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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

The department of Industrial Design was established by the University Senate in 1991. The establishment embraced a 5-year intensive programme leading to the award of B.Tech. Industrial Design with specialisation in Ceramics, Textiles and Graphics. At the inception, the initial intake of students was thirteen with only three academic staff members and two non-teachings aboard. Presently, the staff strength has risen drastically to fourteen composing of twelve Academic staff and two non- academic staff. At the initial stage of the department, as expected, the department lacked some teaching materials, equipment and tools for effective teaching of students in all the areas of specialisation. The uniqueness of the department is attributed to the academic deliverance of the dedicated lecturers who are always ready to contribute to the growth and well being of the unit.

The programmes embarked upon in the department are in essence multi-disciplinary in nature, which give opportunity to individual to operate freely and academically within the philosophy of design, art and craft. The range of aesthetics expressions of the students and lecturers are similarly plural and cross-cultural. On the whole, the department focuses basically on the production of tangible, functional, aesthetic oriented conceptual objects that could be of immense value for private and industrial use. In like vein, the programmes aim at exploiting the rich industries with new concepts and equally proffer solutions to problems concerning creativity in the industrial world. Students are solely trained to experiment, create new focus and concepts and to explore new mode in Design.

The training also deals with conceptualization, designing, shaping, colouring, finishing, decorating, modelling and producing prototypes of products and objects. The interrelationship between art, science and technology makes it possible for Industrial Designers to gain insight into cultural, traditional and contemporary designs to meet the environmental needs.

i. The range of exposure and the scope of the Programmes in Industrial Design are aimed at producing competent, skilled and creative industrialist capable of upholding, sustaining and linking educational experiences to the values and needs of the society.

ii. The programme is also aimed at exploiting the rich cultural and traditional design and production processes to enrich various industries.

iii. To involve institutions in the process of exploiting design and production problems of our National Industries generally and attempt to find solutions to the problems.

iv. To promote the National Industry through original designs and adaptability to meet the fast changing needs of the society.

Successes Recorded in the Department

At the initial stage, the students' intake was just thirteen (13) but presently this has increased over the years to ninety-two (92) students. Staff development, which is usually very crucial in every university setting, took off in the department in 1999 and to date five (5) academic staff have benefitted from the programme. Till date the department has been able to graduate twenty-five (25) students, thus contributing to the manpower need of the country.

Potentials of the Department

Graduates from the department are trained to be self-sufficient, self-reliant and job creators, thus with their academic career that embraces both theory and practice, they are being propelled to help in setting up cottage industries that could be of value to nation building.

Challenges

The department's main challenge is to have full accreditation when the time comes. We have been having "Partial" status and it is our hope that the forth coming accreditation exercise would be more favourable. To meet all these demands, the institution has to help in giving the department the backing it needs.

List of Heads of the Department since its Inception

S/No	Name	Status	Year
1.	Malam A.Y. Bunu	Overseer of the department	1991 - 1996
2.	Mrs. H.C. Ogbu	Ag. HOD	Dec. 1996 - Jan. 1999
3.	Mr. J.O. Ewule	HOD	Feb. 1999 - Feb. 2002
4.	Mr. M.M. Mshelia	Ag. HOD	Mar. 2002 - Apr. 2003
5.	Mr. J.O.Ewule	HOD	May 2003 Till Date

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The curriculum aspires to achieve the following objectives:
a. To stimulate and nurture design and creativity in all ramifications.

b. To encourage and guide the students to use their creative skills to enhance technological developments and improve the quality of the Nigerian Environment.

c. To produce Industrial Designers who would be culturally literate and productively knowledgeable.

d. To raise the level of Industrial Design awareness in the students and by extension among Nigerians through research, academic publications and exhibitions.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Admission for Bachelor of Technology Industrial Design are at 100 and 200 levels.

DEGREE AWARDED:
Design theory and practice shall constitute the core courses leading to the award of B. Tech. Industrial Design-with specialization in Ceramics, Graphics, Textiles Design and Technology. The department hopes to increase the areas of specialization to include Glass Design Technology and Fashion Design Technology in future.

100 LEVEL ENTRY:
Candidates must have met the cut-off point requirement at JME and in addition must posses the WASC/GCE, SSCE or Grade II Certificate with passes at credit level in at least five of the following:- English language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geography, Technical Drawing/ Fine Art or Creative Arts.

