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Moldmaking

Gain essential mold making and casting skills. You’ll practice single-piece, simple two-piece, complex three-or-more-piece rigid molds, and rubber mold making techniques. Plus, you’ll learn slip cast, hollow, and solid casting techniques. (This course is cross-listed with FASCU 622.)

Game Environment Production 1

Use the environment asset pipeline to create real-time, 3D interior and exterior scenes. You will gain the storytelling, prop development, modularity, and composition skills to create compelling real-time environments. Plus, study scene management and iterative development. (This course is cross-listed with GAM 626.)

Open Studio

In this open studio course, students propose, conceptualize and create individual photography projects with guidance and critique from their instructor and peers. This course provides a great opportunity to start a new body of work or continue with an ongoing project of choice. (This course is cross-listed with PH 499SP.)

3D Design 2

Drape and create garments. You will develop draping skills, building on your foundational knowledge of flat pattern drafting. By combining these methods and using industrial sewing equipment, you will expand your creation capacity.

Fashion Design Communication

Learn to represent your creative design ideas as specification drawings (flats) and as fully colored illustrations. Develop the design skills to analyze current design trends and learn to render fabric and color accurately.

Internship Supervision

Put theory to practice by being immersed in a teaching environment. You will spend 90 hours (spread across the semester) practicing all you have learned in a real-world art education environment. Share your experiences—the strengths, challenges, and reflections—with classmates.

Vintage Vehicle Paint Restoration

Pull off a perfect paint job. You’ll gain vintage vehicle paint restoration skills, focusing on panel preparation, paint systems, equipment care, application, documentation, and evaluation of surface faults. Plus, learn to correct painted surface faults.

Vintage Vehicle Electrical Systems

Study the electrical systems used in classic cars. You’ll explore Ohm’s law, electrical circuits, battery power, electrical circuit components restoration, and preservation strategies to diagnose, repair, and replace electrical components.

Vintage Vehicle Disassembly Processes

There’s nothing worse than having car parts left over. To get it back together properly, you’ll do practical historical research, outline a restoration plan, disassemble, visual inspection, and written and photographic documentation to restore vintage automobiles.

Directed Study

Refine your skills. As a Master of Fine Arts degree candidate, you’ll complete course assignments to develop the conceptual, design, and technical skills needed to successfully complete your MFA Thesis Project and/or portfolio. You must have passed your midpoint review. Director approval required. Fees and prerequisites will vary by topic.