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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]