Programme content
The consecutive three-semester Master's degree programme in Design combines the disciplines of communication design and product design. The degree programme integrates different design disciplines and thus enables graduates to competently conceive, implement, manage and critically reflect on complex work and problem-solving processes.
The Master's degree programme in Design is essentially design-oriented and geared towards specific student projects. Through special theory and synthesis modules, the curriculum provides students with the skills to work exploratively and to analyse issues scientifically.
Our graduates are both practitioners and strategists. They have strategic design expertise and are able to integrate conception and design through to implementation and reflection in a complex project process.
The combination of subject areas from the different fields of product design and communication design generates fields of competence that are tailored to the students' qualification goals.
The following subject areas are located in the Faculty of Design and - with varying intensity - are involved in the content of the Master's degree programme:
- Design Management, Marketing Structure
- Design theory, design history
- Conceptual Design
- Computer graphics, computer animation
- Corporate design, information design
- photography
- Video, image processing and animation
- Design theory and applied colour design
- Graphic design, specialising in video, electronic image processing
- Graphic design, visual conception and graphic design
- Graphic design, specialising in typography and layout
- Typography
- Fundamentals of computer-aided design
- Industrial product design
- Interactive media, specialising in audiovisual design, interface design and information architecture
- information architecture
- Interactive media, specialising in interaction design, technological design
- Interdisciplinary design, design basics
- Interior design, specialising in trade fair and exhibition design, spatial communication
- Interior design, specialising in furniture, accessories, space
- Communication and advertising
- Art sciences in a media context
- Methodology of visual representation
- Technical fundamentals of product design
One of the qualification goals for students on the Design (M.A.) degree programme is to develop into independent and critical designers who work in the creative industries. The coaching programme enables students to tailor their profile individually and in a goal-oriented manner.
Programme content
Design (Prüfungsordnung ab WS 2022/2023)
Master of Arts (M.A.)
1. Semester
Konzeption und Entwurf 1
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481110 KE_1: Masterprojekt 1 | P | 16 | 6 |
Planung/Methode/Transfer 1
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 483310 PMT_1: Planungsmethoden 1 | P | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 483400 PMT_1: Synthese 1 | P | 3 | 2 |
Designbezogene Wissenschaften 1
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 482100 DW_1: Designtheorie 1 | W | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 482200 DW_1: Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften 1 | W | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 482300 DW_1: Gesellschaftswissenschaften 1 | W | 4 | 2 |
2. Semester
Konzeption und Entwurf 2
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491110 KE_2: Masterprojekt 2 | P | 16 | 6 |
Planung/Methode/Transfer 2
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 493310 PMT_2: Planungsmethoden 2 | P | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 493400 PMT_2: Synthese 2 | P | 3 | 2 |
Designbezogene Wissenschaften 2
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 492100 DW_2: Designtheorie 2 | W | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 492200 DW_2: Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften 2 | W | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 492300 DW_2: Gesellschaftswissenschaften 2 | W | 4 | 2 |
3. Semester
Masterabschluss
| Modulbezeichnung | P/W | Credits | V | Ü | P | S | SWS | Bem |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8998 MA: Masterarbeit | P | 27 | ||||||
| 8999 MA: Kolloquium | P | 3 |
P/W = Pflichtmodul/Wahlmodul, SWS = Semesterwochenstunden
bM: benotete Modulprüfung, uM: unbenotete Modulprüfung, 1.-6.S: 1.-6. Semester
Structure of the Curriculum
Students have the opportunity to define core areas themselves and thus consolidate an individual specialisation towards a specific profile. This process is supported by the coaching structures, allowing students to customise their profile during their studies in a goal-oriented manner.
Cross-competence Modules
The programme integrates the fields of competence that can be found in combinations and cooperations between the subject areas of communication design and product design. In clear contrast to the Bachelor's degree programme, integrative modules demand increased complexity in project-related work - in terms of the task, the approach and reflection on the result. The critical and pragmatic interlinking skills to be acquired become part of the professional reality of graduates of the Master's degree programme in Design.
Integrative Curriculum
Master's students have access to all areas and resources of the Faculty of Design. Students are encouraged to supplement their individual skills and knowledge by choosing appropriate projects. In addition to their own courses, students experience discursive interaction with other Master's and Bachelor's students. They thus benefit vertically and horizontally from the integrative character of the degree programme.