DIRECT ENTRY –200 LEVEL
Candidates are to possess GCE’A’ Level in two or three subjects, one of which should be in Fine Art, Technical Drawing, NCE double major in Art, OND/HND with credit in Art and Design in addition to the five credits at WASC, GCE, SSCE Ordinary Level in four science courses including English and Mathematics.

DURATION OF THE STUDY:
The programme is a five year programme leading to the award of B. Tech. Industrial Design. Candidates who secured admission through U.M.E and Pre-Degree programme have five years as duration of study while those admitted through J.A.M.B (Direct Entry) will spend four years.

STAFF

S/ No.	Name	Qualification	Rank/ Status	Remarks
1.	Mr. J.O. Ewule	Dip-F/A, B.A., GRA. Cert. Ed. & M.A (ABU)	Snr. Lecturer	Head of Department
2.	Mrs. H.C. Ogbu	B.A (ABU) & M.FA (Nigeria)	Lecturer I	-
3.	Gordy A. Iyama	NCE-F/A, B.A & MFA (UniBen)	Lecturer II	-
4.	Mrs. Ruth Mataba Gadzama	Cert., Dip., B.A. (ABU), MBA (UniMaid), M.Tech (ATBU)	Lecturer II	-
5.	Ms. A.N. Udeani	B.A (Nigeria) MFA (Nigeria)	Lecturer II	-
6.	Miyim M. Mshelia	B.A (Nigeria) MFA (Nigeria)	Lecturer II	-
7.	Mrs. O. Komolafe	B.A, MFA (Ile Ife)	Asst. Lecturer	-
8.	K.P. Daniel	NCE, (Hong) B.A (Unimaid)	Grad. Asst.	-
9.	A.D. Morakinyo	NCE (Pankshin), B.A (ABU)	Grad. Asst.	-
10.	U. Emmanuel Kanu	NCE (Yola), B.A (ABU)	Grad. Asst.	-
11.	Yahya Moh'd Sani	Cert (Bauchi) B.Tech (Yola)	Grad. Asst.	-
12.	Dr. Godwin Uka	B.A., M.A. (ABU), PhD (Nigeria)	Senior Lecturer	Visiting Senior Lecturer
13.	Dr. Salihu Maiwada	B.A., M.A., PhD (ABU)	Senior Lecturer	Visiting Senior Lecturer
14.	Prof. P.S.O. Aremu	B.A. (ABU), MFA (USA), Phd (Ibadan)	Prof.	Visiting Professor
15.	Mrs. Christiana Ignatius	FSLC, Typist Grade II, Typist I	Typist I
16.	Mr. Solomon Tizhe Yarhe	FSLC, Grade III Cert.	Office Attd.

Teaching and Research Facilities Available in the Department

There are three studios in the department comprising of Ceramics,
Graphics and Textile studio.

COURSE OUTLINE

100 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 101	Basic Design I	3
GY 105	Introduction to Practical Geography	1
GS 101	Use of English I	2
GS 105	Philosophy and Logic	2
CH 101	General Chemistry	3
CH 103	Chemistry Lab I	1
CS 101	Introduction to Computer Sciences I	3
MA 101	Elementary Mathematics I	3
	Total	18

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 102	Basic Design II	2
DS 104	Drawing with Basic Media	2
DS 106	Design (Art) Appreciation	1
CH 102	General Chemistry II	3
CH 104	Chemistry Lab II	1
GY 106	Introduction to Environmental Science	3
GS 102	Use of English II	2
GS 104	Social Science	2
CS 102	Introductory Computer Sciences II	3
	Total	19

200 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 201	History of Design I	1
DS 203	General Drawing- Indoor Objects	2
DS 205	Concepts in 2D Design Practice	3
DS 207	Concepts of 3D Design Practice	3
TE 279	Technical Drawing II	2
CS 201	Computer Programme I	3
GS 203	Nigerian People & Culture	3
GS 205	Communication Skills	2
GS 209	Use of Library	1
	Total	22

