4-year Bachelor
2-year Master
SAFAA offers BA and MA programmes in Design on full-time basis. The programme aims to prepare highly qualified specialists for the field of design to cover a broad range of market needs.
In particular, it prepares specialists for industry, environmental design (exterior, interior), creative-projection, advertising and other areas of design. The programme offers such courses as composition, ergonomics, architectonics, bionics, drawing geometry, exterior, interior, projection and others.
At MA level the programme enable the students to pursue advanced studies in the areas of history and philosophy of design, technology, urbanism, landscape, ecology, energy, conservation, art, design and the public domain, risk and resilience, and real estate.
Internships are organized in different fields of industry and private sector.
In the 4th year of the Bachelor level, diploma defence is carried out. Master’s degree final assessment is carried out in the form of Master thesis or a complex creative compositional work defence. In case of compositional work, the graduate presents an extended explanatory or the research study (in a written form) referring to the work subject to defence. The final work should express not only students’ academic knowledge and creative abilities but also research skills. For the preparation of Master thesis or compositional work, a supervisor and an opponent are assigned to the graduate. The topic, scope, sizes are approved by the chair of Design.
Courses for students enrolled in 2018/2019 ac. year
Bachelor
Subjects (4 years) | Credits (240 credits) |
Armenian Language and Literature | 4 credits |
Armenian History | 4 credits |
Physical Training | – |
Philosophy | 2 credits |
Civil defence and Emergency Management | 2 credits |
Informatics | 4 credits |
Basics of Environmental Protection | 2 credits |
Geometric Drawing | 2 credits |
History of Ancient, Antique and Medieval World Art | 2 credits |
History of Ancient, Early Medieval and XII-XIX Armenian Art | 2 credits |
History of World Art, XV-XXI | 2 credits |
History of Armenian Art, XX-XXI | 2 credits |
History of Design | 2 credits |
Painting | 21 credits |
Drawing | 40 credits |
Basics of Composition | 5 credits |
Projection | 37 credits |
Basic Principles of Projection | 6 credits |
Sketching | 8 credits |
Machines and Mechanisms | 2 credits |
Bionics | 3 credits |
Architectonics | 2 credits |
Font | 3 credits |
Perspective Drawing | 2 credits |
Ergonomics | 2 credits |
Sculpture | 2 credits |
Technology of Materials | 2 credits |
Theory of Colour | 2 credits |
Computer Projecting | 4 credits |
Work with Material | 19 credits |
Optional Courses | 8 credits |
Academic Internship | 12 credits |
Pre-diploma Internship | 26 credits |
Diploma Defence | 4 credits |
Courses for students enrolled until 2018
Bachelor
Subjects (4 years) | Credits (240 credits) |
Armenian Language and Literature | 4 credits |
Armenian History | 4 credits |
Physical Training | – |
Philosophy | 2 credits |
Civil defence and Emergency Management | 2 credits |
Informatics | 2 credits |
Basics of Environmental Protection | 2 credits |
Drawing Geometry | 2 credits |
History of Ancient, Antique and Medieval World Art | 2 credits |
History of Ancient, Early Medieval and XII-XIX Armenian Art | 2 credits |
History of World Art, XV-XXI | 2 credits |
History of Armenian Art, XX-XXI | 2 credits |
History of Design | 2 credits |
Painting | 32 credits |
Drawing | 41 credits |
Projection | 46 credits |
Bionics | 2 credits |
Plastic Anatomy | 2 credits |
Architectonics | 2 credits |
Font | 2 credits |
Perspective Drawing | 2 credits |
Ergonomics | 2 credits |
Sculpture | 2 credits |
Technology of Materials | 2 credits |
Theory of Colour | 2 credits |
Computer Projecting | 6 credits |
Work with Material | 19 credits |
Optional Courses | 8 credits |
Academic Internship | 12 credits |
Pre-diploma Internship | 26 credits |
Diploma Defence | 4 credits |
Master
Subjects (2 years) | Credits (120 credits) |
Aesthetics | 2 credits |
Research Methods | 6 credits |
Design Technical Drawing | 6 credits |
Design Analysis | 6 credits |
3D Computer Modeling | 15 credits |
Projection | 15 credits |
Design Modeling with Material | 2 credits |
Optional Courses | 4 credits |
Research Work | 32 credits |
Preparation of Master Thesis and Project | 28 credits |
Thesis Defence | 2 credits |
Contacts:
Faculty of Design and Decorative Applied Arts
Dean: Prof. Avetiq Avetisyan
Phone: (+37410) 54 36 71
Chair of Design
Head: Prof. Stepan Gyulkhasyan
Phone: (+37410) 52 70 92
Chair of Drawing and Painting
Head: PhD, Associate Professor Vahe Gasparyan
Phone: (+37410) 22 52 68