Ticket to a bachelor’s degree
MANAGEMENT and Science University (MSU) offers SPM/ SPMV school-leavers with quality preparatory programmes for direct entry to the university’s range of bachelor’s degree programmes.
Seven specialisations offered in MSU’s Foundation programmes are Visual Arts, Science Biology or Health Science, Information Technology, Law, Business, Engineering and Technology and TESL.
Designed to ensure preparedness for bachelor’s degree studies, the programmes develop important study skills while raising the student’s language proficiency, cultural awareness, and subject knowledge.
A student with a keen interest in the Visual Arts disciplines, the Foundation in Visual Arts (FVA) is a good option to start with.
The visual arts are art forms that create works that are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film-making and architecture. Also included within the visual arts are the applied arts such as industrial design, graphic design, fashion design, interior design and decorative art.
Foundation in Visual Arts
The MSU’s Foundation in Visual Arts aims to equip its students with a firm grounding in basic techniques and principles in the field of visual arts. The courses are focused mainly on developing the intellectual and creative development of the students in both the theoretical and practical areas.
Through this programme, students will acquire the foundation skills, techniques and theories which enable them to utilise a variety of medium such as drawing, animation, illustration, photography, digital imaging and computer applications.
Upon completion of the course, successful candidates can proceed to Bachelor in Graphic Design or any other related courses in MSU through Faculty of information Sciences and Engineering (FISE), or they can also opt to further their studies at any of the higher learning institutions, locally or abroad.
Other areas of specialisation that the students may choose at the bachelor’s level at MSU include games design and animation, instructional multimedia, visual communication and marketing, creative video and photography, new media and creative multimedia.
A top international university in Malaysia and the country’s best teaching and learning university, MSU prioritises student development to enhance graduate employability. Its highly qualified academics and international visiting professors support a holistic curricular framework that delivers compelling learning experiences.
Blending technical vocational education and training (TVET) with traditional academic curricula, MSU enhances competencies with industry internship, community and creative entrepreneurship, as well as global exposure; empowering MSU graduates with the well-roundedness desired and sought after by employers.
Steeped in a culture of research and innovation as well as social entrepreneurship, technology driven MSU comprises the Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, the Faculty of Business Management & Professional Studies, the Faculty of Information Sciences & Engineering, the International Medical School, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Education & Social Sciences, the School of Hospitality & Creative Arts, the Post Graduate Centre and the Centre for Fundamental Studies.