
- d. COMPUTER GRAPHICS
- Introduction to image construction - image processing - photography processing
- F digital illustration - typography - Word processors - DTP - Introduction to Web F Designing - 3-dimensional modelling programme ce. EXHIBITION-DISPLAY DESIGN AND STAGE CRAFT Window display as an effective 'Point of Purchase' advertising medium - its objective and function. . . _ Stage craft as an effective communication medium - its objective and function Method of drawing - Orthographic projection - perspective rendering of model making - Understanding of various display and architectural material with its basic physical, functional, aesthetically appealing, chemical, mechanical, and biological roperties Wési should cover 2D drawings (conceptual - free hand perspective and working - plan - elevations - one/two/three point perspective drawings etc.) and model making
The elective subjects you choose from
- Lettering and Typography
- Illustration
- Photography
- Computer Graphics
- Exhibition-Display Design and Stage Craft
Term work
Term 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 Term Work of the academic year, in order 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.