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Educational Psychology

Effective teaching starts with healthy psychological principles. Explore educational practices, student development and characteristics, learning processes, and teaching strategies to better understand your students and yourself. Course content is supported by fieldwork observations and interviews. (This course is cross-listed with GLA 600, ARE 305, and LA 305.)

Animation Project Completion

Complete your final thesis project. Critiques from both the instructor and fellow classmates will improve your character animation abilities. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 891.)

Laser Fabrication

Using industry-standard software and digital fabrication techniques, you’ll develop vectors and rasters to be laser cut or engraved/etched into precise, intricate designs in a variety of materials. Enhance your individualized projects with these new contemporary techniques. (This course is cross-listed with JEM 233.)

Figurative Painting

Fine tune your fine art figure painting skills. Learn the basics and expand your personal style by experimenting with composition, color theory, form, and structure.

Final Thesis Completion

Fundamental design research and implementation are an essential part of the creative process. Using mood boards, experimenting with typography, composition, color, balance, layout, legibility, and more, you’ll define the overall visual style of your thesis project. (This course is cross-listed with IXD 810 and IXD 820.)

Materiality: FF and E, Finishes and Lighting

Put your sense of materiality and product knowledge to work. You will select finishes, fabrics, and furnishings based on aesthetics, durability, and environmental factors to produce specifications and construction drawings for your final thesis project.

Package Design 2: Executing 3D Design

Package design is the part of a brand that you actually touch. Building upon Package Design 1, you’ll make more effective use of your design skills to align branding concepts to more complex three-dimensional design formats.

Structures: Concrete, Masonry, and Tensile Systems

Knowledge of a range of structural systems is required for architects. You’ll learn about the specific load-bearing properties of concrete, masonry, and tensile systems through real-world applications and scenarios.

Feature Animation 2

You will be guided through specialized assignments that focus on the artistry of animation. You’ll animate bipedal characters to push, pull, and throw, focusing on realistic movement, weight, and anticipation. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 697B.)

Screenplay Analysis

View, read and discuss screenplays and films. You will gain the tools to analyze theme, story, structure, plot, characters, and dialogue in screenplays and films that have influenced major screenwriters and the art of filmmaking. (This course is cross-listed with WRI 240.)