Bachelor of Design
March 1, 2024 2026-07-14 7:05Bachelor of Design
Bachelor of Design (Textile Design)
This 4-year dynamic program aims to develop student artistic, conceptual thinking along with integrated practical skills, in meeting the industrial demands. The program enhances student’s skill-set in multiple design dimensions leading towards future endeavors. First year starts with foundation courses for two semesters where students are introduced to the basics of Drawing, Design, Drafting and 3D Studio alongside theory courses. In semester 3, Textile design students proceed towards learning a variety of major Textile design courses; color, print design, knitting, stitching, pattern making, weaving, fiber dyeing so forth.
In semester 5 and 6, students are exposed to advanced level of textile design courses which develop their analytical, conceptual and technical approaches to formulate their creative venture for global linkages. Students are further introduced to supportive courses such as textile history, textile marketing and merchandizing, textile pricing and costing. In semester 7 and 8 students are free to choose their self-initiated project and work towards a design intervened approach encompassing textiles for their final degree show.
Our Vision is to impart substantial and meaningful learning from inter-relationship of subjects, giving a rich and versatile education that leads to high quality of innovation, creativity & ingenuity.
Our mission is to provide a comprehensive practical and theory-based education addressing various aspects of textile and applied art – enabling students to enhance their artistic capacities in competing in a professionally global market.
Admission Requirments
Qualifications:
- FA/F.Sc Part-I with minimum 50% marks OR A-level in three main subjects (no subsidiary) with minimum Grade C (50%) with Equivalence Certificate OR Grade 12 with minimum Grade C (50%) with Equivalence Certificate.
- All applicants must appear for an aptitude test based on drawing and design ability. An interview and portfolio review of previous work will be conducted of the short listed applicants.
Degree Requirments
To receive Bachelor of Design degree, a student must complete a total of 144 credit hours with a minimum CGPA of 2.50.
Road Map
Semester 1
Course Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours | |
Interdisciplinary Course | |||||
TEXD 103 | 3D Foundation Model & Material | ✓ |
| 3 | |
Elective Course | |||||
TEXD – 102 | Illustration and AI -Ideation |
| ✓ | 2 | |
Major Courses | |||||
TEXD 101 | Design Foundation with AI | ✓ |
| 3 | |
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| ✓ |
| 2 | |
Core / General Education | |||||
General Education | Functional English |
| ✓ | 3 | |
General Education | ICT |
| ✓ | 3 | |
General Education | ISL- Islamic Studies |
| ✓ | 2 | |
Total | 18 | ||||
Semester 2
Course Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours | |
Interdisciplinary Course | |||||
TEXD 205 | 2D Drafting & AI generated Models | ✓ |
| 2 | |
Elective Course | |||||
TEXD 206 | History of Visual Art |
| ✓ | 2 | |
Major Courses | |||||
TEXD 203 | 3D Design – Fundamentals with AI integration | ✓ |
| 3 | |
Core / General Education | |||||
KCC I | (A & H) |
| ✓ | 2 | |
General Education | Expository Writing |
| ✓ | 3 | |
General Education | ICT |
| ✓ | 3 | |
General Education | (ICP) Ideology and Constitution of Pakistan |
| ✓ | 2 | |
Total |
| 17 | |||
Semester 3
Category | Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours |
Elective / Theory | ART 204 | (A & H)-History of Art III |
| ✓ | 2
|
Reference entry | TEXD 316 | History of Design |
| ✓ | |
Major | TEXD 301 | AI Generative Textile Basics | ✓ |
| 2 |
Major option | TEXD 302A / TEXD 305B | Knitted Textile-A / Elementary Pattern Making I-B | ✓ |
| 2 |
Major | TEXD 303A | Weave-Constructed Textile | ✓ |
| 2 |
Major | TEXD 304 | Fiber, Dyeing & Resist Printing | ✓ |
| 2 |
Major | TEXD 308 | AI-Digital Textile | ✓ |
| 2 |
General Education | GE | Quantitative Reasoning I (Statistics) |
