TOEFL iBT: 80 with a writing score of at least 20
IELTS: 6.0 overall with no less than 6.0 in Writing and no less than 5.5 in every other element
Cambridge: Advanced Certificate with a pass at Grade C or better
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Honours in Digital Arts programme is a practice-based undergraduate award in art and design practice and theory, based on conventional studio practice and applied within the digital environment. It is a three year, full-time, single honours programme that develops a learning structure in which historical traditions and new practices confront and influence each other within a contextual, cultural and theoretical framework.
The course is aimed at students who aspire to become professional artists within the areas of Graphic Design, Digital Games, Web Development, Animation, Illustration and Photography. The course provides students with a holistic artistic education, with specialisation in two main routes in the second and third years, namely:
Graphic Design (Visual Communications, Web and Screen Design), and
Animation (Digital Games, Web, Television/Film and Digital Video Art).
The areas of Illustration and Photography are common and overlap both streams.
Through a combination of practical and theoretical modules, the course encourages the development of critical and original approaches to contemporary creative production and enables students to actively investigate the influence of new digital technologies in relation to creativity and visual communication. The programme provides a framework within which students are prepared for further academic research as well as integration into the various graphic design, illustration and animation industries which require a high degree of digital creativity.
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YEAR ONE
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to choose study-units to the value of 4 ECTS credits from the elective study-units on offer during the first semester.
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
DGA1003, Research Methods in Art and Design
DGA1004, Introduction to Text and Image
DGA1007, Introduction to Visual Narrative
DGA1018, Storyboarding and Sequential Art
DGA1019, Introduction to Software and Hardware
DGA1021, Intermedia Studio 1
DGA1022, Ideas Generation and Development
Elective Units Elective units are offered subject to time-table constraints.
DGA1011, Introduction to Visual Literacy
DGA1012, Introduction to Design Thinking
DGA1013, Comparative Approaches to Art, Design and Visual Culture
DGA1014, History of Photography
DGA1015, Contemporary Art Photography
ENG1063, English Speech Fluency
IOT1008, An Introduction to Creativity
LIN1063, Academic Reading and Writing in English
MCS1012, Introduction to Analogue Photography and the Darkroom
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
DGA1008, Introduction to Illustration
DGA1010, Introduction to Animation
DGA1017, Programming for Artists and Designers 1
DGA1020, Applied Software Practices
DGA1023, Intermedia Studio 2
DGA1024, Introduction to Photography
Requirement for regular progression to Year 2: 60 ECTS credits
YEAR TWO
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to register for study-units listed under one of the streams below: either the Visual Communications Stream or the Animation Stream.
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
DGA1006, Contemporary Image Making
DGA2000, Intermedia Studio 3
DGA2003, Audiovisual Language and Film Analysis
ELP1106, Advanced English Writing Skills
Visual Communications Stream
DGA2005, Editorial Design
DGA2009, Designing for the Screen 1
DGA2019, Applied Photography 1
Animation Stream
DGA2011, Visual Narrative
DGA2012, Animation Principles
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
DGA2017, Introduction to Interactive Art
DGA2018, Immersive Experience Design
ELP1164, Reflective Writing: An Introduction
IDG3000, Game Design and Conceptualisation
MCS2050, Cultural Theory and Semiotics
Visual Communications Stream
DGA2020, Applied Photography 2
DGA2021, Brand Identity and Packaging Design
Animation Stream
DGA2013, Digital Animation Production (3D)
DGA2014, Motion Graphics and Compositing
Requirement for regular progression to Year 3: 60 ECTS credits
YEAR THREE
In addition to the compulsory study-units, students are required to register for study-units listed under one of the streams below in accordance with the choice of stream done in their second year of the course.
Semester 1
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
DGA3004, Negotiated Practice
DGA3008, Digital Literacy and Social Networking for Creatives
DGA3014, Programming and AI Concepts for Artists and Designers
DGA3018, Managing a Research Project
DGA3021, Professional Practice - Internship
Visual Communications Stream
DGA3016, Designing for the Screen 2,
Animation Stream
DGA3017, Character and Simulated Animation
Semester 2
Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)
DGA3011, Final Project and Dissertation
DGA3019, Future Perspectives
DGA3020, Research Symposium
DGA3022, Degree Exhibition
The course prepares students for careers in the graphic design, the publishing and the digital games industries; the moving image and animation fields, as well as in more generalised areas which increasingly draw upon the creation of new media talent such as those of the audio-visual, gaming, mobile services, social software, and IT.
Students who successfully complete the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Honours in Digital Arts programme at the required level are eligible to read for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Digital Arts and the MA in Digital Arts (by Research) offered by the Department of Digital Arts, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences and also the Master of Science (MSc) in Digital Games offered by the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta.
Health insurance - EUR €200 per year
