M.Des in Design Academics and Research is an intensive two-year master degree programme being offered under Prof. H. Kumar Vyas Design Chair department, MIT Institute of Design, Pune from the academic session 2022-23. The programme has been envisaged to provide an engaged and impactful learning experience to selected candidates through a substantive and comprehensive curriculum. Design Education plays a critical role in transformation as the design is a materially engaged, world-building activity. Design is complicit in the problems we are facing and informs and shapes how people live.
The unique curriculum seeks to provide a global perspective to the four-semester course, besides instilling in the candidates the fundamental values of inclusivity in the field of Design education. The specially designed post-graduate syllabus focuses on providing creative learning that includes the concept of the very idea of being a mentor, guide, faculty to student or mentee. The mentor's body of work experience suggests a way ahead which the mentee is currently facing- a creative block. The whole process of swimming through these blocks or rather “Unblocking” can be a great way to begin the flow. The course mainly focuses on the fundamentals of learning andragogy, modern trends in research methodology, leading to the completion of the mandatory requirement of executing a dissertation in the relevant chosen field of specialization. This exclusive course is geared around achieving educational outcomes that will influence Cognitive, Affective, and Social dimensions of design learning. The innovative course outline, with its strong research orientation and firm theoretical and practical foundations, uses cutting-edge technologies and field-based opportunities to prepare Design Education leaders of tomorrow.
Full-Time M.Des (2 Years) - 4 semester
Candidate with minimum two years of experience.
| Semester 1 | |
| Semester 2 | |
| Semester 3 | |
| Semester 4 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GFNFD101 | Design Overview | 0 |
| GFNFD102 | Design Drawing 1 | 4 |
| GFNFD103 | Fundamentals of Design 1 (Colour) | 3 |
| GFNFD104 | Fundamentals of Design 2 (Geometry) | 1 |
| GFNFD105 | Fundamentals of Design 3 (Materials) | 4 |
| GFNDS106 | Fundamentals of Design 4 (Form Space and Structure) | 4 |
| GFNDG107 | Digital Methods 1 | 2 |
| GFNDC108 | Inter Design Studies 1 (Environ Exposure) | 1 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GFNFD201 | Design Drawing 2 : Freehand , Analytical & Perspective | 3 |
| GFNFD202 | Fundamentals of Design 5 : Colour II | 2 |
| GFNFD203 | Fundamentals of Design 6 : Solid Geometry | 2 |
| GFNFD204 | Fundamentals of Design 7 : Three Dimensionalaties of Form , Space & Structure | 3 |
| GFNFD205 | Fundamentals of Design 8 : Materials | 3 |
| GFNDS206 | Digital Methods 2 : Advanced Image Processing and Vector Graphics Applications | 1 |
| GFNPR207 | Design Process : Problem Solving | 5 |
| GFNDC208 | Interdesign Studies 2 : Urban Environment Exposure | 1 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GPFD301 | Design Drawing | 4 |
| GPFS302 | Form Studies - Radii Manipulation | 3 |
| GPFD303 | Basic Photography | 1 |
| GPFD304 | Basic Typography | 1 |
| GPDG305 | Digital Studies (CAD) | 1 |
| GPDC306 | Introduction to Ergonomics | 2 |
| GPST307 | Materials & Processes | 2 |
| GPDC308 | Research Methods | 2 |
| GPPR309 | Design Project - Simple Product Design | 4 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GPFD401 | Design Drawing: Rendering Techniques | 2 |
| GPST402 | Technology: Workshop Skills & Working Model Making | 5 |
| GPFS403 | Form Studies: Form Transition | 2 |
| GPST404 | Technology: Advanced Manufacturing Processes | 2 |
| GPDC405 | IDS: Everyday Science & Creative Intervention | 3 |
| GPPR406 | Design Project 2 : Human-Product Interface | 5 |
| GPDG407 | Digital Methods : Advanced CAD | 1 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GPST501 | Basic Mechanisms, Strength of Materials & Structures | 2 |
| GPPR502 | Project: Techno-Aesthetic Detailing | 4 |
| GPDC503 | History Of Industrial Design | 1 |
| GPPR504 | Project: Design For Special Needs | 6 |
| GPDC505 | Colour, Material, Finish and Trend Studies | 3 |
| GPDG506 | Digital Methods: CAD/CAM | 1 |
| GPDG507 | Digital Rendering: Wacom | 2 |
| GPDC508 | Interdesign Studies : Travel | 1 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GPST601 | Prototyping Electrical /Digital Technology | 3 |
| GPDC602 | Product Semantics | 2 |
| GPPR603 | Project: Technically Complex Product | 5 |
| GPDC604 | Open Elective | 2 |
| GPPR605 | Packaging Design (With Graphic Design) | 3 |
| GPDC606 | Interdesign Studies : Appropriate Economics | 1 |
| GPDC607 | Design & Business | 3 |
| GPDG608 | Digital Methods: CAD/CAM | 1 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GPPR701 | Project: Nature-inspired Design | 4 |
| GPDC702 | Design Ethnography | 2 |
| GPPR703 | Project: Story-telling & Product Design | 4 |
| GPDC704 | Green Design: Attitude to Sustainability | 3 |
| GPPR705 | Project: System Design | 7 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| GPPR801 | Industrial Internship | 4 |
| GPPR802 | Graduation Project | 16 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PPPHFE101 | Philosophical Foundation of Education and Design orientation | 4 |
| PPDR102 | Design Recapitulation | 3 |
| PPDPDR103 | Design Education Project and Advance Design Educational Research I | 7 |
| PPDET104 | Design Educational Technology | 3 |
| PPMIP105 | Mentoring & Industry Project | 3 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PPPFE201 | Psychological Foundation of Education | 4 |
| PPDEM202 | Design Educational Management | 2 |
| PPDPDR203 | Design Educational Project II and Advance Design Educational Research II | 7 |
| PPOAI204 | Observational Studies, Assistance Ship & Industry Project | 3 |
| PPUDE205 | Universal Design Education | 4 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PPDPDR301 | Design Education Project III and Advance Design Educational Research III | 6 |
| PPEDE302 | Economics of Design Education | 2 |
| PPGCC303 | Guidance/ Counselling/ Critiquing in Design Education | 4 |
| PPEA304 | Evaluation and Assessment | 2 |
| PPDPLM307 | Design Education Project IV and Development of Teaching and Learning Material | 6 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PPPR401 | Graduation Project | 20 |
| The Possible Diections Could be one of the following:- | ||
| 1) Developing a Four/Two Year Degree Program in Design | ||
| 2) Developing Short Programmes for Specific Target Audiences. Ex- Design For Crime, Law etc | ||
| 3) Developing Programmes for Any other Discipline by Taking Design Approach |
