For the first year and first half of the second year, in addition to basic studies in painting and sculpture, students choose three of the seminars offered by the Department and complete practical exercises in the fundamentals of each.

From the second half of the second year into the third and fourth years, students split into the following three courses for further study.

In this course, students choose their major by the type of material: metalwork, which involves working with metals through such processes as forging and casting; woodwork, in which wood materials are worked to make craft items including furniture; ceramics, in which clay is modeled and fired; textiles, which deal with fibers (cloth), based on skills such as dyeing and weaving; and glassmaking, in which glass is formed into various shapes. Students learn the traditional techniques in their chosen discipline, and while exploring new manufacturing technologies and applications ranging from objects that are a familiar part of our everyday lives to works of a more artistic nature, think through their hands, probing the possibilities of handwork in objects.

Industrial design covers all industrial goods from cars, trains and planes, to information and communication tools such as mobile phones and PCs, household appliances such as televisions, rice cookers and vacuum cleaners, toys and sporting goods, medical equipment and welfare aids, plus the machine tools and production/industrial machinery used to make these products. Students develop ideas for the many industrial goods produced for our convenience with a view to the living environments of the future, and focusing on the lives of the people who use these products. In the process they develop a broad outlook and all-round creative ability that also enables them to consider issues in natural resources and the environment.

In the Interior Design course, students learn how to design tools for everyday living, the spaces that enclose these tools, and interior environments that address the relationship between them, with an emphasis on lifestyle and ensuring optimum habitability. At the same time they study the design of interior elements such as furniture and lighting, along with different materials and technical skills, taking into account human dimensions and behavior. They also study public spaces such as commercial facilities including hotels and restaurants, and learn to design outdoor environments, mainly street furniture. The objective in all these activities is to develop the capacity to view residential environments as a collection of element systems, and combine these systems into a unified whole.