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3rd Bachelor in Computer Graphics Design

 ECTS CreditsNumber of Hours (h/year)
2,530
1,515
215
1,515
Orientation au choix
Graphisme - Prépresse
3,545
3,545
2,530
2,530
4,560
675
Web - Multimédia
3,545
14,5180
4,560
3D - Vidéo
675
2,530
3,545
675
4,560
18210
12140

(3D) Advanced 3D Techniques

ECTS Credits6
Number of Hours (h/year)75
Teaching staffCLAISSE, Nicolas
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0044/3
Prerequisite

3D 2nd year's courses.

Aims and Objectives

Definition and realisation of a personal 3D animation project, from pre-production to post-production. The student is able to analyse the needs and constraints of the project; he learns the specific techniques needed for its realisation.

Description

Conception of a project, needs analysis.

Optimisation and organisation methods. Application of the workflow.

Specific techniques for the realisation of a 3D animation, adapted to the needs of the project.

Compositing.

Bibliography

Réaliser un film en animation 3D de Benoît Melançon

Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

(3D) Pré-production

ECTS Credits3,5
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffVILAIN, Dominique
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0045/3
Prerequisite
Aims and Objectives

Creation of short movie in 3D according to a methodology

Description

Talks about Screenwriting and Movie Production

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

(W) Projets Web - partim 1

ECTS Credits14,5
Number of Hours (h/year)180
Teaching staffVILAIN, Dominique
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0049/3
Prerequisite

HTML

CSS

Javascript

PHP

MySQL

Flash & Actionscript

Aims and Objectives

Master good practices in web developpement

Description

various CMS,  a PHP Framework, various productivity tools

Bibliography

A Book Apart collection

Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsWritten and/or oral examination
Projects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

(W) Projets Web - partim 2

ECTS Credits4,5
Number of Hours (h/year)60
Teaching staffVILAIN, Dominique
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0050/3
Prerequisite

HTML

CSS

Javascript

PHP

MySQL

Flash & Actionscript

Aims and Objectives

Master good practices in web developpement

Description

various CMS,  a PHP Framework, various productivity tools

Bibliography

A Book Apart collection

Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsWritten and/or oral examination
Projects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

(2D) Traitement d'images avancé

ECTS Credits6
Number of Hours (h/year)75
Teaching staffXHENSEVAL, Jérome
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0035/3
Prerequisite

To have passed the course of "Création infographique 2D" (2nd year)

Aims and Objectives

General objective: to discover or deepen the technical image processing (correction, retouching and manipulation) in Photoshop.

Project 1: to restore damaged images using appropriate techniques

Project 2: to edit (ton improve aesthetic) images using appropriate techniques

Project 3: to process images using appropriate techniques and to make a compositing technically flawless and developed in terms of its aesthetics.

Description

Images to restore (Project No. 1), images to retouch (Project No. 2) and reference materials as inspiration (Project No. 3).

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

(2D) Graphisme avancé

ECTS Credits4,5
Number of Hours (h/year)60
Teaching staffLUSSARDI, Anne
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0036/3
Prerequisite
  • To attempt the graphic design course in the second year.
  • To handle Illustrator and Photoshop.
Aims and Objectives
  • To communicate an idea, a message through a visual.
  • To adapt one's visual to different targets.
  • To understand different types of media, communications: illustrations, advertisements, photographs, animations, ...
Description
  • To analyse different forms of graphic art (logos, posters, etc..) to know all aspects of graphic expression as well as language and writing.
  • To link forms and content. To perceive explicit and implicit content of a media; bring more value to the image thnaks to creativity, originality, aesthetic sense, critical sense.
  • Using the drawing as a tool of expression.
Bibliography
  • DABNER David, « Création graphique », Editions Eyrolles, 2009
  • DABNER David, « Maquette et mise en page », Editions Eyrolles, 2008
  • RAIMES Jonathan, BHASKARAN Lakshmi, Retro Graphics, Eyrolles, 2007
  • LEWANDOWSKY Pina, ZEISCHEGG Francis, « Les sens du visuel », bloc notes publishing, 2003
Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials
Project or fieldwork

Application through exercises always taking into account the various theories learned.

Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

(2D) Graphisme / Prépresse - partim 1

ECTS Credits3,5
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffSPIRLET, Xavier
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0037/3
Prerequisite

Having passed all the courses of the "Graphisme / Prépresse" orientation from 2nd bac 

Aims and Objectives

To get the students to master prepress and CG techniques in a realistic context, faced with real clients constraints. 

Description

Workshops where students work on projects which are proposed by real-life clients (and acknowledged by the professors). The students have to present results that are professionnal and that are made under technical and timing conditions that compare to what they will find later in their professional life. 

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

(2D) Graphisme / Prépresse - partim 2

ECTS Credits3,5
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffDELAYEN, Eric
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0038/3
Prerequisite

Having passed all the courses of the "Graphisme / Prépresse" orientation from 2nd bac 

Aims and Objectives

To get the students to master prepress and CG techniques in a realistic context, faced with real clients constraints. 