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 209	Intro. to Sculpture	2
DS 211	Intro. to Lettering & Typography	2
GL 203	Physical Geology	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 202	History of Design II	1
DS 204	General Drawing Landscape	3
DS 206	Prelude to Graphic & Textile Design	2
DS 208	Prelude to clay & Paper Pulp Manipulation	2
DS 210	Practical Relationships (Space, Surface, & Motifs) in Design	2
DS 212	Design, Art & Visual Perception	2
CS 202	Computer Programming II	2
GS 204	Nigerian People's & Culture	3
	Total	19

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 214	Intro. to Surface Design	2
DS 216	Basic Design Project (Do it yourself)	2
GY 202	Intro. to Population Geography	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

300 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 301	General Concepts of Surface Design	3
DS 303	Hand Building Techniques I	3
DS 305	Quick Sketches	2
DS 307	History of Design in Nigeria	1
DS 309	Basic Textile, Designing, Materials & Tools	2
GS 301	Technical Writing	2
MM 311	Industrial Org. & Entrepreneurship	2
CC 319	Principles of Economics	2
	Total	20

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
EC 313	Intro. to Heat Transfer	1
GY 319	Industrial Geography	2
CH 305	Reaction Kinetics	1
TE 311	Rural Community Development	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is four (4) Units.

(CERAMICS OPTION)

300 LEVEL: SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DC 302	Basic Throwing (Wheel Work)	3
DC 304	Hand Building Tech. II	3
DC 306	One piece mould processes	3
DS 308	Perspective Drawing	2
DC 310	Properties of clay bodies I	2
DS 312	History of Design Applications in Nig.	2
DC 334	Architectural Ceramics	2
	Total	19

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
PL 304	Industrial Development Planning	2
DG 332	Preamble to Photography	2
GL 312	Field Geology of Nigeria	2
TE 342	Computer Aided Design	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

(GRAPHICS OPTIONS)

300 LEVEL: SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DG 314	Design & illustration	3
DG 316	Advertising Design System	3
DG 318	Intro. to TV Graphics	3
DG 320	Technique in Printing	2
DS 312	History of Design Application in Nig.	2
DG 332	Preamble to Photography	2
DS 308	Perspective Drawing	2
	Total	19

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DC 334	Architectural Ceramics	2
GL 312	Field Geology of Nigeria	2
TE 342	Computer Aided Design	2
PL 304	Industrial Development Planning	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

(TEXTILES OPTION)

300 LEVEL: SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DT 322	Approach to Textile Weaving	3
DT 324	Exploration of Design ideas in Textile Mtd.	3
DT 326	Tie & Dye Concepts	3
DS 312	History of Design Applications in Nig.	2
DS 308	Perspective Drawing 2
DT 328	Theory of methods & materials in Resist, Weaving & Printing	2
DT 330	Clothed Figure Drawing	2
	Total	19

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 332	Preamble to Photography	2
AG 324	Extension Teaching, Learning process & Methods	2
GL 312	Field Geology of Nigeria	2
TE 342	Computer Aided Design	2
PL 304	Industrial Development Planning	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

400 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DC 401	Throwing forms (Focus on decorations wet, dry of fired stages)	3
DC 403	Hand Building of free forms	3
DC 405	Properties of clay bodies II	2
DC 407	One/ Two piece mould processes	3
DS 409	Principles & Issues in African Design	2
DS 411	General Drawing	2
DS 413	Computer Application in Design	2
DC 415	Research methods & Technical in Ceramics	1
	Total	20

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
TE 453	Vocational Guidance	2
PL 423	Techniques of Admin. Mgt.	2
TE 483	Quality Control	2
TE 405	Soil & Plant Analysis	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
SW499	SIWES	4
	Total	4

(GRAPHICS OPTION)

400 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DG 417	Book/Magazine Design & Illustrations	3
DG 419	Promotional Design (Poster & Press Advt.)	3
DG 421	Graphics Production Techniques	3
DG 423	Theory of methods & materials in Graphics	2
DG 425	Photography	2
DG 427	Research methods & Techn. in Graphics	1
DS 409	Principles & Issues in African Design	2
DS 411	General Drawing	2
DS 413	Computer Application in Design	2
	Total	20

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
TE 453	Vocational Guidance	2
PL 423	Techniques of Admin. Mgt.	2
AR 413	Interior Design for Architects	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
SW499	SIWES	4
	Total	4

(TEXTILES OPTION)

400 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DT 429	Woven & constructed Textile	3
DT 431	Dyed & Printed Textile	3
DT 433	Combined Reproduction Tech.	3
DT 435	Theory of methods & materials in Textile	2
DT 437	Research methods & Techn. in Textile	1
DT 439	Textile Organisation & Mgt.	2
DS 409	Principles & Issues in African Design	2
DS 411	General Drawing	2
DS 413	Computer Application in Design	2
	Total	20

ELECTIVES

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
TE 453	Vocational Guidance	2
PL 423	Techniques of Admin. Mgt.	2
AR 413	Interior Design for Architects	2

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Minimum electives to be taken is two (2) Units.

