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Jewelry and Metal Arts 1

Create fine metal objects and jewelry using copper, brass, bronze, and sterling silver. Gain skills in stone setting, metal forging, die forming, basic chain making, and introductory casting.

Portrait Sculpture

Learn to sculpt portraits in clay as if it were bronze. You’ll understand differences in personal vs commissioned portraits, and a likeness vs. a psychological portrait, and present all as a means of expression.

Figure Studio

Represent the human figure in pictorial space based on your observations and your study of the human form. You’ll gain skills in proportional accuracy, foreshortening, and form and cast shadows to achieve convincing three-dimensional form of the figure.

Storyboarding 1: Basics of Storyboarding

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of professional storyboarding. Topics covered include cinematic and camera terms, storyboarding style per project type (TV commercial, TV animation, Live Action and Feature animation) and pitching.

Storyboarding Principles

Become an illustrative storyteller. Taking a step-by-step approach to story development, you’ll study the structural elements of storytelling, storyboarding formats, motion and animation, animatics, and character development.

Introduction to Computer Graphics for Animation

Explore the different disciplines that collectively contribute to computer graphics production. You’ll learn the basic concepts and terminology of computer graphics used in film, visual effects, games, and animation.

Hard Surface Modeling 1

Explore the different types of geometry in Maya (polygon, nurbs, and subdivision), focusing on polygonal and subdivision surfaces. You’ll get the basic and advanced tools needed to enhance the modeling experience in Maya. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 632.)

Advanced Design Studio II – Concept, Context, and Typology

Engage in an intensive and stimulating process through which you will address architecture on an abstract conceptual level while questioning and considering broader implications at the finer scale of architectural idea, tectonics, space, and detail.

Type Forms

Explore the art of typography. You’ll develop an in-depth understanding of letterforms, proportion, hierarchy, legibility, structure, and aesthetics, enabling you to create impactful typographic solutions to various design challenges. Assignments will include traditional approaches alongside experimental projects using AI, helping you build strong foundational skills while exploring new, innovative possibilities… Read More

Visual Literacy

Become fluent in visual language. You’ll master the universal design principles, communication theory techniques, and critical skills to create meaning and understanding from the complex information that surrounds us.