The innovations expected of the creative fields to contribute to a globally complex and interconnected future have to be imagined with a deep understanding of the changes brought on by technological and environmental shifts to people and cultures worldwide. Building human intelligence to make creative contributions forms the core of the Bachelor of Design program, where people, cultures, environments and technologies are central to the imaginations and visions of our future-forward courses. We nurture future creative professionals by fostering a spirit of radical innovation and experimentation. The program’s courses engage with the power of design to impact various fields, contribute to emerging areas of creative practice and shape the new disciplines of design
Artistic practice is a mode of expression to address the most important issues and concerns of our times. The BFA program at SMI nurtures the creative force and artistic curiosity in every individual. It helps discover one’s unique artistic self-expression, individual voice and position to create creative and critical works. The BFA courses draw from the broad knowledge bases of the visual and performing arts, humanities and design and offer a deep immersion in socio-cultural, political, environmental and other contemporary contexts. They offer a space to learn, experiment and acquire fluency in a chosen medium by combining intuition and the self with craft and practice.
The courses offered in this program are Contemporary Art Practice, Digital Media Arts, and Film, all of which are situated in a larger interdisciplinary environment, allowing the student to navigate between disciplines through a choice-based navigation system. The courses nurture a dexterity in the student to embrace the new with a keen eye on the threads of the past and multiple influencing factors. Contemporary Art Practice offers a medium-agnostic approach to art, preparing the student to ask relevant questions in a highly complex contemporary society with rapid changes in technology and culture. Digital Media Arts prepares students to communicate through animation using various digitally manipulated moving image techniques and possibilities. The film program addresses the fundamental tenets of artistic cinematic language within the ubiquity of forms, screens and platforms available today.