COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN SURFACE DESIGN

The course is a three-year broad-based qualification to train students to be aware of, and to remain constantly in touch with, the ever-changing pulse of the textile design and lifestyle industries. The course is the platform for further study towards the degree BTech in Textile Design and Technology, which is awarded after a further year of study and allows for research and specialisation in the student’s chosen field.

Type: undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Design studies


• Drawing for designs


• Design technology


• Professional design practice


• History and art of design

Second Year Subjects:

• Textile design technology


• Textile design


• Preparatory studies


• Textile design practice


• Textile and design studies

Third Year Subjects:

• Textile design technology


• Textile design


• Preparatory studies


• Textile design practice


• Textile and design studies

Careers: Surface Designer, fashion designer

Source: www.cput.ac.za