School of Illustration

MFA Illustration

First Year - 21.0 Units

First Semester 12.0 Units

• FA_626: MS: Chiaroscuro
  [Core]
• ILL_610: MS: Clothed Figure Drawing
  [Core]
• (FA_606: MS: Still Life Painting, OR FA_630: MS: Color Theory)
  [Core] [Core]
• GLA_***:
  [Graduate Liberal Arts Elective: Art Historical Awareness & Aesthetic Sensitivity category]

Second Semester 9.0 Units

• (ILL_620: MS: The Graphic Novel 1, OR ILL_602: MS: Concept, Technique and Illustration)
  [Core] [Core]
• (ANM_633: MS: Character Design & Drawing for Animators, ILL_612: MS: Sustained Figurative Concepts, OR ILL_699: MS: Special Topics)
  [Core] [Core] [Core] *Take ILL 699 Character Design for Children's Book
• FA_602: MS: Head Drawing
  [Core]

Second Year - 24.0 Units

Third Semester 12.0 Units

• ILL_625: MS: Perspective for Illustrators
  [Core]
• (ILL_630: MS: The Graphic Novel 2, ILL_635: MS: Children's Book Illustration, OR ILL_606: MS: Editorial Illustration)
  [Core] [Core] [Core]
• ILL_660: MS: Digital Painting
  [Core]
• GLA_***:
  Graduate Liberal Arts Elective: Cross Cultural Understanding category

Fourth Semester 12.0 Units

• ***_***:
  [Elective By Advisement Course]
• ILL_800: MS: Directed Study
  [Directed Study]
• ILL_800: MS: Directed Study
  [Directed Study]
• GLA_***:
  [Graduate Liberal Arts Elective]

Third Year - 18.0 Units

Fifth Semester 9.0 Units

• ***_***:
  [Elective By Advisement Course]
• ILL_800: MS: Directed Study
  [Directed Study]
• ILL_800: MS: Directed Study
  [Directed Study]

Sixth Semester 9.0 Units

• ILL_800: MS: Directed Study
  [Directed Study]
• ILL_800: MS: Directed Study
  [Directed Study]
• GLA_675: Professional Practices for Illustrators
  [Graduate Liberal Arts Elective: Professional Practices category]