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TPD4111

Aesthetics 1: Drawing Technique 1

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This course is no longer taught and is only available for examination.

Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Work

About

About the course

Course content

The course aims to introduce the candidate to drawing as an instrument for seeing, studying and understanding form.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The candidate learns

  • coordination between the brain, the eyes and the hand that provides a completely separate and unique form of awareness - a separate way of thinking that both increases creativity and opens up a completely different and deeper learning process, when both the left and right hemispheres of the brain are activated.
  • the ability to see, analyze and understand the world with a sharpened visual attention as important reasons for drawing. Drawing is the basic DNA of the design profession.
  • the candidate will gain practice, insight, experience and knowledge in basic drawing by developing coordination between the brain, eyes and hands through sensory-motor learning.

Skills:

The candidate

  • will gain experience and skills in using drawing as an instrument to express ideas, thoughts, observations and understanding of the world around us through practical exercises.
  • has the ability to better study, explore and understand through drawing is a separate way of thinking. Drawing is a separate way of thinking, studying and communicating.

Learning methods and activities

Exercises and practical tasks in drawing.

Further on evaluation

Submitted works are used as the basis for the assessment. In case of repetition, all assessments in the subject must be repeated. Re-sit exams can be given in the next semester.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Industrial Design Engineering (MTDESIG)

Course materials

Will be shared at the beginning of the semester.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TPD4010 7.5 sp Autumn 2025
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Aesthetic Studies

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Design

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Work
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Work
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids KALKULATOR Duration 1 semesters Exam system Inspera Assessment