Universidade Lusófona do Porto

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Duration / Confered Degree / ECTS

3 Years (6 Semester) / Bachelor / 180 ECTS

Programme Director

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Entrance Exams

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Qualification requirements and regulations

Candidates should have completed secondary school or equivalent qualification. Under current legislation any course of secondary education is qualification enough to compete.
The applicant must submit proof of completion of the national survey of the discipline that the establishment has taken as proof of admission to the course they want to apply and meet the minimum score of 95 points.

Special Conditions of entry go to http://acesso.grupolusofona.pt

Objectives

The Degree in Communication Design aims to develop a multidisciplinary learning that stimulates and balances the fundamental factors of visual communication as a mean of expression. It is intended to promote skills and foster research opportunities that have as intention the speculation, experimentation and interdisciplinarity in the different ways of expression, regardless of the diversity of media in which they occur.
The degree in Communication Design aims to train future professionals and researchers in the field of Communication Design, and assumes two complementary components of training: a practical component, strongly linked to cultural realities and market, preparing students for a professional performance and a conceptual and research component that will allow the future designer find their own space for creativity and self development.

Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

This degree in Communication Design emphasis on a comprehensive training, equipping the student responsiveness to multiple areas in which the Design currently operates:
Editorial Design, Typography and Illustration
Institutional and Corporate Identity
Studies and Practices of Image Narratives
New Media and Digital Cultures
History and Criticism of Art and Design
Visual Culture Studies

Scientific Areas

Artes;
Design;

Teaching staff

Lecturer	Academic Degrees	Dedication time
Carla Maria Cadete Vieira Ramos Melo	Doctorate	Part-time
Fernando Jorge Monteiro Carvalho	Bachelor	Part-time
Ivone Marília Carinhas Ferreira	Bachelor	Part-time
Jorge Manuel Ventura Da Rocha Pinto	Master	Part-time
João Domingos Pinho Alves De Sousa	Master	Full-time
João Sousa Cardoso	Doctorate	Full-time
Ligia Paula Simões Esteves Nunes Pereira Da Silva	Doctorate	Full-time
Marta Susana Horta Belo Da Silva	Master	Part-time
Marco André Monteiro Ferreira	Bachelor	Part-time
Paulo João Nunes Zsoldos Heitlinger	Doctorate	Full-time
Raquel Sofia Barros Morcela	Bachelor	Part-time

Study Plan

Ministerial Decree nº25313/2009 of 18 November

1st Year / Core Curriculum		ECTS
Descriptive Geometry I	1º Semestre	3
History of Design	1º Semestre	4
Introduction to Computing	1º Semestre	6
Introduction to Design	1º Semestre	9
Introduction to Design Techniques	1º Semestre	4
Introduction to Photography	1º Semestre	4
Computer-Aided Design	2º Semestre	6
Descriptive Geometry II	2º Semestre	3
Design	2º Semestre	9
Design I	2º Semestre	4
History of Art	2º Semestre	4
Photography	2º Semestre	4
2nd Year / Core Curriculum		ECTS
Aesthetics and Art Theory	1º Semestre	4
Communication Design I	1º Semestre	8
Design II	1º Semestre	4
Design Technologies I	1º Semestre	6
Introduction to Contemporary Thought	1º Semestre	4
Visual Culture	1º Semestre	4
Communication Design II	2º Semestre	8
Contemporary Art	2º Semestre	4
Design III	2º Semestre	4
Design Technologies II	2º Semestre	6
Design Theory and Criticism	2º Semestre	4
Semiotic	2º Semestre	4
3rd Year / Core Curriculum		ECTS
Communication Design III	1º Semestre	6
Design IV	1º Semestre	4
Design Laboratory	1º Semestre	6
Design and Management	1º Semestre	4
Multimedia Computing and Interactivity	1º Semestre	6
Option 1	1º Semestre	4
Communication Design IV	2º Semestre	6
Design Seminar	2º Semestre	6
Design V	2º Semestre	4
Multimedia Product Design	2º Semestre	6
Option 2	2º Semestre	4
Option 3	2º Semestre	4