Courses & ECTS credits 2022-2023

The Bachelor Graphic Design programme amounts to 240 ECTS and lasts four academic years.

See below the curriculum overview for Years 1, 2, 3 and 4

Class A + Class B

Courses Semester 1ECTS class AECTS class B
Graphic Design55
Letter Design5-
Typography-5
Printed Image

5

-
Coding5-
Interactive Media Design-5
Theory-5
Drawing classes22
Collective Presentation January0.50.5
Professional Practice Skills1.51.5
Design Safari11
Technical week11
Introduction week11
Research1.51.5
Discourse1.51.5
Total ECTS credits3030
Courses Semester 2ECTS class AECTS class B
Graphic Design55
Letter Design-5
Typography5-
Printed Image-5
Coding-5
Interactive Media Design

5

-
Theory5-
Drawing classes22
Collective Presentation June0.50.5
Professional Practice Skills1.51.5
Design Safari22
Academy wide week11
Research1.51.5
Discourse1.51.5
Total ECTS credits3030
Courses Semester 3ECTS class AECTS class B
Graphic Design-5
Typography-5
Image5-
Coding-5
Interactive Media Design5-
Theory

5

-
Elective 1 (Letterstudio / Moving Image)-5
Elective 2 (Design Research / Design Practice)5-
Individual Study Track66
Collective Presentation January0.50.5
Professional Practice Skills1.51.5
Technical week11
Studium Generale11
Total ECTS credits3030
Courses Semester 4ECTS class AECTS class B
Graphic Design5-
Typography5-
Image-5
Coding5-
Interactive Media Design-5
Theory

-

5
Elective 1 (Letterstudio / Moving Image)5-
Elective 2 (Design Research / Design Practice)-5
Individual Study Track66
Collective Presentation June0.50.5
Professional Practice Skills1.51.5
Collaboration & fieldwork week11
Studium Generale11
Total ECTS credits3030
Courses Semester 5ECTS class AECTS class B
Graphic Design5-
Typography5-
Image-5
Coding

5

-
Interactive Media Design-5
Theory, Philosophy-5
Elective 1 (Letterstudio / Moving Image)5-
Elective 2 (Design Research / Design Practice)-5
Individual Study Track66
Collective Presentation January0.50.5
Professional Practice Skills2.52.5
Technical week11
Total ECTS credits3030
Courses Semester 6ECTS class AECTS class B
Graphic Design-5
Typography-5
Image5-
Coding

-

5
Interactive Media Design5-
Theory, Philosophy5-
Elective 1 (Letterstudio / Moving Image)-5
Elective 2 (Design Research / Design Practice)5-
Individual Study Track66
Collective Presentation June0.50.5
Professional Practice Skills2.52.5
Collaboration & Fieldwork week11
Total ECTS credits3030
Courses Semester 7ECTS
Collective Presentation January1
Professional Practice Skills+Internship16

Visual Essay (final exam proposal)

3

Thesis proposal10
Total ECTS credits30
Courses Semester 8ECTS
Individual Study Track6
Thesis - Final draft5
Thesis - Design and Coding5
Final Exam project14
Total ECTS credits30

OER 2022-2023

Education and Examination Regulations

You can find information about the regulations and provisions dealing with the organisation of the programme and the assessments and examinations related to it in the Education and Examination Regulations (in Dutch: Onderwijs- en examenregeling; OER)