The graduate program (Fine Arts Design) in School of Design, East China Normal University offers an interdisciplinary study and research platform, which includes five discipline directions: LANDSCAPE AND URBAN RENEWAL DESIGN, PUBLIC ART AND INTERNATIONAL CURATOR, PRODUCT DESIGN, ANIMATION AND IMAGE DESIGN AND FASHION DESIGN. Students are free to choose courses that interest them among these five different directions.
Aiming to bridge the gap between academic research and professional practice, the courses in the Fine Arts Design Program are project-based, class is combining with realistic project. The program focuses on not only academic research but also cutting-edge practical technologies and skills.
The Fine Arts Design programs specializes in Chinese-featured Courses, including Chinese Traditional Art Analysis, Chinese Public Realm, Chinese Traditional Garden and Architecture, Chinese Art and Craft History etc. In addition to the academic features about Chinese tradition and history, the program also promotes research topics bout China contemporary issues in different fields, such as Public Art, Urban Renewal and Product Design.
International collaborations play an important role in the Fine Arts Design program, which provides students with diverse international workshop, lectures and events.
For international students in non-Chinese language taught programs, they MUST pass HSK-3 (≥180) or pass the "International Chinese Proficiency Standard Test" arranged by the university before graduation.
| Course Category |
Course Name |
Requirement |
Credits |
|
| |
Compulsory |
Selective |
||
| General Education Course |
Chinese Language |
√ |
|
2 |
| Introduction to Chinese Civilization |
√ |
|
3 |
|
| Total Credits |
|
|
5 |
|
| Compulsory Professional Course |
Design documents index and study method |
√ |
|
4 |
| Material and form |
√ |
|
3 |
|
| Total Credits |
|
|
7 |
|
| Studio Practice Course |
Studio Practice Course I |
√ |
|
6 |
| Studio Practice Course II |
√ |
|
6 |
|
| Studio Practice Course III |
√ |
|
6 |
|
| Studio Practice Course IV |
√ |
|
6 |
|
| Internship |
√ |
|
6 |
|
| Total Credits |
|
|
30 |
|
| Professional Optional Course (5 courses must be chosen) |
Animation Masters Research |
|
√ |
2 |
| Experimental Animation Creation |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Case Study: Illustration Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Case Study: Poster Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Product Design Frontier |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Methodology Study of Product Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Culture Study of Product Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Engineering Research of Product Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Design Industry and Business Model |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Brand Communication and Management |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Analysis of Contemporary Art Works |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Contemporary Image Art |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Case Study: Landscape Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Case Study: Interior Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Case Study: Urban Renewal Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Research and Practice of Space |
√ |
2 |
||
| Research and Practice of Art History |
√ |
2 |
||
| Theory And Methodology of Mass Communication |
√ |
2 |
||
| Curatorial Project Research and Practice |
√ |
2 |
||
| Exhibition Histories |
√ |
2 |
||
| Urban Open Space Research |
√ |
2 |
||
| Cognition and Space |
√ |
2 |
||
| Costume Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Traditional Chinese Textile Redesign |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Jewelry Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| User Experience Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Research on Innovation of Chinese Traditional Handicraft |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Research on Sociology of Product Design |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Art Ecology Research and Practice |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| The Research of Iconology In China |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Chinese Traditional Art Analysis |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Chinese Public Realm Analysis |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Made in Shanghai: A City Exploration Tour |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Hybrid Drawing: Sensory Cities |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Chinese Traditional Garden And Architecture：Measurement Formation and Reconstruction |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Future Career Thinking: Dialogue with Professional Practices |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| Chinese Art and Craft History |
|
√ |
2 |
|
| |
Total Credits |
|
|
10 |
| Total Credits for 2 Years |
|
|
52 |
|
WEI Shaonong
Dean, Professor
Research directions: Urban and village regeneration design
ZHU Xiaoming
Professor
Research directions: Contemporary art
NI Zhiqi
Professor, Artist
Research directions: Contemporary art
CHEN Hailu
Associate professor
Master in Experimental Video Art and Experimental Animation at Central Academy of the Fine Arts,China
Research directions: Experimental Animation and Character Animation
Dai Tiancheng
Acciociate Professor
Program Director in Spatial and Exhibition Design
PhD, Southeast University, China, Delft Technical University, the Netherlands
Specialties:Urban culture study; historical urban landscape study; port-city heritage conservation; city (re)branding
XU Xianya
Acciociate Professor
Program director in Spatial and Exhibition Design, PhD from Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Research directions: Museum Study, Urban Interior, Green Architecture
LU Jian
Lecturer
MA Drawing as process, Art & Design, Architecture Faculty Kingston University, UK.
Research directions: Art history, Design history
SONG Feifei
Lecturer
M.S.Arch.Pratt Institute, USA
Research directions: Digital fabrication, Contemporary Chinese urban public space
WU Xiaowen
Lecturer
Master in Landscape Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design, Bachelor in Landscape Architecture in Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
Research directions: Installation art, Landscape design to sustainable urban planning
WU Penghan
Lecturer
Architect. M.Sc in Urbanism from TU Delft, the Netherlands
Research directions: Public building, Building renovation, Urban regeneration and rural vitalization
LIN Jingjing
Lecturer
PhD from SAPIENZA, University of Roma
Research directions: Product design, Innovation of Chinese traditional handicraft
QIU Anxiong
Lecturer
Kassel Art College Germany
Specialties:Public Art and International Curator, Science and Art
CHAO Buge
MA from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK
Research directions: UX&UI, Communication design
GUO Wenqiang
Master from Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK
Research directions: Fashion Design and Styling
OUYANG Pei
Master in Accademia di belle arti di Brera
Research directions: New material research，Costume Design，fashion Design
HU Yikuan
Artist, MFA in Film & Video department from MASSART, USA
Research directions: Video art, Film theory
ZHONG Yunshu
Artist, MFA in Fine Art in University of the Arts London, UK
Research directions: Installation, Material art
ZHANG Kerui
MFA in Painting from Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Italy
Research directions: Sound art, Video installation
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