Year 1

In Semester 1 and Semester 2, the course comprises several compulsory components:

• theoretical instruction: philosophy, art history, writing methodology, languages, documentary research methodology, anthropology of objects, digital and graphic design culture,
• technical and practical studio instruction: drawing-engraving-color-silkscreen, volume-space, digital practices, photography, video, sound, design and graphic design; each course lasts seven weeks. Sub-groups are formed for certain courses requiring small numbers.
• group presentations of work.
• conferences, workshops and trips.

At the end of semester 1, students must choose two introductory courses for semester 2, from among the following four: Abondance, Bad taste, crise de la représentation / crise des représentations, Volume 2, In a relationship with some graphic design

Before the end-of-year assessment in semester 2, students hand in a substantial personal dossier called a “document”. This document highlights the year’s highlights. It brings together reflections, sketches, texts, appendices, projects and the cultural and artistic events in which they have taken part. This work is built up over the course of the year, and bears witness to their experiences.

Credits are awarded for Semesters 1 and 2. The assessment methods are as follows:

1. An assessment at the end of Semester 1 in the form of an oral interview based on a presentation of the work will enable the course taken by each student to be measured and analysed, and feedback will be given to each student on that semester’s work. Students will have to show their commitment to the field of artistic creation. Written comments are provided to each student by the teaching team.
2. A full-year assessment at the end of Semester 2, comprising:

• an oral test during which the examiners review the work of Semesters 1 and 2 and the student’s progress since coming to isdaT;
• the evaluation of the ‘document’ submitted by the student, relating to his/her artistic ideas and personal engagement with the field of artistic creation. This document will be evaluated on its presentation and how it is written, as well as on the iconographical research.

During these two tests, the teaching team assesses all of the students’ artistic and theoretical knowledge and skills, their capacity for analysis and criticism, the quality and quantity of their production, their development over the course of the year, and their ability to engage in individual research.

The examiners carrying out this assessment will present their conclusions to the teaching staff involved in the two semesters. A decision is made jointly; a written opinion is given to the student. In order to be admitted to Semester 3, the student must have obtained 60 credits. Repeating the course is not permitted, except in a serious case (illness, accident). The decision to progress to Semester 3 or the permission to repeat is made by the management, on the recommendation of the teaching staff.

At the end of the year, each student will have to choose an option for continuing their studies: art, design (spaces and objects specialisation), or graphic design. In order to learn about the direction of each of the three options available at the institution, from the month of January on, students are invited to attend the upper-year assessments and, later on, graduation. Students are offered a presentation on the content of the options.

Since the start of the 2023 academic year, all information concerning the course programme and timetables can be found on the dedicated Art, design and graphic design courses catalog website (in French).

• Art, design and graphic design courses catalog 2023-2024.