Year 1

In Semester 1 and Semester 2, teaching is divided into several compulsory components:

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

At the end of the 1st semester, students will have to choose two 2nd semester courses from among the following (one course will correspond to the jury’s choice at the entrance exam, a second course will be at choice): À front renversé ; Bad taste ; Volume 2 ; Spécimen ; Dating graphic design ; REV ; Réécrire ; Initiation aux outils de représentation.

In semester 2, students submit a personal portfolio 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 participated. This work is built up over the course of the year, and bears witness to their experiences. This document will be appreciated for its presentation, writing and iconographic research.

Credits are awarded for semesters 1 and 2. The assessment procedures 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 student’s work, enables us to measure the progress made by each student in the school, to analyze it and to inform each student of the assessment made of the semester’s work and the credits obtained.
2. At the end of semester 2, in an oral exam, the jury examines the work of semesters 1 and 2 and the student’s progress since joining isdaT.
3. evaluation of the “document” submitted by the student on his/her artistic reflection and personal involvement in the field of creation.

During these tests, the teaching team assesses the student’s overall artistic, theoretical and critical knowledge and skills, as well as his/her capacity for analysis, the quality of his/her production, his/her progress over the year and his/her commitment to personal research. Class attendance. A meeting of the teaching staff assesses the student’s practical and theoretical skills.

To be admitted to semester 3, students must have obtained 60 credits. Students may not repeat a semester, except in the case of serious illness or accident. The decision to admit a student to Semester 3, or to authorize the student to repeat a semester, is taken 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.

All information concerning the course programme and timetables can be found on the dedicated Art, design and graphic design courses catalog website (in French).