Art and design fundamentals (5 cr)
Code: GD00FA65-3001
General information
- Enrollment
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07.04.2025 - 21.04.2025
Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
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01.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 4 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Department of Culture
- Campus
- Kouvola Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 22
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Game Design
- Teachers
- Brenda Jiménez
- Sarah-Jane Leavey
- Groups
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GDKV25SPGame design, full-time studies
- Course
- GD00FA65
Realization has 14 reservations. Total duration of reservations is 43 h 15 min.
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Thu 18.09.2025 time 08:15 - 11:15 (3 h 0 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS05
Tietokoneluokka (28+1), Meduusa-studio
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Fri 19.09.2025 time 12:00 - 15:00 (3 h 0 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS10
Tietokoneluokka (26+1)
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Tue 23.09.2025 time 12:15 - 16:00 (3 h 45 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS05
Tietokoneluokka (28+1), Meduusa-studio
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Tue 07.10.2025 time 13:00 - 16:00 (3 h 0 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS05
Tietokoneluokka (28+1), Meduusa-studio
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Wed 15.10.2025 time 08:30 - 11:15 (2 h 45 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS05
Tietokoneluokka (28+1), Meduusa-studio
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Tue 28.10.2025 time 08:15 - 11:15 (3 h 0 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
T104
Isosali (34+1), Taidetalo
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Thu 30.10.2025 time 12:15 - 16:15 (4 h 0 min) |
Lighting workshop: Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS12
Studio, Meduusa-studio
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Tue 04.11.2025 time 09:00 - 12:00 (3 h 0 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS10
Tietokoneluokka (26+1)
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Tue 11.11.2025 time 08:15 - 11:15 (3 h 0 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS05
Tietokoneluokka (28+1), Meduusa-studio
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Wed 19.11.2025 time 08:15 - 11:00 (2 h 45 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS12
Studio, Meduusa-studio
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Fri 28.11.2025 time 10:00 - 14:15 (4 h 15 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS12
Studio, Meduusa-studio
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Tue 02.12.2025 time 08:15 - 11:00 (2 h 45 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS10
Tietokoneluokka (26+1)
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Tue 09.12.2025 time 08:15 - 11:00 (2 h 45 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS10
Tietokoneluokka (26+1)
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Tue 16.12.2025 time 11:30 - 13:45 (2 h 15 min) |
Art and design fundamentals GD00FA65-3001 |
MS10
Tietokoneluokka (26+1)
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Objective
You learn to apply design principles to create visually appealing and cohesive designs.
You understand the principles of form, volume, shape, and proportions in design.
You understand the terms concerning colour and composition.
You become familiar with the opportunities presented by colour through visual observation.
You are able to take advantage of different colour harmony models and recognise subtractive, additive, and optic colour mixing.
You understand the physics of light and the mechanisms of human colour vision.
You understand the fundamentals of perspective.
You can tell a story using light, cropping, framing and composition.
Content
How to observe, form, and compose an object?
How to examine and measure the phenomena of colour mixing?
What are the different colour harmony models?
How does light interact with surfaces?
What are the fundamentals of perspective?
Study forms and methods
You will attend classes according to a weekly schedule at the Kouvola campus.
Your active participation in these scheduled lessons is mandatory. Remote participation is not possible. Generally, scheduled contact lessons are neither recorded nor duplicated as online lectures.
You will progress by attending scheduled lessons and completing tasks and assignments individually or in groups.
You must complete the given assignments and practical exercises.
RDI and work-related cooperation
No RDI in this course
Timing of exams and assignments
The course is completed by assignments that are assessed according to specified criteria. There is no exam in this course.
Student workload
• 1 ECTS credits equals 27 hours of work by the student.
• In a 5-credit course, the student's total maximum workload is approximately 135 hours including lessons, group work and independent study.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
The student’s performance is assessed with reference to the learning objectives and assessment criteria of the course. The course completion requires that assignments are assessed with a passing grade.