Programme

Qualification awarded
Bachelor of Arts
Length of the programme
48 months
ECTS credits
240
Level of qualification
Bachelor
Mode
Full-time
Language
Dutch, with parts in English, English
School
  • Minerva Art Academy
Locations
  • Groningen

Design, Major Offroad

Profile of the programme

The Bachelor degree programme Design comprises 240 ECTS credits (a first-year programme of 60 ECTS credits and a main phase programme of 180 ECTS credits). 
 The programme is composed of compulsory units and elective units and is professional development orientated:
Switchboard  and other practical components, in addition to a graduation project, form an essential and compulsory part of this degree programme.
The degree programme equips the student with the competences required of a professional in the field of Design. These are:
  • Creative ability: proceeding from a personal idea and vision, the designer can develop a concept and realise that concept.
  • Skills in critical reflection: the designer can reflect on, analyse, interpret and evaluate his or her own work and that of others.
  • Ability to grow and innovate: the designer is able to develop and deepen his or her personal expertise, arrive at a personal interpretation of the profession and of his or her artistry.
  • Organisational ability: the designer can independently establish and maintain an inspiring and functional work environment.
  • Communication skills: the designer can obtain a commission and interpret an assignment; he or she can present and explain the work effectively, and can negotiate with commissioners and other relevant parties.
  • Contextual awareness: the designer is able to grasp relationships between his or her own work and that of others, and between his or her own work and the public.
  • Ability to collaborate: the designer can make an active contribution to a team in the development and realisation of a product or process.

 
This student has completed the major Off Road Design.
The major Off Road Design focuses on developing an independent design- portfolio. This major offers the student the possibility to develop an independent route through the design programs of the department of design. The student has explored and researched the work field of art & design free from a specific media. The student contributes to the development of new design areas.

Learning outcomes

The graduate of the Bachelor degree programme in Design can demonstrate their mastery in the following learning outcomes: 
 
Creative capacity
The student can make authentic visual work that stems from research and which demonstrates artistic vision. The visual work creates meaning and results from the designer’s personal ambition.
 
Capacity for critical reflection
The student is able to research his own work and working methods, as well as those of others, through contemplating it, analysing, problematizing, positioning, and assessing it.
 
Capacity for growth and innovation
The student is able to continue to develop and deepen his own work and method of working, and in doing so provides a contribution to the development of the profession, the field, culture, and society.
 
Organisational capacity
The student can set up and maintain an inspiring and professional work situation.
 
Communicative capacity
The student can formulate his ideas, concepts, work, method of working, and artistic vision to professionals and the public in and outside of the field.
 
Environmental focus
The student is able to relate actively and critically to the context he finds himself in with his work.
 
Capacity to cooperate
The student is able to actively contribute to the realisation of an artistic product or process by working independently within a collaborative setting.
 

Programme

Design, Major Offroadcredits

Year 3 55

Offcourses 15

electives