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Study Abroad: Fashion Culture and Industry

Discover the impact of Italy on the fashion industry as you explore its rich history of craft, design, materiality, and manufacturing. Field trips to museums, markets, shops, and exhibitions will help you synthesize your research, experience, and resources in a journal and polished report, tailored to your area of study. Read More

IAD Portfolio Preparation

Showcase your strengths, abilities, professional readiness, and personal style with a polished portfolio. You’ll develop a graphic representation that reflects your range and overall approach to projects.

Product Development: Digital Solutions for Design and Development

Get versed on product lifecycle management software (PLM) and 3D garment virtualization software. You will explore the garment prototype development and approval prior to production using industry software. Create style information, including bill of materials and style specifications in PLM, and create 3D garments from your style details using virtualization… Read More

Thesis 3 – Refinement

The final step in your graphic design thesis project is refining everything for final delivery. You’ll finish any remaining thesis materials, coordinate them with your final portfolio and online persona, and then create a final review presentation to secure approvals.(This course is cross-listed with GR 810 and GR 830.)

Final Review Preparation

Prepare for your Final Thesis Review and entrance into the photography industry. You will receive guidance and critique on writing and speaking skills, professional readiness, completion and presentation of thesis research, and the final presentation of your photographic print portfolio.

Voice and Speech 1

Free your authentic speaking voice through relaxation, breath awareness, and developing resonance and range. Learn to release through unlocking physical, mental, emotional and vocal blocks. Work with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Neutral American Speech. Read More

Posters and Packaging

Become an illustrative storyteller. Increase the narrative impact of your work by combining your composition, design, and perspective techniques with solid drawing and painting skills. You’ll use research, photography, sketches, and multiple techniques. (This course is cross-listed with ILL 704.)

Video Gaming: Game Design

This class is all about giving students a big picture of the game development industry with its many roles and skillsets. The course starts with brainstorming a game, keeping one’s mind open to creativity, exploration, and innovation. This brainstorm will be refined into an art style, established game mechanics and… Read More

Introduction to Rigging for Animators, Rigging

Learn character design and 3D character set-up for the animator. You’ll learn methodology and strategies to create readily revisable characters for maximum flexibility in a 3D environment.

Documentary

W. Eugene Smith said, “I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.” Explore the ins and outs of the Documentary field. You’ll study major historical, contemporary, and ethical markers in photojournalism, and create images for print or online publication.