| ✓ | 3 |
General Education | GE | Community-(ACP) |
| ✓ | 2 |
General Education | UHQ/UHB | Understanding of Quran I & II |
| ✓ | 2 |
| 17-19 | ||||
Semester 4
Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours |
TEXD 416 | History of Textile Design I | ✓ | 2 | |
ART 254 | History of Art IV | |||
TEXD 401 | Textile Tool & Technique with AI | ✓ | 2 | |
TEXD 402 | Textile Print Categories with AI | ✓ | 2 | |
TEXD 403 | AI-Powered Conceptual Textile | ✓ | 2 | |
TEXD 404 | Knitted Textile-C / Weaving | ✓ | 2 | |
TEXD 405 | Elementary Pattern Making I-D | ✓ | ||
TEXD 303A | Weave-Constructed Textile | — | ||
TEXD 408 | Digital Textile Design with AI Tools | ✓ | 2 | |
GE | SS-Social Science | ✓ | 2 | |
GE | QR-Math-Quantitative Reasoning II (Mathematics) | ✓ | 3 | |
GE | Pakistan Studies | ✓ | 2 | |
19 | ||||
Semester 5
Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours | |
TEXD 516 | History of Textile Design II |
| ✓ | 2
| |
ART 304 | History of Art V |
|
| ||
TEXD 503 / TEXD 501 | Knitted Advance Textile / Knitting II | ✓ |
| — | |
TEXD 503 | AI Enhanced Home Textile | ✓ |
| 3 | |
TEXD 502 | Woven Advance Textile | ✓ |
| 2 | |
TEXD 507 | Textile Surface & AI | ✓ |
| 2 | |
TEXD 508EC / 504ED / 505A / 506B | Interdisciplinary Fiber Art / Eco-Textile Manipulation / Draping-Textile Design / Pattern Making-Textile | ✓ |
| 3 | |
TEXD 509 | Textile Merchandizing |
| ✓ | 3 | |
TEXD 511 | AI & Digital Home Textile | ✓ |
| 2 | |
| 17 | ||||
Semester 6
Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours | ||
TEXD 601 | Woven Sustainable Textile | ✓ |
| 2 | ||
TEXD 614A | Sustainable Textile Accessories-A | ✓ |
| 2 | ||
TEXD 610B / TEXD 610 | Eco-Techno Textile-B / Eco-Techno Textile | ✓ |
| — | ||
TEXD 611 | AI-Apparel Textile Design | ✓ |
| 2 | ||
TEXD 612 | AI-Tech Pack & Textile Collection | ✓ |
| 3 | ||
TEXD 613EA / 616EB / 617EC | Contemporary Fiber Art-A / Introductory Sewing-B / Draping-Textile Design-C | ✓ |
| 3-6 | ||
TEXD 615 | Design Seminar II | ✓ | ✓ | — | ||
TEXD 618 | Digital Apparel Collection | ✓ |
| 2 | ||
TEXD 620 | History of Textile Design II |
| ✓ | 2 | ||
GE | Entrepreneurship |
| ✓ | 2 | ||
Internship | Internship offered in Summer | ✓ |
| — | ||
Semester credit note: Semester planning load varies by selected options: 18-21 | 18 |
| ||||
Semester 7
Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours |
TEXD 703A | Textile AI-Design Intervention | ✓ |
| 3 |
TEXD 705 | AI & Experimental Textiles | ✓ |
| 3 |
TEXD 706 | Textile Product Technicalities & AI Tool | ✓ |
| 2 |
TEXD 708 | AI-Powered Research Methodology |
| ✓ | 2 |
TEXD 702 | AI Integrated Portfolio Collection | ✓ |
| 2 |
GE | Entrepreneurship | ✓ |
| 2 |
Internship | Internship | ✓ |
| 3 |
| 17 | |||
Semester 8
Code | Course Title | Practical | Theoretical | Credit Hours |
TEXD 801A | AI-Powered Thesis Textile Design Capstone Project | ✓ |
| 6 |
TEXD 802 | AI-Product Development | ✓ |
| 2 |
TEXD 803 | AI-Apparel Collection Development | ✓ |
| 2 |
TEXD 806 | AI-Textile Product Merchandizing | ✓ |
| 2 |
TEXD 818 | Dissertation-Art & Design (Completion & Submission) |
| ✓ | 2 |
TEXD 803 | AI-Portfolio Collection II | ✓ |
| 3 |
KCC IV | Legal Consciousness and Life Skills |
| ✓ | 2 |
| 19 | |||
Courses Breakup
Category | Required Credit Hours |
General Education/Core Courses | 34 |
KC Core | 4 |
Interdisciplinary | 12 |
Major | 79 |
Internship | 3 |
Capstone Project | 6 |
Elective Courses | 6 |
Grand Total | 144 |
Active Citizenship Program
Active Citizenship program offered by Kinnaird College in collaboration with British Council and HEC is a social leadership training program that promotes intercultural dialogue and community-led social development. It is a mandatory requirement for the completion of underGraduate degree and based on two semesters. All students will study the theoretical portion through different activities starting in their 3rd semester. They will plan their social action projects in 4th semester and implement it in the field.