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
SW499	SIWES	4
	Total	4

(CERAMICS OPTION)

500 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DC 501	Throwing styles in Domestic wares	3
DC 503	Natural/ Abstract construction in ceramics	3
DC 505	Casting moulds (2,3, or more pieces) for casting	3
DS 507	Drawing (Free hand)	3
DC 511	Theory of Ceramic Techniques	2
DC 597	Design and Reproduction project in ceramics I	3
DS 509	Theory of contemporary European & American Design	2
	Total	19

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DC 502	Towards Independent throwing styles in Ceramics	3
DC 504	Structural & Industrial Ceramics	3
DC 506	Advanced Slip casting (Free Forms)	3
DC 598	Design and Reproduction project in ceramics II	4
DC 510	Ceramic theory & Critique	2
DS 512	Creative Design &Tools machine parts	2
DC 514	Kiln Design & Construction	3
	Total	20

(GRAPHICS OPTION)

500 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DG 517	Outdoor Advertising Graphics	3
DG 519	TV Graphics & Animation	3
DG 521	Theory of Graphics	2
DG 523	Editorial Graphics & Advt.	3
DS 507	Drawing (Free Hand)	3
DG 597	Design and Reproduction project in Graphics I	3
DS 509	Theory of contemporary European & American Design	2
	Total	19

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DG 516	Scenic Design Caption and Story Board Techniques in TV Graphics	3
DG 518	Experimental & Applied Photography	3
DG 520	Package Design & Reproduction	3
DG 598	Reproduction on project in Graphics & Dissertation	4
DG 524	Computer Application in Graphics	3
DG 526	Freelancing / Exhibition Graphics	2
DS 512	Creative Design &Tools machine parts	2
	Total	20

(TEXTILE OPTION)

500 LEVEL: FIRST SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DS 527	Paper Design for furnishing fabrics	3
DS 529	Weaving Technique & Practice I	3
DS 531	Textile Reproduction Process	3
DS 507	Drawing (Freehand)	3
DS 513	Theory of contemporary European & American Design	2
DS 597	Special Project Design in Textile	3
DS 535	Theory of Textile Design	2
	Total	19

SECOND SEMESTER

CODE	COURSE TITLE	Unit
DT 528	Weaving Technique & Practice II	3
DT 530	African Traditional & Contemporary Designs, Fabrics & Dresses	3
DT 532	Combined Reproduction Techniques	3
DT 534	Theory of methods & materials in Textile	2
DT 536	Freelancing / Exhibition in Textile	3
DT 598	Special project in Textiles/Dissertation	4
DS 512	Creative Design of machine parts & Tools	2
	Total	20

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNALS OF THE DEPARTMENT

i. The department has an ongoing research in accessing the Industrial Designer’s contribution to small and large scale industries in four major towns (Ganye, Mubi, Numan and Yola ) in Adamawa State. It is an inventory of related industries or organizations in relation to the area of specialization in the department which are Ceramics, Graphics and Textiles. It looks into accessing employed and trained designer’s (if any) contribution in such industries.

ii. The completed research study into identification of iron bearing stones found with in the locality are used to produce iron oxide (feo) and Ceramics stains. Iron bearing stones can be found around Girei, Jimeta and Yola town in large quantity for the production.

iii. The department serves as an adjunct Consultant to the Family Development Centre (FDC) Yola, Adamawa State.

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE DEPARTMENT
(a) Examination Committee
(b) Advisory Committee
(c ) Admission Screening Committee
(d) Staff Welfare Committee
(e) Exhibition Committee
(f) Disciplinary Committee.

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Head of Department

Department of Industrial Design

Federal University of Technology Yola

www.futy.edu.ng/academic/dindustrial.htm

hodindustrialdesign@futy.edu.ng

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