Description

Workshops where students work on projects which are proposed by real-life clients (and acknowledged by the professors). The students have to present results that are professionnal and that are made under technical and timing conditions that compare to what they will find later in their professional life. 

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Project or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench
English

(2D) Graphisme / Prépresse - partim 3

ECTS Credits2,5
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffSPIRLET, Xavier
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0039/3
Prerequisite

Having passed all the courses of the "Graphisme / Prépresse" orientation from 2nd bac

Aims and Objectives

To get the students to master prepress and CG techniques in a realistic context, faced with real clients constraints. 

Description

Workshops where students work on projects which are proposed by real-life clients (and acknowledged by the professors). The students have to present results that are professionnal and that are made under technical and timing conditions that compare to what they will find later in their professional life. 

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

(2D) Graphisme / Prépresse - partim 4

ECTS Credits2,5
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffDELAYEN, Eric
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0040/3
Prerequisite

Having passed all the courses of the "Graphisme / Prépresse" orientation from 2nd bac 

Aims and Objectives

To get the students to master prepress and CG techniques in a realistic context, faced with real clients constraints. 

Description

Workshops where students work on projects which are proposed by real-life clients (and acknowledged by the professors). The students have to present results that are professionnal and that are made under technical and timing conditions that compare to what they will find later in their professional life. 

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Project or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench
English

(3D) Graphisme 3D

ECTS Credits2,5
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffXHENSEVAL, Jérome
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0041/3
Prerequisite

To have passed the course of "Graphisme Web" (2nd year)

Aims and Objectives

To master computer graphic techniques in order to apply them to graphic creations

Description

Technical application excercises

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

(3D) Création 3D et animation

ECTS Credits6
Number of Hours (h/year)75
Teaching staffBOUDRON, Thomas
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0043/3
Prerequisite

3D 2nd year's courses.

Aims and Objectives

Definition and realisation of a personal 3D animation project, from pre-production to post-production. The student is able to analyse the needs and constraints of the project; he learns the specific techniques needed for its realisation.

Study of stereoscopic 3D anaglyph.

Learning Vray.

Description

Conception of a project, needs analysis. Application of the workflow.

Study of character design, body mechanics and acting. Implementation of the 12 principles of animation.

Specific techniques for the realisation of a 3D animation, adapted to the needs of the project.

Create realistic renderings with Vray. Use of multipass and Ids of Vray. Composition of the pass in Photoshop or Nuke.

Creating an animated 3D anaglyph.

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Project or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

(W) Applications Internet Riches

ECTS Credits3,5
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffSAUVAIRE, Romain
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0051/3
Prerequisite

Know the basic technologies such as HTML, CSS, Javascript

Aims and Objectives

Accompany the student to understand the tools and frameworks used to create or help create a rich interface.

Description

Organized labor. jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile, Appcelerator / PhoneGap, HTML5, CSS3

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Project or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

Projet de Fin d'Etudes

ECTS Credits18
Number of Hours (h/year)210
Teaching staffLOVINFOSSE, Vinciane
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 2
CodeTECH-GRAI0018/3
Prerequisite
Aims and Objectives

To impmement a project using sommatively teached methods

Description

Students have to realise a professional project and to choose adequate methods

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork

Project or fieldwork

Assessment Methods

In a well-structured written document called "Raport de stage" students describe their work and research.  This document is assessed by the supervising teacher and the reading teacher.

Students also have to present their work orally to a jury of teachers and experts.  This is assessed by the jury members.

NotesNo
LanguageFrench

Introduction aux droits d'auteur

ECTS Credits2
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffETIENNE, Véronique
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0021/3
Prerequisite

None

Aims and Objectives

The objective is to initiate students into copyright. In other words:

- to discover the meaning of “copyright”,

-  to learn the bases of copyright ( the titular, the protected works, etc.),

- to make oneself familiar with some law items (economic rights, moral rights , etc.),

- to be aware of the extent and the consequences of copyright ( the implications in your private and professional life).

Description

The course hold different chapters:

-          The mains principles of copyright.

-          The legal protection of computer programs.

-          The legal protection of databases.

The different notions of the first part will be used to open the more specific fields of the other parts.

Bibliography

- BERTRAND André, « La protection des logiciels », in Que sais-je ?, PUF, Paris.

- DE BROGLIE Gabriel, « Le droit d’auteur et l’Internet », PUF, Paris, 2001.

- DERCLAYE Estelle et STROWEL Alain, « Droits d’auteur et numérique : logiciels, bases de données, multimédia », Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2001.

- Law of 30/06/1994 concerning to copyright (M.B.,27/07/1994).

 - The communal right 91/250 of 14/05/1991 concerning the legal protection of computer programs, traduced in Belgian right by the law of 30/06/1994 (M.B., 27/07/1994).

