Based on a twofold approach, the M2Fesup brings the fundamental components of design practices and theories into play.
It combines traditional lectures (history of the discipline, philosophical aesthetics, and introduction to contemporary design practices), project workshops, and scenarios which aim to put the project approach into practice in an educational context.
This Master's degree establishes and tests written-communication and argument-formulation skills. It brings basic tools for project implementation into play. It tries to bring out the creativity required. Finally, a wide range of bibliographical and documentary materials are extensively made use of.
Duration: 1 year
ECTS credits: 60
Further studies
As an M2 course, it provides a general foundation, which plays a useful role as a preliminary stage to the research:
- its content gets all students' knowledge of theoretical disciplines (history of design and architecture, and general philosophy, in particular) to a standard level;
- The project discipline, which is a significant part of the course, is based on forward-looking components.