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Design Discipline

Higher Diploma in Illustration

Programme code DE524112

Modules (Credit)
Semester 1:
  • Essential Workplace Communication: Effective Oral Interaction (6)
  • MindShift: Achieving Personal Growth & Effectiveness (6)
  • IT Essentials – Smart Living (6)
  • Creative and Design Thinking (10)
  • Communication Design in Context: Illustration (3)
  • Digital Illustration (7)
  • Illustration Appreciation (7)
Semester 2:
  • Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Conversation and Reports (6)
  • Essential Workplace Communication: Digital Written Correspondence (6)
  • Cultural Studies (15)
  • Studio: Editorial Illustration (19)
  • Workshop: Visual Language (10)
Semester 3:
  • Aesthetics and Semiotics (11)
  • Communication Design Studio: Illustration (6)
  • Enrichment Module A (6)
Semester 4:
  • Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Presentations and Promotional Text Writing (9)
  • Professional Workplace Communication: Storytelling and Job Search (9)
  • Communication Design Futures: Illustration (3)
  • Studio: Narrative Illustration (15)
  • Workshop: Print (6)
Semester 5:
  • Professional Workplace Communication: Pitching and Persuasive Presentation (10)
  • Studio: Contemporary Illustration (23)
  • Workshop: Media Art (6)
Semester 6:
  • Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement (6)
  • Professional Practice: Illustration (3)
  • Studio: Concept Illustration (15)
  • Workshop: Life Drawing (9)
Semester 7:
  • Lettering and Typography (10)
  • Independent Study: Research (21)
  • Portfolio Development (23)
Semester 8:
  • Professional Workplace Communication: Proposal and Report Writing (9)
  • Enhancing Competencies in the 21st Century Workplace (3)
  • Independent Study: Proposal (11)
  • Graduation Project (30)
  • Enrichment Module B (3)
Module Across Semesters:
  •  Industrial Attachment^ (10)
^ Applicant may apply for exemption of this module if he/she has at least one-year full-time work experience (from the date of attaining the qualifications that can meet the entry requirements of Higher Diploma Programme) in relevant trade.
* All students have to complete two enrichment modules before graduation.

[Required No. of Credits for Graduation: 348]
Note:
All students will be required to take and pass all of the Whole Person Development modules before graduation. Students possessing at least two-year full-time work experience (from the date of attaining the qualifications that can meet the entry requirements of Higher Diploma programme) can apply for module exemption subject to passing the related assessment. Please click here for details.