Bachelor of Design

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Design program at the University of Regina is a two-year post-diploma degree program that combines arts, sciences, technology, and culture to equip students with the skills to address the needs of diverse audiences through design thinking. The program emphasizes experiential learning and hands-on training and students are taught by recognized scholars, artists, and professionals in their fields. Graduates are prepared for careers in various creative industry sectors, including web design, software development, animation, and gaming. The program also offers professional placement options and various facilities for students, including labs, studios, and performance spaces.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Design program at the University of Regina is a two-year post-diploma degree program, also known as a 2+2 program. It is designed for students who have already completed a diploma in design at an approved Canadian institution, or a Diploma in Creative Technologies or a Diploma in Computer Science at the University of Regina. The program aims to equip students with the skills to address the needs of diverse audiences through design thinking. It focuses on developing students as designers, artists, scientists, developers, theorists, entrepreneurs, and practice-based scholars. The program encourages collaboration, experimentation, play, and thinking outside the box. The program offers a variety of courses, including:

• CTCH 204 - Introduction to Creative Coding: This course introduces core creative coding methods and strategies for computational art.
• CTCH 213 - Branding, Advertising and Design: This course explores design practices for branding and advertising in a professional environment.
Students gain practical and theoretical knowledge to create and understand the visual language underpinning brand identities and advertising campaigns.
• CTCH 215 - Visual Identity Design: This course focuses on designing visual communication for businesses and non-profit organizations.
Students design and publish documents for internal and external publics, connecting with their audience through print and web media products.
• CTCH 216 - 3D Animation: Art, Social Media: This online course addresses digital art, design, DE animation, and modeling using real-time interactive software.
• CTCH 306 - Digital Storytelling and Interactive Media: This course explores the social, political, cultural, economic, and intersectionality of interactive media and digital storytelling.
Students engage with audio and online interactive and immersive storytelling.
• CTCH 312 - Introduction to Computer Game and Virtual Reality Design: This course introduces computer game design using Unity and other industry-standard software.
It covers concept, pre-production, production, and post-production, including storyboarding and distribution.
• CTCH 314 - 3D Animation Design: Story, Character, and Motion: This course focuses on advanced studies in 3D modeling/animation for Industry and Entertainment.
• CTCH 301 - Play: This hands-on studio course critically investigates participation, interaction, and play within new media art practice.
Students build projects in interactive installation or performance, data translation, and interactive games.
• CTCH 313 - Augmented Reality: Critical Theory, Art, and Activism: This course examines how artists and activists are creating AR art to further social change.
• CTCH 302 - Augmentation: This course explores "wearables" technologies and techniques in art practice.

Teaching:

The program emphasizes experiential learning and hands-on training. Students benefit from the extensive experience gained during their college diploma, followed by the advantages of a degree. The program is taught by recognized scholars, artists, and professionals in their fields, including Creative Technologies, Design, Interactive Media and Performance, Media Studies, Popular Music, Film Production, Theatre, and Visual Arts.

Careers:

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Design program, graduates are prepared for careers in various creative industry sectors, including:

• Web design firms
• Software studios
• Mobile app design agencies
• Animation and gaming design companies
• Non-profit arts organizations
• Marketing or advertising agencies
• Production companies
Graduates may find employment as:
• Designer
• Creative Technologist
• Mobile App Developer
• Game Developer
• Virtual Reality Designer
• Production Engineering Specialist
• Technical Art Director
• Animator
• Web Programmer
• Interactive Media Specialist
• Marketing and Communications Specialist
• Contemporary Artist

Other:

The program offers professional placement options, similar to internships, which provide students with industry experience and credit towards their degree. The University of Regina provides various facilities for students in the Creative Technologies and Design program, including:

• Interactive Media Performance (IMP) Lab
• Creative Technologies Maker Space
• MAP Sound Studio
• Film Production Studios
• Production Studio
• Photography lab with a 12-station dark room
• Animation classroom
• Printmaking Studio
• Digital Photography Studio
• Music Studios
• Costume Shop and Set Design space
• Shumiatcher Theatre
• University of Regina Theatre
• The Fifth Parallel Gallery
• The Art Store
• Voice Mapping Lab
• Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET)
• IMP Lab and Maker Space Workshop Series Program
• Creative Technologies Student Society Programming and Events
• MAP Student Society Programming and Events
• MAP Presentation Series
• Art for Lunch
• 5th Parallel Art Gallery
• Living Skies Student Film Festival
• Theatre Productions
• Music Performances
• Clubs and activities open to all U of R students
Creative Technologies students have showcased artworks in festivals such as Nuit Blanche, Frost Regina, and Neutral Ground’s event Art’s Birthday.