-The communal right 96/9 of 11/03/1996 concerning the legal protection of databases, traduced in Belgian right by the law of 31/08/1998 (M.B., 14/11/1998).

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

Communication

ECTS Credits1,5
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffETIENNE, Véronique
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0002/3
Prerequisite

None

Aims and Objectives

The objective of this course is to acquire the skills necessary to do two complex tasks:

→ To search and find an internship and ultimately a job

→ To write his graduation project.

Description

The course is based on two main themes (see Objectives). They are studied through:

- A theoretical part: it will be many opportunities to respond and to deepen the study subjects.

- Practical exercises: they are both directed and interactive and will bring to perform exercises alone or in groups, improvised or prepared.

Students must be involved in your learning (active participation in, work at home).

During these activities, students should reflect on various aspects of communication as they worked on their communication both verbal and nonverbal their relationship to them, the quality criteria which should demonstrate professional communication , ...).

Bibliography
  • GUISSE Florence, Techniques d’expression – notes de cours, Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège, Section construction, 3ème année.
  • RADOUX Séverine,Communication - notes de cours, Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège, Techniques Graphiques, 3ème année 2010-2011.
  • KLINKENBERG Jean-Marie, Précis de sémiotique générale, DeBoeck Université, Bruxelles, 1996.
  • MATTELART Armand et Michèle, Histoire des théories de la communication, Ed. La Découverte, Paris, 1995.
  • La nouvelle communication, Ed. du Seuil, 1981.
Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
Projects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

Logique image et argumentation

ECTS Credits1,5
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffETIENNE, Véronique
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0052/3
Prerequisite

Completion of course in 2nd year (Logic image and argumentation)

Aims and Objectives

Base on study realised in the 2nd year about image, we will look more closely at the components of a new image: our personnel image. We will analyse the image that we give during an oral presentation. In the second time, we will study the correct realization of an oral presentation (its content and the way to do it)

Description

The communication and its aims during an oral presentation

Study about components of an oral presentation : the structure, the topic, the argumentation, the language, the body language, …

Reflection about the way to create a good PowerPoint

Bibliography

Bonnici Peter et Roto Vision SA, « Visual language – the hidden medium of communication », New York, 1999

Cabin Philippe, « La communication. Etat des savoirs », Ed. Sciences Humaines, 1999.

Hardy Particia, « Les gestes qui parlent », in Week-end/L’express, 29, janvier 1993.

Leclercq Dieudonné,« Comment saloper sa présentation PowerPoint ?», Ulg, 2005.

http://www.prisedeparole.com

http://users.skynet.be/fralica/dispo56/pip/acti654.htm

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials

Through theory, we will progressively elaborate the subjects stated under “Description”. Based on this theory, students by research groups would be realise some exercises about oral presentation. After each presentation,  the teacher with students will give some remarks. It will be the opportunity to study thoroughly some details of each presentation. 

Assessment MethodsOral examinations
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

Stage de 12 semaines en entreprise

ECTS Credits12
Number of Hours (h/year)140
Teaching staffLOVINFOSSE, Vinciane
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 2
CodeTECH-GRAI0017/3
Prerequisite
Aims and Objectives

To place students for 12 weeks in a professional environment.

Description

Students will have to solve a (several) problems put forward by their placement patron.

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsProject or fieldwork
Assessment Methods

The placement is assessed by the placement patron.

In a wekk-structured written document called "Rapport de stage" students describe their work and research.  This document is assessed by the supervising teacher.

NotesNo
LanguageFrench

(3D) Vidéo: Réalisation et post-production

ECTS Credits4,5
Number of Hours (h/year)60
Teaching staffBORREMANS, Olivier
Course UnitOptional
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0042/3
Prerequisite

To have regularly attended the courses during the last year

Aims and Objectives

To master CG techniques in order to apply them to graphic creation

Description

Case study, application exercises, creative projects

Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsTutorials
Group seminars or workshops
Laboratory work
Project or fieldwork
Assessment MethodsProjects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesNo
LanguageFrench

Anglais

ECTS Credits2,5
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffGERADON, Carine; NICOLAY, Nathalie; SMETS, Dominique
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1
CodeTECH-GRAI0003/3
Prerequisite

grammatical and lexical basics

Aims and Objectives

Improve speaking, writing and listening skills

familiarize the students with the different steps of the hiring process (job interview, writing a CV, a cover letter)

Description

writing of a 'paper' (on a 3D project) - writing a CV + a cover letter

Powerpoint presentation of a 3D- related topic  - mock job interview

understanding authentic material (articles, videos)

Bibliography

Guide to Essay Writing - Smets et Carré

How to Make an Effective Presentation - Smets er Carré

How to make Effective and Competitive Applications - Géradon et Nicolay

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsWritten and/or oral examination
Continuous assessment
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench
English

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