Program Details

IIT Bombay offers undergraduate students the possibility of taking up minor courses in departments, other than their own department. This provision provides students with a broader foundation at the undergraduate level. As one of the departments of IIT Bombay, IDC now offers a set of minor courses and institute electives. From the department point of view, there is no difference between a minor course and an institute elective.  In fact some of the courses we offered were open as an institute elective as well as the minor course. 

All students at IIT Bombay have to take two or three institute electives during their four year programme which is compulsory.  Some of these might be design courses from IDC.  Students wishing to get a minor degree in design are required to take at least five IDC courses. The minor course offering from IDC would include a few introductory courses, a set of courses that offer an overview of the specializations at IDC, and additional courses that faculty may want to offer.  In addition, students may want to take up a studio project with any faculty who are interested in offering a semester-long project. In case the same student want to continue further, he/she can continue to next semester with studio project II. 

The objective in offering these courses is to provide an exposure in design to students of technology and bringing about a better awareness towards design in the long run. It is also likely that a few of the engineering students who have earned a minor in design, may choose to undertake further studies at IDC.

Studio Projects

Studio Projects give an opportunity to B.Tech students to work on hands-on-projects at IDC. It is suggested that students visit the IDC website to understand the research interests of faculty members at IDC and follow this up by an email to the concerned faculty for an appointment to discuss possible projects. Alternately students may write to some faculty member with their project idea and choose a project topic after discussing this with the faculty.

It is expected that students take initiatives in pursuing the chosen project as the studio projects, typically have no lecture component and learning is expected through experimental and experiential approaches.

After finalizing a project, students need to register using the prescribed Registration Form available at IDC office or you can download here; get it signed by the IDC faculty guiding the project and submit it to the IDC office.

Course Credits

Minor Program Course Credits:

Minor – Autumn Semester

Course Number	Course Name	Credits
DE 401	Basics of Visual Communication	6
DE 403	Studio Project I	6
DE 405	Studio Project II	6
DE 407	Technology and Animation	6
DE 409	Introduction to Ergonomics	6
DE 411	Design Issues	6
DE 413	Introduction to Scriptiwriting	6

Minor – Spring Semester 

Course Number	Course Name	Credits
DE 402	Introduction to design – case studies	6
DE 404	Basics of Animation	6
DE 406	Information Graphics and Data Visualization	6
DE 403	Studio Project I	6
DE 405	Studio Project II	6
DE 408	Elements of Design I	6
DE 410	Perspectives on World Cinema	6